Backpacking in Belarus: My Stay At Stary Mińsk Hostel, Mińsk
So far i have to Belarus 4 times, 3 of those visits I have been in Minsk at some point. Yet I haven’t written about my accommodation much until now – I really should cover…
Sunday’s Inspiration: Postcards From Babruysk, Belarus, 12 Years Later
Sunday Story time and a flashback to 2007… Just under 12 years ago (August 2007) when I started this travel blog, one of the first articles I wrote was about the city of Babruisk /…
How to Get a Belarus🇧🇾Visa in Warsaw, Poland🇵🇱
I recently made a long awaited return to Belarus. It was originally one of the first 25 countries I ever visited, back in 2007 when I was attending the Belarus v. Northern Ireland women’s match.…
Backpacking in Belarus🇧🇾: Staying at the Kip Town Hostel in Grodno
2018 meant a welcome return to Belarus after a gap of 11 years. While my 2007 adventure took me to Babruysk and Minsk, here in 2018 I backpacked Grodno after another gruelling visa struggle at…
Backpacking in Belarus🇧🇾: Top 5 Sights in Bobruisk
“We’re in the army. Now. Woah oh we’re in the army.” – Status Quo. I find it hard to believe that it has been nine years since I backpacked my way to the unknown and…
Friday’s Featured Food: Belarussian Porridge in Bobruisk, Belarus🇧🇾
It’s a long time since I wrote anything about Belarus (even though I once wrote a chapter for a book on my trip there). And as it’s yet to feature on my Friday’s Featured Food…
The bleakness of communism…living differently in similarity
I found myself exposed to the innocence of communism a few times. I had never seen Eastern Europe before the wall came down. But I had savoured the drab, greyness of a growing Varshava in…
Five Nil and you still Don’t sing! Belarus🇧🇾5-0 Northern Ireland🔴🤚☘️, in Bobruisk
“We’re in the army now” – Status Quo. I had watched the Northern Ireland ladies team in May 2007 in Gillingham, Kent. We lost 4-0 to England and played with passion and pride against full-time…
White Russia (Bel -a – Rus) – Where the hell is Bobruisk??
The short answer is Bobruisk is a very sublime and extremely bizarre city in the eastern part of Belarus (White Russia). The real answer is that the day I left Moscow for a flight to…