Row, Row, Row Your Boat

The "bridge" with the love locks.

One does not need to be young and svelte to wear a bikini here.  I was just glad it was an actual swim suit!

There are more bathing beauties on this shore.

 The reason we had chosen this park is that we had read that they had paddle boats to rent.  We think that the girls were too young to boat by themselves according to the park rules as we were all helped into a row boat instead!  We had a good time rowing around the pond, watching the ducks, finding the locks on a "bridge" and watching the sunbathers take a dip in the pond, right next to the sign that said, "No Swimming".  Of course we also spotted the "giant hamster ball"  on the other side of the pond.  At the amusement park in Lipetsk last week they had a smaller version that the girls were too big for and they were disappointed.  Their friends, the V girls, had tried one in Canada last summer.