While not driving I have fun and take pics!

On wensday I was in Mahilou

Time is running fast

When I got my passport I was in a hurry, but I noticed this animal and stopped...

Lubcha

thorn

Palace, me and car

Nioman

me and palace from a tower

Palace from renovated tower

I am in an old tower

last year volunteers renovated the roof of one of two towers and now working on the entrance...

Songs of freedom - 2

When I went to the concert:) Songs of freedom - 2.

There were flags of Minsk:)

Sunday night

Hey there:) I just read on-line article about TUT.BY, there was even my name :D Funny...

You know, I had a great weekend. Yesterday I went to Lubcha, it's near Nahahrudak. There young people worked on reconstruction of a castle tower. I drived the way back and was really tired, but a cup of coffee on the midway made me alive again:) Althought we were in Minsk after 2 a.m. and I entered my flat at 3 a.m. And today I was in village, we have lots of apples and plums this year;)

Photos are coming later...

Just friends!

Next day of freedom...

I was driving home from my friend and thinking how much I can write in my blog, but now I don't want to...

I left my job on Friday and now I can do what I want. And I have a long list of things to do, really long one. And, you know, it was really sad to leave job which I really love, to realise that I will not meet these people every day and that now I have to start new period of my life. It's not easy, believe me. But on the other hand I feel freedom now, almost real freedom :)

I met with my friend today, he is leaving for USA tomorrow where he will study. Many of my friends left Belarus, I just hope that one day they will be back and we will build a new country. It's one of my dreams...

I was in Mir on Saturday and took many pics which I will share later:)

Well, it's after midnight now, so the first day of freedom started?!

Morning cup of coffee

Today I had an "accident" in the morning, I broke my cup:(

Actually, it's quite symbolic as I am leaving my job in a week.

But it was said a bit as this cup was also connected with some memories. I got it as a promotion gift in a cafe in Poznan (Poland) being there for a morning coffee with my boyfriend.

Hmm, everything has changed since that time. And long way is ahead, so let's go on.

Have a nice day with a cup of good tea or coffee! :)

Minsk cosmos

Mammoth head with tusks found by Belarusian archaeologists

Yes! I forgot to tell you that mammoth head with tusks found by Belarusian archaeologists near village of Yurovichi. According to the archaeologists, the find is about 26,5 thousand years old. Earlier the scientists had found only mammoth skeleton fragments in this region. This is the first such fully preserved find. Well, you see what kind of pets we used to have? :D

Belarus+Latvia+Lithuania:)

Today Anika, a girl from Belarus who had been born in Latvia, won the international musical festival “Druskininkai Summer-2006” held on August 4-6 in Druskininkai (Lithuania):) Congratulations! If you want to hear her voice, you can download a song which she performed at Belarusian festival here.

Rainy weekend in Minsk

Car stories

I've never thought that I should be married when I was buying my car :D Today I realised that Belarusian society is full of stereotypes about girls and cars. Today at underground parking near my work I was proposed to ask my (!) HUSBAND to drive me outside the city where I can practice parking to feel confident. I just smiled at that guy. I don't need a husband to have a car, it's ridiculous.

And before all the workers of the parking were staring at me and smiling, some showing me directions and even bowning, funny, eh?

Yesterday I went to repair my left weels as I cut them somewhere on the road and actually I was really happy that after previous visit workers at service remembered me and asked about different problems with car I used to have before. Finally I was asked if my car was a toy car as the weels were really small... Well, maybe they are small, but I am quite happy with my car!

And I can say for sure that the most important in driver is the same as in any other person - patience, attention and respect to other people. If you have all this then who cares about your gender on the road! ;)

Minsk...

Only living in this city for a long time you can feel it's soul. Only then you stop paying attention to soviet style architecture and you notice real people, life and short moments :) I can say that I love my city more and more and I will miss it a lot if am away for a long time...

Friends

My life would be empty without friends. It's true that some times a person needs to be free from anyone, to be alon, but we can't live alone all our life. So our friends are part of our lifes and I would say that's one of the most important parts. Tell me who are your friends and I'll tell who are you. :D

Keeping all this in mind I decided to meet with my university group mates yesterday. It's amazing that with some of them with who at uni we were not so close, now we are. Growing older? or wiser? who knows!

But the best surprise was a call from my really good friend who lives at Germany now (actully many of my friends are travelling around world now:) She is in Minsk at the moment, so we will have time for chats and crazy things together.