Sending the deliveries (part 2)
Checkpoint 3 – Children’s regional hospital
Our route passes through one of the most beautiful street of Dnipro and I tell Bill and show him the places we pass by.
I love my city, I love my country – there are such beautiful and interesting places here – I love tell about these.
In the same way I love visiting other countries and new places and meeting new people.
We’ll talk about that a little later…
We got to the hospital very quickly – someone likes high-speed driving
While we're waiting for dr.Max we have some time to chat again - I tell Bill a little bit about the hospital - yes, it's huge - children from all over the region and the occupied territories receive help here. Also we're already starting to talk about December trip.
Dr.Max greets us and we are once again doing everything very fast
Tears came to my eyes when I saw how kind people work in the hospital and how grateful they are for the help
And you’re right – children's hospital and sandbags –it seems like we are living in some parallel unreal reality or in some scary dream. It's impossible to get used to it.
Hugging them and say goodbyes
Our mission have done!!! We did it as fast as we can!!!
We’re coming back the same route – driving along the embankment – by the way this is the longest embankment of all Europe and it’s the favorite place for residents and visitors to the city.
We're already relaxed a little bit and can look at the surrounding views
I suggest Bill stops and takes a couple of photos – three minutes for a short walk
A beautiful view of the river from here and one of the city's symbols - the unfinished Hotel Parus (Sail) with a huge trident on it. The hotel is an unfinished legacy of Soviet Union and the trident was painted by volunteers in 2014 after the annexation of Crimea.
But it's time to move on… say goodbye the river, the strong bridge - waving once more time and it’s time to say goodbye each other… and getting back home…
Bill has the long way home and my family is already waiting for me – many thoughts and many warm feelings about what we just have done – it’s definitely good things
WE ALL have done these all good things now and it’s incredibly amazing feelings!!!
Note (for Bill only)
About windows and others … it's good that we can laugh and joke about it now
I understand that before and during the trip you were not laughing
Maaan! Are you serious?
You’ve driven a couple thousand kilometers through the unfamiliar country at war without knowing a single word of Ukrainian or Russian (“spasibo” don’t count) ALONE – I’m still wonder how you did it
And are you worried that a few raindrops might bother me? Oh, come on!
Answering all your questions – all what you were worried about – absolutely NO problem – ABSOLUTELY!!!
I was glad to go with you on the truck and if it was necessary to go further and longer – it’s ok, no problem
Reliable wheels, good company, some coffee, tea and water and i can go anywhere
You better tell me what you were thinking when I dragged you to take the photo and the truck was left standing on the curb with opened windows
This is not the end of the story - I'm off to write final chapter