Completing a milestone: my last ex Soviet republic


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March 24th 2013
Published: April 9th 2013
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Snow started to fall as I wait at Logan airport for my flight, luckily we left on time, 6 hours I was in cloudy Paris, still in a daze I followed directions towards my connecting flight and eventually ended up in a long queue of people at the Immigration,I got stamped in no time and off I go. I found the gate where AirBaltic is leaving from but it was delayed by half hour, I don't mind as I do... Read Full Entry



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Train station area
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Easy Flat hostel, drinking time with Mindas to try the local brew
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Belarussian ING?
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subway tunnel art
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Island of Tears
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modern apartment complex overlooking Island of Tears
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skating rink
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mall
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local balsam liquor



9th April 2013

Congratulations on your milestone.
A wonderful accomplishment to have visited all the ex soviet republics. Maybe you can do a contrast blog summarizing the similarities and differences of each. Spring is not in the air. Sounds like you are meeting some interesting people.
13th April 2013

Minsk was my last Soviet Republic too...
I was there back in August 2012. But out of all the former Soviet republics, my favourite was Turkmenistan. So different...

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