Rome and Cream

My friend, who was very patriotic and Crimean, when asked about his plans for the New Year, said that the plan to go to Rome, alas, fell through. They say that exchange rates interfere with the exchange rate for Rome. In response, I confess, I could not restrain myself: “What is there to go to Rome if there is Krim?” However, now is not the season in Crimea, of course. But my friend didn’t go there in the summer, preferring Rome to the Crimea. I just can’t understand why?