2008 Mennonite Heritage Cruise
Integrated bus and private trip plan for the 2008 cruise
Crimea


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2008 Mennonite Heritage Cruise
Crimea Options   October 3

On Friday, Oct 3  passengers will have the option to visit:
1.  Mennonite villages in Crimea
2.  Famous sites of the Crimean War including Balaklava Harbour
3.  Stay in harbour and have a leisurely day

There will be a private trip for the Cornies family to Neu Schirin, Alatsch in north Crimea

1. Mennonite villages in Crimea will be a generic bus route including such villages as Spat, Sarabus, Karassan, Baschlytscha, Tschongrau and Annenfeld (Krimmer Mennonites). This will be an all day tour with packed lunch. The Crimea villages are not nearly as well preserved as you will see later in the cruise.
Passengers opting for Mennonite villages
Epp, Gerald
Epp, Ruth
Friesen, Ingid   (Katagay near Annenfeld)
Friesen, John   (Katagay near Annenfeld)
Friesen, Karen (Katagay near Annenfeld)
Hill, Karen
Hill, Sara
Hill, Stan
Harms, Ervin
Harms, Maryanne
Janzen, John I.
Janzen, Hedy
Matthies, Benjamin
Matthies, Edith
Rempel, Art
Thiessen, Elmer
Thiessen, Shirley

2. Crimea War Sites
This tour is not a glorification of war. This is a visit to the sites, including the famous Panorama Museum, of important events in world history 1854-1857 which deeply affected our Mennonite ancestors. It will include field visits to Suppoon Heights (Lord Raglan's outpost), Charge of the Light brigade and Balaklava harbour where Florence Nightingale briefly had a famous nursing station, plus a visit to a world class panorama depicting a day in the War. This tour has become a very popular option.
Balaklava
Balaklava, site of the former British harbour, now a fashionable resort
Passengers opting for Crimean War sites:
Berg-Dick, Paul
Cornies, Alfred
Dick, Mary
Dueck, David
Dueck, Toni
Dueck, Henry
Dueck, Hilda
Esau, Carol
Esau, Pat
Esau, Phil
Esau, JoAnn
Esau, Wes
Ewert, Margrita
Ewert, Victor
Falk, Anita
Falk, Willie
Fast, Adelheit
Goertzen, Marlene
Goerzen, William
Friesen, Dorothy
Froese, Susan
Froese, Werner
Hanna, Marlene
Harder, Gary
Harder, Lydia
Heinrichs, Erwin
Janzen, Herb
Jost, David
Jost, Carol
Keller, John
Keller, Pamela
Klaassen, Lee
Klaassen, Menno
Klassen, Shirley
Koop, Al
Koop, Helen
Koop, Margie
Koop, Rudy
Lewis, Mary
Loewen, Agnes
Mitchell, Rosella
Nicklin, Eva
Penner, Richard
Peters, John William
Reddicopp, Ben
Reddicopp, Sonja
Reimer, Debra
Reimer, Erin
Reimer, Ernest
Reimer, Mary
Roden, Evelyn
Rutschman, Naomi
Sawatzky, Anna
Sawatzky, John
Shaver, Paul
Suderman, Herb
Suderman, Karin
Thiessen, Pauline
Toews, Anita
Toews, Arrel
Toews, Galen
Toews, Kathleen
Unruh, Lois
Unruh, Paul
Wiebe, Bernie
Wiebe, Marie
Wiebe, Lorraine
Wiebe, Walter
Williams, Betty
Zacharias, Anita
Zacharias, John
Zacharias, Maria


3. Stay in Sevastopol harbour and have a leisurely day
This may be a convenient day for some to relax. The ship is docked at Artillery Bay, right in the heart of Sevastopol, with interesting shops, markets, boulevards and maritime museums. Lunch on the ship may be a welcome thing too.
Passengers opting to stay in harbour:

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