Stromovka Park

The girls and I took a walk to Stromovka Park today with my friend Kirsty and her daughter, Kiera, as well as Kirsty's mother-in-law, Marie. Her mother-in-law does not speak English but Kirsty would translate things for us. I learned that during the flooding in 2002 Stromovka Park was under about 5 meters (about 16 feet) of water. The park used to have a lot of scrub brush and was a much more wild growth kind of park. Now there are still trees but there is a lot of grass as well. Apparently they are still working on fixing up the park from the floods. There are a lot of new trees planted as well as putting in new fountains and bridges. It was weird to be there today and think that it was so different just a few years ago.