This post includes a fact file about every place I have written blog posts about. Belarus Fact File Main Industries: machinery and equipment, mineral products, chemicals, metals, textiles, foodstuffs Famous People: Thaddeus Kosciuszko (Belarusian, Polish and USA revolutionary hero and general), Marc Chagall (artist), Petr Klimu...
Mom got a job offer in Singapore in 2016, and we were going there on February 10, but my Aunt Vika had a wedding on Feb. 3. We could not miss it, so we decided to stop over in Belarus to go to Aunt Vika’s wedding. I would also say hello to the family and meet my best Belarusian friend, Zahar. We flew in on 01/31/18, to get read...
One day I met 6 boys who became my best friends. Their names were Zakhar, Ruslan, Maxim, Vlad, Dima and Egor. We played a little and went to our apartments. The next day I found Max playing soccer with a girl named Nastia, and 3 boys named Roma, Simon and Arsenii. The match was with a lot of action. I’m pretty sure I scored at ...
Today we went to the air show. It was a sunny day and when we were parking we saw helicopters flying around. It looked nice. We came out of the car and went to look at the exhibit of planes and helicopters. There was a place where you could see Yuri Gagarin’s space capsule. It was so stuffed in there! I secretly went on the win...
Today there was an air show. But Grandma, Evan, Vika (my aunt), and I decided not to go to it, because it was raining. Because we didn’t go to the air show, we decided to go to the celebration of Day of Paratroopers. We came to the celebration when the tanks were dancing. By dancing, I mean driving under music and SHOOTING (ban...
Grandpa got tickets for a tour to a BelAZ factory!!!! We were going withGrandpa, Mom, Evan, my friend Antony and his mom. In case you didn’t know, BelAZ are the biggest trucks in the world! We needed to drive to Zhodzina to get to the factory, which is 1 hour away. We met our tour guide and went (first) into the museum. There w...
One day my uncle, who is a professional chef but is also a soccer fan, got us tickets for Belarus-France soccer game. Dynamo is Belarus’s biggest stadium but it was being reconstructed, so we needed to ride to Borissov, a city 40 km away from Minsk and has a very nice, modern stadium. The stadium was big, and we were in the front r...
One day my grandfather got tickets for a hockey game for the Ice Hockey World Cup qualification game! My dad and I went. We got seats at the back of the stadium, so we could see everything very well. Then they announced the names of the players and the game started. In the first time, we watched how Poland scored 2-0. Then, we watche...
One sunny day, we had a special treat. Grandpa got us permission to go on a tour of the Kommunarka Chocolate Factory. First, we went to the guest room and on the TV we watched a video about the history of the Factory. Then we put on white robes and hats to keep the factory clean, and then went to see the production lines. It was so e...
My Mom’s best friend, Diana, lives in Abruzzo, Italy. She and my Mom have known each other for a long time. Diana has a husband, Doriano, who is very cool, and three girls, Anastasia, Veronica, and Cristina. They came to visit Minsk while we were there, which was so great. We agreed to meet in the waterpark. It was so nice to final...