Chapter 25: The Barama Ranch
Yalta is an important place for tourism in Ukraine, so there are many passengers flying from here to Simferopol, and many guests are staying in the entire departure hall at this time. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Ye, didn't you come to Ukraine to watch the European Cup? Will going to Yalta delay your time? ”
"It's okay, I just want to go to the final anyway." Ye Chen shrugged indifferently, "Do you have any recommendations for places in Yalta?" ”
"Every tourist who comes here goes back to Rivajia Palace, which is the site of the World War II conference, and the scenery is good, but I don't like it very much, it is given too much historical information, and it feels very depressing." Elise doesn't have a high opinion of what Yalta is best known for.
"Well, it's true, culture can make a place more legendary, but it also makes it lose its natural state." Ye Chen didn't have to go to the Yalta Conference site, he wanted to know the thoughts of Elise, who often came here for vacation.
"On the outskirts of Yalta, where my uncle runs a ranch near the Crimean Mountains," Elise shifted, "and the environment at the foot of the mountain is very quiet, and I relax in this ranch at this time of year, without thinking about my studies or the outside world, if you are interested, you can come and see it together." ”
While waiting for the flight, Ye Chen enjoyed talking with Elise very much, and it was time to board the plane in a blink of an eye.
The plane crosses the land of Ukraine, and you can clearly understand the whole picture of Ukraine on the plane, there are not too many big cities, and there are farmland and forests everywhere you look.
When the plane arrived in Simferopol, it was already past 8 o'clock local time, just before sunset, and a round of sun on the horizon was faintly shining in the distance.
Elise took Ye Chen, and the two took the airport bus to Yalta. In about an hour, Ye Chen saw the lights of the city in front of him, but their journey was a little farther than that of ordinary tourists, and they did not stop in the city, and the two of them took a taxi to the other side of the city.
Shuttling through the city of Yalta, the prosperity here is much worse than that of Kiev, but the road environment is very beautiful, and it is worthy of being a tourist city.
The car drove out of the center of the city, through a wooded area, and then on a road with wilderness on both sides.
"Ye, I'm a little sleepy, and the car stopped and called me for a while." Elise leaned back in her seat and closed her eyes.
Before, Elise should have told the driver about the destination, but Ye Chen couldn't understand the local dialect and didn't know what to say, but seeing that Elise slept so reassuringly, he let the driver drive forward.
The land on both sides of the road has gradually turned into grass, and in some places it has even eroded the road. In the distance, there seemed to be some lights on.
After getting closer, Ye Chen found that it was an arched gate, a gate under a signboard printed with more than just meaning, and there were several houses in a ring inside, at this time the lights were already roaring, and the appearance of people coming and going made Ye Chen a little confused.
"Elise, wake up. It seems to have arrived at the place. "The driver had already pulled over the car, and it seemed to be the destination.
Elise rubbed her eyes and looked at the house in front of her to determine the place.
"Ye, this is it." Elise pointed to the sign on the gate, "This is Balama Ranch. ”
Walking into the gate of the ranch, it was different from the ranch that Ye Chen imagined, not a wide grassland, but a neat row of houses.
"These houses are for ordinary tourists," Elise explained to Ye Chen, "Usually the Barama Ranch also receives some admiring tourists, but the place we are going to is in the back, which is a private room. ”
As she spoke, Elise led Ye Chen through several houses in the front yard and followed a jumping path to the edge of a fence.
There is also a hut next to the fence with lights on. Elise stood outside and shouted inside, it should have been someone inside. After a while, I heard a noise in the house, and a man with a beard and a certain hat came out.
The visitor greeted Elise with a smile and opened the gate of the fence.
"Uncle Ivan, this is my friend, Ye Chen from the UK." Elise introduced Ye Chen to the other party in English, so that Ye Chen also knew the name of the master.
"Hello and welcome to Balama Ranch." The man named Ivan greeted Ye Chen with a little stumbling.
"Hello, Mr. Ivan. It's a pleasure to come to your ranch. ”
Mr. Ivan guided Ye Chen and the others to the other side of the fence, and there were many houses behind them. According to Ivan, this is the main scope of the ranch, the shed of cattle and sheep, and the owner's house are also on this side, and the entrance just now is a place open to foreign tourism, with only a few animals and rooms where guests live.
Indeed, after entering here, Ye Chen felt the existence of many animals around him, which should be the cattle and sheep of the pasture, and the main breeding in the Balama Ranch is sheep and cattle.
At dinner, Ivan briefly introduced Ye Chen to the pasture, and then took them to a resting place, on the other side of the fence in the pastoral area is the villa of the rancher Ivan, where Elise usually lives. And next to the villa there is a row of houses, which are the houses where the ranch workers live.
"Ye, have a good rest tonight, and tomorrow I will take you to see the environment of the ranch, and if you are interested, you can go up the mountain to have a look." Elise suggested to Ye Chen.
"Good night, Elise. See you tomorrow. "Elise and his uncle returned to the villa, and Ye Chen was arranged here in the bungalow. Originally, Ye Chen asked Elise on the way if she wanted to pay some accommodation fees, but Elise vetoed it, saying that she was repaying Ye Chen for her previous help. And Elise told Ye Chen about her kinship with Mr. Ivan, so she refused Ye Chen to pay the fee.
When you open the door, the facilities are simple but functional. The room was clean, no dust fell on it, and the bed was soft and comfortable. There was a cubicle in the corner that served as a toilet and bathroom, and Ivan was very careful to place some essential household items in the house. It's not gorgeous, but it's enough as a place to take a break.
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In the early morning of the next day, Ye Chen was awakened by the sound of a dog barking. I looked at my phone, and it was just 6 o'clock in the morning, when the ranch workers had already started their work, and the barking of sheepdogs came.
Now that he has woken up, Ye Chen does not plan to sleep again, and plans to visit Mr. Ivan's ranch.
"Good morning, Mr. Ivan." Ye Chen saw Ivan squatting on the grass and repairing the machine with a worker.
"Good morning, leaf." Ivan put down the tools in his hand and stood up, "You woke up so early, do you want some breakfast?" ”
"Well, I'll go back and eat a little later, what are you cultivating?" Ye Chen approached the machine they were repairing.
"Well, this is a grass harvester, it's a bit of a running problem, take it apart and replace the parts." Ivan patted the machine on the ground and said.
Looking at the machines in these pastures, Ye Chen felt very interesting, but now there is a lot of time to collect forage, so there is no way to see how they work.
"Mr. Ivan, have you seen Elise?" Ye Chen suddenly thought of Elise.
"She can't get up now, don't worry about her, she has to sleep late every time to get up." Ivan suggested that Ye Chen go to breakfast first, and he estimated that Elise would get up close to noon.