Blogs from Minsk, Minsk Voblast, Belarus, Europe - page 3

We are celebrating a week in our new apartment. It is located right across the street from our school. The apartment is nearly 2000 square feet with quaint sloping ceilings on three sides. We are on the top (third) floor up a flight of stairs. Because we are on the top floor we enter through a hobbit door about 5 and 3/4 feet tall (watch your head - George, not Kevin). There are three dormer windows and three skylights. It feels very spacious. There are three bedrooms - one for visitors (all are welcome) and one for an office. The apartment building is small (only six apartments), so we have views out three sides. Most views are of the city skyline. The city is really growing, with many modern buildings, mainly with investment by Russians. I ... read more

Kevin and I made it safely to Minsk and are adjusting well. Everyone is so friendly and it is very safe here. Kevin tested it out by leaving her purse at a restaurant the first night. We hurried back two hours later in a taxi and the waiter just smiled as he reached behind the counter and handed her the purse. We went to a local mall on the first morning to pick up some supplies. A fan was a must as it is near 30 Celsius (90s F). We also picked up a few groceries in the very modern grocery store. The mall was cool because it also has an ice skating arena. We had a Belarussian buffet lunch by the rink. Much fun at the open air market Tuesday , especially with the spice ... read more

Trip to Minsk, enroute fix a flat was required, with some success. We did stop in Branovitch, about 140km from Minsk, where the hotel was a little basic, breakfast - cold fried eggs or garlic & beetroot. Minsk is a beautiful vibrant city, although every business looks identical - no shop windows, as we can't read crylic script, is it a chemist or small hotel? Younger people speak some English, are & like to practise. People come to Minsk too get married, perhaps 50 on one saturday, we saw 7 couples round one fountain getting pictures. More Architecture & statues, perhaps a bit more Russian.... read more

Vykopanie z postele uz o 8/30, pomalicky som sa pobalil, dopisal dennik a zrazu bolo 10/00. Vtedy vstali uz aj moji hostitelia. Obchod, kupa ranajok. V mhd uz cvakam listok, predsa uz neni sviatok tak nebudem riskovat. Vyskakujem na moskovskej zastavke. odtialto kludny krokom idem k narodnej kniznici. Zaujimava stavba. Pred nou si v mini parciku davam ranajky. Salat s velkym rozkom. Klasicke rozky ako u nas su tu neni. Vsetko len zabalene vo folie a dost velke. Obdalec si sadli opilci. Pri kniznici si sadam do parku blizko fontany a relaxujem. Na druhej strany vozovky oproti kniznici je zaujimavo vyzdobene sidlisko. Na cinziakoch su pomalovane velke svate ornamenty. Ku kniznici sa zbiehalo dost turistov tak som sa pomalicky pobral na metro a smer bus stanica. V metre mensi sok, policajt po mne chcel aby som ... read more

Rano sa mi moc veru nechcelo. Rozlucka s CS a smer MHD. Bus prisiel cca o 5.min. Inak vcera som uz isiel modernejsim busom, uz nebolo treba trieskat dlanou do oznacovaca, uz tam bola klasicka packa:) Samozrejme, ze som nakoniec vystupil na inej zastavke ako som povodne chcel ale rozdiel od bus stanice zhruba len 5.min. Konecne sa zacina oteplievat, uz mi staci len bunda a kratke tricko. Bus bol stara vykopavka, nepohodlne sedacky, vobec sa tam nedalo spat. Pred odchodom busu nabehla do busu tetula, pokontrolovala listky a mohlo sa vyrazit. Celu cestu som pocuval mp3. mam mensi problem doma som zabudol kabel na nabijacku,tak pocitam,ze este dva-tri dni a skape. Do Navahrudaka sme mali jednu zastavku, cesta nezaujimava, lesy, polia a mini dedinky. Zaujimave bolo, ze len ja v kratkom tricku, ostatny naobliekany. Po ... read more