Belarus Travel Blogs

Introducing Belarus

I would like to show you some places of Belarus - fields, lakes... Enjoy ;)

There are some pics of my homeland-Belarus.

these are the photos taken in the streets of Brest showing the highlights of my home town

Minsk is the city where I lived for 5 years & never stopped admiring it. Always clean & green it attracts the attention as a very welcoming & friendly place. And I’m sure, you won’t stay indifferent towards the pleasant smiles of its citizens.

Brest,being located at the western border of the former USSR,was the first to “greet” the occupants.The memorial “Brest Hero-Fortress” is the place where people come to express their sympathy and to share the grief of those,who have lost their families and the happiness of victory in the war.The ruins at the memorial are all what is left after the hospitals, barracks and military buldings.Here,in my blog,I offer to your attention my view of the fortress,the holly place for many people.

In the winter of 2004, I travelled to Latvia and Lithuania and then took the train to Belarus and Russia. Here are some photos from my journey.

It's one of the most beautiful castles in Belarus

My girlfriends and I traveled from Berlin (Germany) to Moscow (Russia) and back by train. We also visited Warszawa (Poland), Minsk (Belarus), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Helsinki (Finland), Stockholm (Sweden) and Copenhagen (Denmark).

it's one of the oldest & beautiful cities in Belarus

  Yartsevo to Minsk Expenditures for the day: Yesterday tour manager Pete highly recommended not taking showers here because of cleanliness concerns. The night before while brushing my teeth with tap water (also not suggested, but I did it anyway) about 90% of the time the water looked pur…

I's a place I like so much) Just different pics of Minsk...

In 2007-2009 I made a trip around the world and in two years time I did see a lot of places in a lot of countries. I made a blog (in Dutch) at http://leokoolhoven.waarbenjij.nu/ , feel free to read my stories there.

THANK YOU to everyone who sends me postcards and help make my collection grow! I APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH! If you sent me a postcard and you don't see it in this blog, it means it's still on its way or I never received it because it got lost or someone stole it. Yeah, it happens.

My trip in some of oldest places of Belarus