My Adventures Where in the world is ….

Right behind the statue you can see the amusement park. Much of it is just like home.

A pool (the blue wall) that looks like it might be for like seals or other water animals – there are bleachers to sit on and a stairway in the pool.

The building ahead is a bumper car house.

Do you recognize this one? The swings go out into wide circles around.

On of many blow up things that children can climb in and on.

Duck and Swan boats

Ducks and cars to ride around in

Not sure but I think this one goes up and down – probably fast.

The teeth are actually part of a huge blow up alligator that opens and closes his mouth to spit out children.

Roller Coaster

Bungee jumping – the child is belted in and there is a trampoline under him – the vendor gets on the tramp and gives him a good pull and he goes up and down and can even make himself go up and down more. The children were having a wonderful time. I took a lot of pictures but am only putting up a couple.

Being belted in the bungee jump

Getting a pull to get jumping.

??????? – what do you think this is? The 3 is actually a z and the ? is a p and the ? is an r. The picture might give it away.

The other side of the Olympic training area. Here is the entrance – we saw several young men coming and going here.

Close up of the entrance

Sign by the entrance – it basically says this a school for physical training in Dnepropetrovsk. It seems from the sign that high school students also train here.

???????? – What is this announcing?
? = V
? = R
? = EE
? = OO
Give up?
Aquarium
We didn’t go but it appears there is one somewhere on the island

As we left the island we saw some people getting in one of these skiffs.

In the distance you can see the statue of Taras Shevchenko, a Great poet who was born in the early 1800s and is revered in Ukraine as the founder of Ukrainian literature. The stature is truly huge.

Stairs to the bridge to cross over to the island

Here is one of the many couples we saw having wedding photos taken. They are on the walkway near the river and we took this one from the bridge.

There is an “Olympic” Training center on the island and this boat house is there on the river. More pictures of the facility later.

Here is another couple having wedding pictures taken. They are above the waterfall on the island.

As we walked onto the island we saw this couple having their picture taken with doves. Later we saw the man asking people if they wanted their picture taken. It was cool to watch.

There is an inscription on the stone by the cross. It is on the way to the “temple” we saw on the island.

Another Wedding Photo session

We thought these were very pretty bushes and flowers

“Going to the chapel”

The bell tower

Ribbons on the bells – these were hung the Saturday before Easter and are still there.

Such a pretty little Church. The sign says “?????” – temple. The Ukrainian decorated eggs are still hanging inside and there are hundreds of them in all different sizes.

Walking toward the statue. If you look close you can see people there and it gives you some perspective of how large the statue is.

Caption under the statue

Close up of the statue

Glass field with red tulips and yellow dandelions.

Walking toward the river on the other side of the island away from the statue

Along the way there are many places to sit. This series of benches have metal sculptures with them. Elder Morgenegg is sitting under a metal umbrella. At least it blocks the sun.

Here is another bench sculpture.

Yet another one – this is a map of Ukraine.

Here we are nearing the motorcycle statue and you can see the motorcycles congregating.

Here is what all the commotion is about – the new motorcycle statue. It is hard to see in the picture but it is made of metal and seems to perhaps have some actual parts on it from a motorcycle but not sure about that.

I Love Dnipro – yes we are coming to love it here.

More and more motorcycles

The ball that we saw last time.

Down to the toilet – seems like many of the “public” toilets are down stairs – often lots of them

Down they go

The “Toilet”

View of the Island from the Ball

The “?????” or temple on the island

Motorcycle gathering from the Ball

Cabana type restaurant on the river

Waterfall on the island

Where does all that water come from?

Fishing near the island

More fishing