Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Making New Friends
Close to the Frunzenskaya Metro Station is a fruit booth we have visted so much this summer the lady inside recognizes us. Her produce is delicious and always arranged so neatly. She doesn't speak any English but with the point and smile method of communication we have become good friends. As the weather is getting cold and I'm sure her stand will not be there much longer -- we asked her if we could take her picture.



Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Wax Museum Visit
We visited a wax museum which is located close to our apartment. It only cost the two of us $4.92. Some entertainment is very inexpensive.

Friday, October 30, 2009
Sight from Saturday's Stroll
The weather this past Saturday was still nice enough to take a walk, so we decided we better visit some more sights of the city. (My Blog is like a trip that just never ends!!) This is the military building and theater. It looked like from the advertisement in the front they were all plays--which I would love to go to, but it would be a little hard to enjoy if you couldn't understand a word they were saying.

This says, ....(something) theater and Belarussian Army

This is a government building where President Lushanka's office is located. I quickly took a picture when the guard had his back turned.
We found a fun place where people were selling things that had made. Lots of artists had their painting for sell, a little hand sewing, and this lady made dolls. She is holding the one I bought. You can tell from her coats that the weather was pretty cold.

WC (bathroom). Fancy on the outside gross on the inside. Actually we didn't go inside, but I haven't found a public restroom in this country I would want to use unless I really needed to.

This is a tree just outside our apartment complex. We are waiting to go inside because there was a very drunk young man trying to get inside and he was having a very hard time. Finally a man came out and "gently" had him step aside so we and another girl could go inside. He was so drunk when he tried to step down the one small step we have, he fell on his back. Some of those situations are so sad. Sergie said when he went to the hospital to get some stitches most of the patients were drunks that had been picked up off the streets. Alcohol is definatedly Satan's tool of ruining a person's life. But doesn't Max make a striking pose.
This says, ....(something) theater and Belarussian Army
This is a government building where President Lushanka's office is located. I quickly took a picture when the guard had his back turned.
We found a fun place where people were selling things that had made. Lots of artists had their painting for sell, a little hand sewing, and this lady made dolls. She is holding the one I bought. You can tell from her coats that the weather was pretty cold.
This limo was parked in front of the catholic church waiting for the wedding party to come out. It's so long it almost looked fake to me.
This fancy building is actually a....
WC (bathroom). Fancy on the outside gross on the inside. Actually we didn't go inside, but I haven't found a public restroom in this country I would want to use unless I really needed to.
This is a tree just outside our apartment complex. We are waiting to go inside because there was a very drunk young man trying to get inside and he was having a very hard time. Finally a man came out and "gently" had him step aside so we and another girl could go inside. He was so drunk when he tried to step down the one small step we have, he fell on his back. Some of those situations are so sad. Sergie said when he went to the hospital to get some stitches most of the patients were drunks that had been picked up off the streets. Alcohol is definatedly Satan's tool of ruining a person's life. But doesn't Max make a striking pose.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Village Architecture
We see a lot of abandoned homes in the villages where the owners have either passed away or living in boarding homes and their children have gone to the cities to live.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
The Roads...
Our travels our very interesting. We start out on a four lane road going out of the city of Minsk and then sometimes....
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it gets smaller...
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and smaller....
it gets smaller...
and smaller....
until we are actually driving on cobble stone.
mail receptacle.
Monday, October 26, 2009
On The Road Again
We closed two projects in Vitesbyk this week. The church donated needed equipment in a Boarding House for 300 residents and a Retirement Home for 30 residents. I took some fun pictures of things we saw "on the road."
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The fields are green and you would think it was summer except it is cold, rainy, and cloudy. In the fall the farmers plant radishes which they plow into the ground in the spring fertilizing the earth for next year's summer crop.
The fields are green and you would think it was summer except it is cold, rainy, and cloudy. In the fall the farmers plant radishes which they plow into the ground in the spring fertilizing the earth for next year's summer crop.
puddles of waters standing in the fields.
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