Antoninas birthday....

At eight in the morning I had to get up and come to Toninas place. We were prepaing food and vegetables for the afternoon. Had breakfast and packed everything. In the city center we met all the other friends of Tonia and had a beer to start our little trip. 15 people tons of meat and beer and vodka...nice weather....perfekt, what cold you need more?? Your destination was the island in the Nipper. This is a recreation area with natural sand beaches and partly still standing (warm) water. The island is so big that we had no one round us. We where cooking ukrainian soup and prepared our shashlik (meat) on the fire and had a delicous meal. Beer and voka were hande out and we started ro have a realy unforgetable afternoon/evening. Playing volleyball and naked swimming in the Nipper did the rest to make a perfect day. Unfortunately Tonia decided to pass away at four and we were not able to wake here up till nine. We had our troubles to get her home but this can and should (at least once) happen to everybody. All the people I got to know here in Ukraine I got to know through Tonia and Mischa. They are great. This warm hearted and friendly environment is amazing for me I really would like to stay here longer or even to live here. All the impressions and advantures I had here were just a result of the outstanding integration which Tonina made possible. During my stay here I transformed from a tourist working here to an ukrainian living a great life here. Everything I saw wouldn never be possible to see if you are just a tourist.