Cernihiv ( part 1 )

Bania , the Ukranian sauna

Cernihiv is a town , ukranians will say that's a small town in north of Ukraine , at about 300.000 people and almost 2 hours away from Kiev with marshrutka.

In drum dinspre Cernihiv spre Kiev am vazut un restaurant unde scria mare si citet *Va dorim pofta buna* , surprinzator mai ales ca locatia nu era nici pe departe aproape de Romania si prin faptul ca sunt primele tari unde nu am gasit sau auzit pana acum dulcele grai.

Belarussian Odyssey (part 3)

Minsk subway station , where CCCP signs still rule !

Here´s the plce where I´ve met the belorusian band Floor sixteenth . Great guys !

I went to a party in this home , was so artistic and nice even though it was just a one room flat . The guy loved waterpipes and had a passion for yoga and indian stuff. It was niiice !

The old Minsk landmark , in front of the rail station .

Belarus Odyssey ( part 2 )

Old city Minsk


After spending the day in the town , eating the traditional Kuruki , I think in the evening I’ve met Olga and her sister and went to her studio where we did some graffiti on the walls with Montana , afterwards she invited to her apartment where we had a nice diner and talked . Later we’ve met one of Olgas friends and went to a pub to grab a beer , traditional of course. All of them were part of Couchsurfing .







art studio , fooling around with Montana cans.

I’ve been to a Couchsurfing meeting with one local girl , one from Austria and another from Germany but with kazaki origins . It was ok , after that I went on my own visiting the same the city and got some adventure . I have seen the national library , Minsk’s landmark by night and was really great.

city view from one of the 16th floor blocks

Once arrived at Olga’s place , at Moskovskaya street , we celebrated Women’s Day , and it was so sweet.

On the last day Kxiu hanged out with me to the coolest places in Belarusian capital , we went to a Narghile party in the Botanical garden which is closed during winter , so we did something illegal trespassing there. All of the people were from the new avangarde and had something to do with art in one way or another.

Here were the people jumping the parks fence.

People enjoying the waterpipes , also was the first time when I tried the one with milk , the one with red waterhose. Niiiiiiice !

Belarus Odyssey ( part 1)

I was about leaving my hometown when a funny thing happened , I was already in the moving train when my father called me and said that I have the keys to the apartment , I looked after them and of course they were in my jacket , I ran to the trains door and opened it , and throw them outside . It was good that we were still in the city borders. After 20 minutes he calls me back and says that they were found.

I was preparing myself for the 38 hour trip so I didn´t have much sleep the night before , trying to stay awake and sleep as much as possible during the way. Near my compartiment there were two Bulgarians who were heading to Minsk for a 3 month course. That was the thing that saved me , somehow. I knew about Romanian hospitality but not about our fellow neighbors , it was proved that they are really good , in fact all our Balkans are more or less the same. The boy had ´´rakia´´ and I had some wine from Bacau , some Romanian meatballs and some Bulgarian ¨sugiuk¨ and I didn´t realized how fast we already got to our destination.

At the border a dog entered and sniffed my stuff , It was so fun and I ran after him to make a photo , but the guy who was with him disagreed that and approached me to erase it, luckily that my display isn´t working and I still got that .

My first contact with the Russian culture was the big city at the border of Belarus , Gomel. We had to stay here 2 hours to wait another garniture to come , plenty of time to see around and visit a bit. I was surprised to see Lenin statue lying in the main city square and the railstation , but later on I found that this will be a really common situation. On our way back to the train I was amazed and intrigued to find out that none of the young people approached on the streets couldn´t understand English , some of them didn´t even stopped to hear what I am about to say.

Once arrived in the rail station my host Olea and two of her friends waited for me there , it was a nice surprise because after that we bought some local drinks and have a little party. They were really crazy and they made my and Coada´s jokes look really soft. Even though one of them was an software programmer (Sasha) and the other teacher at the university(Dan´ila).

The first day in Minsk was nice , I walked along the main street for the whole day and noticed that Minsk is a great student city and even though the temperature was below 0 , there were a lot of nice girls with really short skirts , things that I haven´t seen so far in Ukraine for example . I got lucky with a girl from CS who showed me around and her friend , it was a long and relaxing day. One funny thing is that in my first day there I´ve met two of my hosts on the street without knowing, Olea , and then in the evening when I was about to return Ksiu.

In front of the monument of heroes in city center , Minsk.

Oksana and her friend Olea, with a church in Minsk.

These party guys and my bed , over there in the back J

Minsk stadium and the market , all round the stadium is a big market , like Bacau’s “piata “. Also there is a huge statue on top.

Minsk's wheel !

Pitipoance de Belarus ..

Departure