Itinerary: Singing Men of North Central Texas

Various flights depart DFW and Houston Intercontinental Airports middle and late afternoon.

Arrivals in Odessa, Ukraine. Odessa is a famous port city on the Black Sea with a population of over one million.
Embarkation. Welcome aboard MS Viking Lomonosov.
Snack in Restaurant Kiev on middle deck.
Unpack and explore the ship.
Meet with the chef in library to talk about special diet needs.
Captain's welcome reception.
Welcome Dinner in Restaurant Kiev (middle deck) and Restaurant Odessa (upper deck). There will be no seating assignments, and the food in both restaurants is identical. Restaurant Kiev is the main restaurant and is larger. It is suggested that you try both restaurants so that you may meet both wait staffs.
Meet Henry Seiler, your cruise director, for Lomonosov familiarization in Sky Bar.

Buffet breakfast in Restaurant Kiev on middle deck. (8:00 or 9:20 devotional in Sky Bar) Because there is not enough seating in either restaurant for everyone to be together at one time, there will be a very important devotional/information meeting at 8:00 and 9:20 every day in Sky Bar, which holds 90 (and we can add chairs from the deck). Team members will be able to sign up for the time of their choice as long as there are seats available for that time in the meeting room.
Tour of Odessa on Viking coaches with their professional guides. See the Cathedral of the Assumption, and the famed Opera Hall. Drive along Prymorsky Boulevard with the terraced landscaping before going to the famed ancient ruin at Boliva.
Lunch in Restaurant Kiev. (Viking Lomonosov lunches begin with buffet salad bar. Entrees and desserts are ordered at the table.)
Team meetings to prepare for first concert: English Team in Sky Bar on the Sun Deck; Greeting Team in Panorama Bar on the Upper Deck; Prayer Team in Library on the Middle Deck; Advertising Team in Coffee Bar on the Middle Deck near the entrance of Restaurant Kiev.
Choir and all teams 15 minute transfer by bus to concert site. Pick up your water as you leave the ship.
7pm Concert: First Baptist Church, Odessa.
Depart for the ship and dinner in Restaurants Kiev and Odessa. There will be open seating in both dining rooms allowing freedom to experience the atmosphere and staff in the two restaurants and encouraging greater unity as the mission team gets acquainted and works together.
Viking Lomonosov departs for Kherson.

Arrive in the regional capital of Kherson famous for it's maritime academy where most of the Lomonosov staff was trained. The population of Kherson is near 400,000.
Buffet breakfast in Restaurant Kiev. (8:00 and 9:20 devotionals in Sky Bar.)
Tour of Kherson to hand out invitations to this evening's concert. Visit a Ukrainian supermarket to buy chocolate.
Lunch in Restaurant Kiev.
Russian Lesson with our staff in the Sky Bar.
Coach transfer to Nikolaev (Mikolaev in Russian), regional capital with population 500,000.
7pm concert at DK Sudostroitel' Hall, Nikolaev
Transfer back to ship for dinner in Restaurants Kiev and Odessa.
Viking Lomonosov remains docked in Kherson.

Wake up in Kherson where today's concert will be. 
Buffet breakfast in Restaurant Kiev. (9:00 and 10:20 devotionals in Sky Bar.)
Cooking demonstration by Lomonosov's Chef
Lunch in Restaurant Kiev.
Ukrainian History lesson in Sky Bar. 
Coach transfers to the concert hall for this evening's concert.
6:30pm concert at Ubileinyi Concert Hall
Back to ship for dinner in Restaurants Kiev and Odessa.

11pm departure for Crimea.

Buffet breakfast in Restaurant Kiev. (Devotional at 9:00 and 10:20)
Russian Lesson with our staff in the Sky Bar.
Team meetings: Greeting team in the Panorama Bar; English team in the Sky Bar; Prayer team in the library; and Advertising team in the coffee bar.
Lunch in Restaurant Kiev.
3pm arrival in Evpatoriya - the Gateway to Crimea. Population 110,000.
Explore the port area and hand out invitations to the concert.
Transfer to the concert hall.
7pm concert at Theater Hall Pushkina
Return to ship for dinner in Restaurants Kiev and Odessa.

Depart for Sevastopol at 6am tomorrow morning.

Buffet breakfast in Restaurant Kiev. (No devotional on Sunday.)
Arrive and dock in the famous Port of Sevastopol, home of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Population 390,000.
Worship with the Baptist churches.
Lunch in Restaurant Kiev.
Explore the port area with it's parks and historical buildings to hand out invitations to the concert. See the famous concert hall where Singing Men will sing this evening. The hall is a 10 minute walk from the port.
Walk to the concert hall to prepare for:
3pm and 7pm concerts at A. V. Lunacharskogo Academic Russian Drama Theater 

Return to the ship for dinner in Restaurants Kiev and Odessa.

Buffet breakfast in Restaurant Kiev. (8:00 or 9:20 devotional in Sky Bar.)
Coach tour through Sevastopol seeing St. Vladimir's Cathedral and Admiral Nakhimov Square. From Sevastopol, the coaches go to the famous Balaklava Submarine tunnels used by the Russians during the cold war. The tour will finish at the Panorama Museum.
Lunch in Restaurant Kiev.
Transfer one and one half hours to Crimea's capital of Simferopol, population 400,000.
Hand out invitations to the concert in the city center near the concert hall.
7pm concert at Ukrainian Music Theater Hall.
Transfer on our private coaches back to the ship for dinner in Restaurants Kiev and Odessa.
Set sail for Yalta.

Arrive and dock in the famous city of Yalta, population 89,000.
Buffet breakfast in Restaurant Kiev. (8:00 or 9:20 devotional.)
Travel along Lenin Embankment to Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and Lividia. Visit the White Palace, site of the 1945 Yalta Conference between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin to divide Europe after WWII. You will have a guided tour of the official halls and the private apartments of the czar's family.
Lunch in Restaurant Kiev.
Explore the beautiful port area and hand out invitations to this evening's concert.
Snack in Restaurant Kiev.
Transfer to the concert site in the center of Yalta. Hand out invitations to the concert in the area around the concert site.
4pm and 7pm concerts: Palace of Culture Concert Hall
Transfer back to the ship for dinner in Restaurants Kiev and Odessa.
Remain docked in Yalta overnight.

Buffet breakfast in Restaurant Kiev. (8:00 or 9:20 devotional.)
Coach tour to Swallow's Nest Castle overlooking the sea.
Depart Yalta.
Lunch on board.
Meet in the Sky Bar to thank God for all He did in the 6 cities.
Ukrainian Tea Party.
Disembarkation instruction from Viking staff in the Sky Bar.
Captain's Farewell Reception in Restaurant Kiev.
7:30pm Captain's Farewell Dinner in Restaurant's Kiev and Odessa.
Crew show in the Sky Bar.

Buffet breakfast in Restaurant Kiev.
Disembarkation. Coaches to the airport for flights west.