"7 o'clock came and I managed to get into the shower and get ready for our arrival in Berlin. I had to scramble through my notes and figure out which station I needed out of the fou ..."
A travel blog entry from Minsk by
poolman99
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"A trip to Belarus is like a trip to a very different world. Belarus still clings to the Soviet past and while it is progressing, it is not progressing at the pace of neighboring co ..."
"A nudge, a slight jolt, almost imperceptibly we started to gain the momentum necessary to move the Moskva Expres away from Berlin Hauptbahnhof Track #12. Soon we gained speed ..."
"We had an exhausting tour of the dug-up streets as we headed into badly lit basement of a local police station to complete the ritualistic process of 'passport registration'. With ..."
"So what should one expect visiting what is arguably Europe's most closed country? An obscure nation with no previous historical experience of independence that's now ..."
"I spent the day in Minsk: Lukashenko's communist stronghold. Fortunately no anti-government riots today. I felt like about the only tourist around and no one anywhere seemed to spe ..."
"Before I came on this trip, I knew virtually nothing about the country of Belarus. If you had asked me, I probably would have said it was part of Russia. It's not. I'm assuming my ..."
"Minsk was incredibly sterile and clean compared to Russia. It was also pissing down with rain so it wasn't very pleasant. We did manage to have a look through the GUM department st ..."
Belarus 
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