Sunday, October 23, 2011

Two Days…Twelve PCV’s…A Great Weekend…

I used to have adventurous Sunday’s when I was in training.  Now I seem to have adventurous weekends!!!  And this weekend was no exception.  I had a blast!!

I began my weekend two nights ago when I boarded a very old train car to Dnepropetrovsk.  I had not been on a car that old since I have been in Ukraine and it was a whole new experience.  One I would prefer to not repeat.  I had the hardest bed and was so cold.  Thank goodness for the wool blanket or I would have had even less fun!!!  And I was really looking forward to the weekend, so I was pumped with pure excitement.

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Ahh…water!!  I miss water and having a river in my city.  A big river.  I have lived around water my whole life, so living in a land locked city without much water, makes me appreciate the water and rivers so much more.

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Really great architecture and a great photographer makes for a beautiful picture.  Thanks Chris!!  Many of the photos in this blog post are his.  When traveling with someone who is so good with a camera, means that my camera did not get much use.

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Ahhh, this carousel made me happy!!!

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The train station…love the wide angle Chris can get…

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So European…love it!!!

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A few PCV’s before game time.  It was so great to get together and see people I had not seen in months…and meet new peeps.  Seriously, great weekend!!!

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Ah, Amy/Chris love right here…thanks for the photo bomb Sam!!!   Such a great group!!!

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Christina and I wanted not one picture together, but two!!  This girl is from Bend and a Duck Fan!!!  SO fun to have another Duck Fan in my midst…

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I needed a new and Europeanisk photo for my vKontakte account, so I had Chris take some pics of me….looking all winter like.  They are great and so fun!!!   Thanks Chris!!!

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Game time!!!  Yep, my first and many European League Football games.  Dnipro won…and we all had a blast.  I have no idea who the guy is the photo, but he and I had a great time dancing during halftime. 

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Representing!!!!

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See all those flag waving fans….they were nuts!!  And fun to watch…  And finally, a Sam/Amy pic!!!

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I am pretty sure that Caroline and Patrick had a good time at the game…and I have the picture to proof…or Tondraya does.  Thanks for the pic Tondraya….

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Yep, still in love with the wide angle lens.  The stadium is amazing!!!

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Eventually, the night and weekend had to come to a close.  But WOW!!! we all had a fabulous time.  Many thanks to Chris and Tondraya for sharing your photos so I would have something for my blog…

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