Belarus

Through our trip between all these different countries, we would like to find out more about their way of living.

Their cultural activities and artistic buildings, their way of eating or food-culture, their nature and climate.

Our first stop brings us to BELARUS with its capital Minsk. Our first country in Europe. We had to dress up warmly because it was very cold!

As an independent country it once belonged to the Soviet Union. It’s everything I thought a Russian country would be: grey, cold and covered in snow. In fact it’s the same cold weather from December up to April. It reminds me of a song I used to like when I was little: about a carriage (a trojca) in the snow being pursued by wolves somewhere in the woods , from DRS. P – ‘Dodenrit’.

In a local restaurant near the river who divides the town in two, they served us all kind of dishes with potatoes, the local specialty. As we eat potatoes as a side dish here it seems to be one of the principal ingredients!

Gothic castle - Minsk

Otherwise there is not much exiting to do as there is only one cultural event, a gothic castle, which doesn’t charm me a at all, although unesco qualified it as being world heritage.

Central Botanical Garden - Minsk

While walking  in the park we saw such an adorable elephant made of snow and ice at the Central Botanical Garden in Minsk. :-)

                                                                                                                                                                       Hopefully our next stop is more exciting because I’m leaving Belarus with a thought of a cold, grey and boring country. Only the vodka leaves me good memories!

Vashe zdorovie!

<3 Aurélie