We’re still in Theodosia, of course, and this was the second Victory Day parade we’ve attended here. We caught May 9 on our vacation while shopping for houses last year. In 2024 we were in Crimea for the first time, and happened to be in Kerch for May 9. Unfortunately I misremembered the start-time as 10 a.m., when it was actually 9. So rather than take a leisurely bus trip and arrive an hour early like I had planned, we arrived a few minutes after the ceremony had started. We didn’t miss anything, but I wasn’t in an advantageous spot …