Friday, August 26, 2011

My First Long Weekend Away From Lugansk….

So I headed to Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporozhye to meet up with friends today.  We planned this weekend meet up weeks ago and yesterday I came down with an awful flu bug of some kind.  Absolutely no fun, but I made it through the train ride in decent shape.  Now its time to get through the weekend.

It was nice to get a weekend away as the summer begins to end and the leaves begin to change.

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Many of us spend many an evening in beer tents in Ukraine.  This line up of beer tents seemed ideal.  Too bad this photo was taken at 9A this morning.

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The Dnipro River

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Amazing how this so does not look like a Peace Corps city.  Patrick is shocked to live here.  No hut in Africa for him…or the rest of us in Ukraine.

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The fountain was not working, but the picture still works.  It is an amazing view!!!

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This looks so much likes an American city street.  So very cool!!  I could not resist a picture.

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And then I took a two hour bus ride with Patrick to Zaporozhye.  Such a beautiful city!!

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And finally…the girls!!!  We missed Anne, but we still had a fabulous time together.  It was so great to hang out together.

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1 comment:

Joanne (Jo) Luongo said...

I wish I knew you were coming Amy! I am a 40 minute bus ride from Dnepropetrovsk! I would have love to have seen you!