The floodplains in my city of Zaporizhzhia have become my favorite place to spend time since I discovered them in 2014. Back then, I bought a new bike and rode off into the unknown, suddenly discovering a piece of untouched nature just a few kilometers from my home. Here, in the remains of the Great Meadow, once flooded during the construction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, I can spend hours enjoying the birdsong and the refreshing coolness of the shade of the trees from the scorching steppe sun, at the water’s edge.