Country Info
- Minsk
- Capital
- Belarussian Ruble (BYR)
- Currency
- 10,350,194
- Population
- BY
- Country Code
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Mixing it up in Minsk
... Marie's (our tour leader) birthday tomorrow, as we were giving her a party and had an early night. When we crossed the Russian/Belarus border we had to give an "insurance fee" to pass and a bottle of baileys! We arrived at our hotel in Minsk, ...
I'm a millionaire, if only in Belarusian rubles
... . That was it. It was extremely underwhelming...but never fear, as I write this in hindsight, I didn't know that the Belarus/Poland border was upcoming. As we approached Minsk, as promised the roads morphed into well maintained freeways, there was no ...
Djatlovo
Von der Weissrussischen Grenze von Brest nach Djatlovo sind es ungefähr noch 270 km. Ich konnte es kaum erwarten an Ziel zu kommen. An Djatlovo angekommen wurden wir Feierlich empfangen. Kurz darauf wurden wir unserem Gastfamilien vorgestellt. Da es ...
Minsk
Minsk is the capital and largest city in Belarus. Minsk surprised us a bit with it's slow growth comparing to other countries of the Baltic Union. However, it seems that this is changing now. We planned to spend there more days than we actually did. Few ...
Mir, Republic of Belarus, September 2009
Mir Castle is one of the few UNESCO sites located in the Republic of Belarus. Only 120km from Minsk this place is very good reachable by car. The construction of this castle began at the end of the 15th century, in Gothic style. It was subsequently ...
Minsk
Took a bus to Minsk today. Border crossing was a breeze, no strange forms to fill or anything else funny. Got a bit lost in the rainy Minsk downtown. Buildings and streets look huge. Met our contact in a true secret agent fashion on a street corner. ...
beginning of the trip
Hi all, this travel blog is still work in progress. It might take some time before I update some entries and upload all the photos. Sorry about this and thank u for ur patience! My home town Grodno I marked as a starting point for my trip ...
J1 - arrivée
Il est tard et je devrais dormir, mais j'ai bien pioncé dans les avions. Réception digne du temps de l'URSS: Accueil au pied de l'avion, emmené en limousine au salon VIP où nous attendaient des "high officials" devant un mini-buffet, dans une salle ...
a little trauma and final destinastion!
Whew, I made it! I arrived in Minsk at 1 pm. I was greeted by lots of signs in Russian and some very serious and somber Police officers or Military officers everywhere. I did make it through Customs without a hitch. Wait a minute, one glitch - the ...
Back to USSA
Good roads, clear streets and frightened people - that was my impressions about Minsk. I was shoked by the level of inflation - 10 USD is approximately 28000 their currency. As to pleasent things, I like their sweets, it's realy delicious. I can't say ...
A champion time was had by all.
... and heading east was like driving down a tree lined avenue with mile upon mile of birch forest stretched out before me. As Belarus is so flat, the roads are as straight as an arrow and I thought to myself "This is good motorcycle country". ...
La ville
Je n'ai pas raconté aussi les émotions que j'ai retrouvés plus de 43 après... Ayant appris à lire presque toutes les lettres de l'alphabet cyrillique, je m'applique à déchiffrer les enseignes dans la rue. Et quel récompense quand finalement ...
Beautiful Women of Belarus
... the city for a while and then we had tea and coffee in a cafe whilst we talked about travelling, the differences between Belarus and Russia and the aspirations of young Belarusians. Afterwards I had a quick look at the National Library which is one ...
Jan 22, 2012
Minsk City of Belarus The White Russia
Useful Link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minsk Some photos to share, please scroll down. Have a good day. ...
Rude awakenings
... eastern Europe, to the emptier landscapes of the eastern bloc. The main excitement on the train was the border crossing into Belarus, unfortunately this was at 3am and we weren't really in the mood for excitement then. It seemed to consist of ...
YWCA of Belarus General Assembly
... more in common and sisterhood, than we all expected! Which means this trip to share about domestic violence work in the U.S. with Belarus accomplished much more than the early primary goals asked for. I left them in front of my hotel, saying goodbye ...