As you can see, I ve changed again my itinerary, but that the aim of this trip (travelers advice, opportunity,...). I want to participate to the CS meeting in vilnius the 23th and to visit a friend in the same city so  i decided to go to the north and towards the baltic country. I not gonna give me time to visit romania, bulgaria and albania...so i prefer to stauy till crsitmas in the north of europe and I ll come back in the balkans after christmas....

 Anyway I m in belarus, unknow country for most of the people of western europe. The capital is Minsk. Minsk was completly destroyed in the second world war, so you can see lot of communist remains. It s a paradise for concrete lover like me. They haven t remove yet the CCCP propagand. Everything is huge here, the  architecture is quiet cold, road are so wide that you need to go in a underground to cross them. I m quiet ashtonished, viewing the immensity of everything.  Intersting to sse a cold building and to sicover inside a cosy bar.

It s quiet freezing here, around minus five. In minsk, it s snowing a lot, that s really charming to see this huge park and trees with snow. Tat the first time in my life that I use an umbrella to pretect myself of the snow. I had to buy a tight (loggin) to put below my pans. We suppose to wear it when it s minus twenty, but i need it when it s minus five, belarussians laught at me!!.

In belarus I ve pay a bus ticket with 11 notes, there s no coin in that country. I feel really rich my pocket is full of notes, you can find a note worth 1 euro cents !!!In Minsk I stay at the flat of an old lady. 

There no hostel there, so few tourists, especially in november. Moreover Louckashenko president ask a visa for tourist from western europe !! I got it in kiev.  I had to stay at the old lady s flat in the suburd in that bedroom district.

I went to see a ballet performance in the main opera of minsk (palats republiscki) , it was great and impressive. So many actors dancing in the same time....everything acompanied by an orchestr playing classical music.

Belorusians are very friendly, they speak russian. Food is really heavy, most of the dishes are made with potatoes. I ve eaten draniki kind of pancake made with potatoes....people from neighbourhood countruies call them potatoes eater!!!, .

I ve been to the house where was given the first communist meeting. Everything started there...(preparation of the revolution of october...). I visited also a musseum outside minsdk about the 19th century belorussians life style.

This night i gotta take a train to vilnius capital of Lithuania , my visa is over, i m ready to have my coldest experience in my life.

I could receive here a ''shot vodka lesson''' . Everytime, everywhere, people drink shot of vodka. Mens have to drink the shot in one strock, womens are allowed to seap  it in several time. After the shot we have to take a ''zacuzka'', a kind of snack or it could be a juice or just to smell something. People was surprise that i didn t need that. After few shots, i understood why you need to take a zacuzka. You get drunk so quickly. Girls say  that after the first shot you ve to kiss a the mouth. I havnt check yet if it s the intermnational rules..

Toilettes hommes dans  l opera de MInsk ; A l epoque communiste on voyait grand!!! Pas moins de 40 urinoirs

Maison ou a eu lieu la pre;iere rencontre du parti communiste