South Bug River
Our visit to the beautiful city of Vinnytsya ends first thing in the morning
as we will be shuffled off to Kiev for the District Conference and more
vocational and cultural experiances.
Today was another action packed non-stop adventure which began with another
big breakfast of mini pancakes covered in homemade jam and sweet cream as well
as ham and tomatoe buns with black tea.
We thought we were visiting the fire station first thing but found out that
fell through so we moved up the fire alarm device factory tour which proved to
be very interesting and Kevin even got to bring home a free pull station. Next
stop was the main hospital which I would compare to the U of A because it is
tied in with the main
Medical/
Pharmaceutical University, a great vocational experience
for Inessa.
After lunch we were surprized to be able to visit the Fire Academy, a last
minute addition that Kevin and I will not soon forget. The Chief and Deputy
gave us full orientation and tour of this amazing facility. It is not on par
with the technology of Fire ETC in Vermillion; but the interesting thing was
that it is a true academic academy, students start at a very young age and go
through all Jr and Sr High school training as well as a full slate of Emergency
Services course and Fire arms training etc.
The academy was run in true military fashion with young camouflaged students
saluting us as we toured the hallways and classrooms. The academy also had a
fully operational fire station and a fire museum. (Photos attached)
Next stop was a bigger surprize we thought we had on hour before presenting
at the Rotary meeting and the agenda said we were visiting a Dental office, two
hours later we were a bit late for the Rotary meeting and had
an amazing interactive visit to Vinnytsya
Rotarians private surgery clinic where we learned all about his ground breaking
Hysterectomy replacement surgery techniques
(Uterine Fibroid
Embolization) after which he presented us with gifts and refreshments. Then the
rush was on as we were late for the Rotary meeting and our presentation, but
not worry our hosts Roma and Thu Ha got us back to the apartments and we quickly
changed and made the meeting only an hour late. Again the presentation was very
well received and because we had wi-fi I spent an hour showing the Vinnytsya
Rotarians pictures and videos of Jasper, Edmonton, and the Ukrainian Culture
Centre and even our Jasper Rotary Facebook page.
As usual we are up early in the
AM we have one quick activity then we are off to Kiev.
Dobra night!
Bud-mo,
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Fire Training Centre Museum
Class in progress!
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