Belarus-The gem of the former Soviet Union-WHERE NOONE GOES!!!

I am happy that I got the opportunity to visit Belarus on my trip coming back from Russia in 2006. If you talk to people that travel, they will tell you that they probably have not been to Belarus.

A few things that I liked about it was: there was a lot of history there, it was clean, and no one spoke English. With that said, I found Minsk to be an awfully clean and interesting city (even though it was raining like hell when we were there), I had the chance to go out and look around. Did you know that Lee Harvey Oswald lived there? I didn’t know either until I got there. Everything was also dirty cheap!!!! The money is in high denominations, so I looked like a millionaire!!!!

We also had the chance to visit the Brest Hero Fortress Memorial which was awe inspiring (also one of the ugliest monuments according the various sources.)

Would I go back again? (the border to get into Poland was 7 hours long, so I will never go overland) Hell Yea as I am a junkie for Soviet style cities and countries. Once they loosen up their visa restrictions, I will go back again, and again, and again……