Amazing holidays- Maitane Serrano - Heaven & Hell (sitios de interés)
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In March 2008 we went to Belorussia and we stayed there one week. We decided to go there because we wanted to visit Tatiana, a Russian girl that comes to our house every summer.
On the fifteenth we took a plane to Frankfurt, then to Vienna and finally to Minsk, the capital of Belorussia. On the airport there were two Russian women who spoke Spanish and they stayed with us all week because in that country they don’t know Spanish and we needed translators.
These two women, called Katia and Elena, went with us to the hotel, we left the luggage there and we went to have lunch. After that, we had a walk and we saw some important buildings, as churches and a lot of monuments reminding all people that were killed on wars. We also saw a frozen river and big pavements that were very clean. I liked this walk a lot but it was very cold, the temperature was -5ºC in spite of the fact that it was spring.
Next day, in the morning we went to a crafts market and we bought many things, for example painting, glass figures... Those sellers in spite of the poverty, they were very polite and pleasant. In the afternoon, we went to the theatre, the tickets were very cheap and the ballet performance was incredible. Moreover, the performance was represented on the Congress palace that was very beautiful.
The following day, in the morning we went to the circus, the tickets were also very cheap and the acting was amazing, there were many gymnasts and some clowns. Later, Katia, Amaia, my parents and I took a train to Gomel, and after eight hours there, we arrived. In Gomel Tatiana, her sister, her mum and a man were waiting for us, after one hour in a car we arrived to Terejovka, the village where Tatiana lives.
We stayed in her house two days, we met all her family, they were very kind and friendly. We visited the village and we saw the school, the nursery school, one place for the young people. Everybody was shocked because they had never seen a tourist before, so they tried to speak with us and they took care of us.
After staying there three days we took the train and we went back to Minsk. When we got there it was snowing. The view was fantastic! This was our last day in Belorussia and we had dinner with Katia and her mum. Very early in the morning we took the plane and we came back home.
In this trip we saw a lot of poverty and it was shocking but, in spite of that, it was very good and special journey because we met Tatiana’s family and we saw Katia and Elena again.
On the fifteenth we took a plane to Frankfurt, then to Vienna and finally to Minsk, the capital of Belorussia. On the airport there were two Russian women who spoke Spanish and they stayed with us all week because in that country they don’t know Spanish and we needed translators.
These two women, called Katia and Elena, went with us to the hotel, we left the luggage there and we went to have lunch. After that, we had a walk and we saw some important buildings, as churches and a lot of monuments reminding all people that were killed on wars. We also saw a frozen river and big pavements that were very clean. I liked this walk a lot but it was very cold, the temperature was -5ºC in spite of the fact that it was spring.
Next day, in the morning we went to a crafts market and we bought many things, for example painting, glass figures... Those sellers in spite of the poverty, they were very polite and pleasant. In the afternoon, we went to the theatre, the tickets were very cheap and the ballet performance was incredible. Moreover, the performance was represented on the Congress palace that was very beautiful.
The following day, in the morning we went to the circus, the tickets were also very cheap and the acting was amazing, there were many gymnasts and some clowns. Later, Katia, Amaia, my parents and I took a train to Gomel, and after eight hours there, we arrived. In Gomel Tatiana, her sister, her mum and a man were waiting for us, after one hour in a car we arrived to Terejovka, the village where Tatiana lives.
We stayed in her house two days, we met all her family, they were very kind and friendly. We visited the village and we saw the school, the nursery school, one place for the young people. Everybody was shocked because they had never seen a tourist before, so they tried to speak with us and they took care of us.
After staying there three days we took the train and we went back to Minsk. When we got there it was snowing. The view was fantastic! This was our last day in Belorussia and we had dinner with Katia and her mum. Very early in the morning we took the plane and we came back home.
In this trip we saw a lot of poverty and it was shocking but, in spite of that, it was very good and special journey because we met Tatiana’s family and we saw Katia and Elena again.