Minsk. Small outings, but big impressions
About 15 years ago, my husband visited Minsk on a business trip. He returned in complete admiration for the city, I, of course, listened to him, gasped and groaned, but I could not understand his enthusiasm, or rather, be imbued with them. Since then, we have several times been going to Minsk on a tour, and booked hotels, and bought insurance for the car, but something always happened.
And then again, Minsk loomed on my horizon. The dance group, in which the daughter is engaged, was invited to participate in the festival of children's creativity in Minsk. The participation of the child in such events entirely depends on the desire and capabilities of the parents. I always have a desire (for any boil, except for a hunger strike), besides, there were no tourism projects planned in the foreseeable future, but the clock has already begun : )). Well, I had to find opportunities, I couldn’t miss such a chance - to visit Minsk after all. “Yes, the child must be accompanied, yes, the child must participate there, show himself, so to speak, on the big stage, at an international event” - this is how I announced my decision to my husband : )) In general, our men decided that they you have to live together for several days, it is desirable to remain healthy and unharmed, otherwise it will fly from your mother, and it won’t seem enough. It's just that it was their first experience of a "momless" stay of more than 3 hours.
Imagine, and even this trip to Minsk with a child we almost fell through, believe here in all sorts of karmas and auras. . . One month before the trip, the child's appendix got inflamed. Tryndets!! ! But everything turned out well, we quickly recovered and returned to the harmonious ranks of the dance group. And we finally got to Minsk!
In Minsk, we stayed at Aqua-Minsk 2 Hotel *, which I can safely recommend, not only is it a new modern hotel (except that for some reason there is no air conditioning in the standards), the price also includes an unlimited visit to the water park. Read more here
Even though we settled far from the tourist part of Minsk, and there wasn’t a lot of free time, considering the water park : )), but I still planned a sortie, I can’t just sit here when a new one is overboard city for me. Because The top sights of the city were supposed to be visited as part of a sightseeing tour, then first of all, my daughter and I went to a place where you can see almost the entire city and immediately cover it, so to speak, with a single glance - to the observation deck of the National Library.
From our location, it's on the opposite side of town. Fortunately, there is a minibus 119, which drove us to the library without transfers in half an hour, the fare is 1 ruble.
I dreamed of tickling my nerves on the panoramic elevator, but it didn’t work that day, I had to take the service elevator, which, on the contrary, my little coward was delighted with. And then she was still afraid upstairs - a typical example of a nearby fallen apple : ))) She was afraid, though not for long, the awareness of height captures. Here is Minsk at our feet))
I wasn't so scared at all, the most gripping thing in my stomach for me is the bridge-transition between the platform itself and the passage to the elevator, it is latticed, into a hole. Remotely, but reminded me Skybridge in Sochi, which I turned to child's attention. The child answered briefly that she definitely wouldn’t climb that bridge))
We have such a quirk - if there is a subway, then you must definitely ride. So we drove from the library (Vostok station) to Nemiga, and ended up in the evening rush hour. The time intervals between trains are long, and people are piled on everything... Yes, it's been a long time since my sides were crushed like that. In general, the subway is like a subway, nothing special. Perhaps, already from the category of unusual for us - these are entry tokens. I bought two for 60 kopecks, but the uncle at the entrance did not allow the child to pass through the turnstile, she was still small. The child said with pride that she was not small, she was already finishing the first grade, soon she would be eight years old. But no, they said, the automatics might not work properly on the little ones, and the turnstiles might slam shut on the child. Something like this... So we left a token as a souvenir)
Of course, we were already tired of this temporary, so we walked along Pobediteley Avenue towards our hotel as much as we could.
view of the Trinity Suburb from the Nemiga metro station
Museum of the Great Patriotic War
intersection of Pobediteley Avenue and Masherova Street
It is clear that it is possible to walk in a straight line, but it is difficult. And already from the Museum of the Great Patriotic War we went by bus, how long, it turns out, for 40 minutes we drove a distance of 7 km. I didn’t manage to catch the minibus: while I can see the number through my pebbles, while I head to the edge of the sidewalk, and she’s already up and left, not slowing down at all at the stop)) But they didn’t take money from us on the bus, they were hares, just from the driver there are no tickets left.
Pobediteley Avenue itself is a very interesting street. Here, entirely sports facilities, modern hotels and shopping malls, residential areas and park areas. Basically, we admired from the bus window, and there was no own photo. It is especially good in the evening illumination.
Photo from the Internet
The organizers of the festival also provided a sightseeing tour of Minsk, thanks to which we completed the minimum program of getting to know the city. We visited the Upper City,
view from the Upper City to the Lower City (Nemiga metro station)
Church of the Holy Spirit
Living sculptures
we visited the Trinity Suburb, where we were shown the oldest pharmacy in the city. It is not a museum, in general, an ordinary functioning pharmacy, but it recreates the interiors of two hundred years ago, you can take a look at all kinds of pharmacy utensils of the past.
The oldest pharmacy in Minsk (preserved)
There are probably few bridges : )
We visited the Island of Courage and Sorrow.
Weeping Angel
Chapel-monument "To the Sons of the Fatherland who died outside it"
Oddly enough, we got to know the Railway Station and the Gates of Minsk before we left.
Railway station
Railway station
There was enough time left before the train, we left our suitcase in the storage room (I think 1.25 Belarusian rubles per day) and went aimlessly.
The Gates of Minsk
Komsomolskaya street
Independence Avenue
Somewhere behind the Dynamo stadium in Lyakhovsky Square, they found such a wall - Tsoi's Wall - this is a fragment of the same fence from October Square, which in 1990 turned into a "memorial" of the singer.
Tsoi's Wall
We met a nice vehicle. I wonder if it is modernized or, after all, everything is native? I mean the hatch. When I showed my husband, he could not answer
Oh, that day there was a parade of retro cars in Minsk, so cool. And there were so many of them on October Square
Strange feelings: everything around seems to be its own, the same as ours. . . And at the same time a little bit, but not the same. . . While we were walking around the city, I had a strong feeling of frozen time, that I was inside a movie 50-60 -s of the last century, if not for modern cars, it would be a complete immersion)).
Palace of Culture of Trade Unions
TSUM
And the price tags reinforced this feeling - rubles and kopecks - oh, beauty : ))
And the child generally had an explosion of the brain, why is it written "A" where it is necessary to write "O". Why is everyone around speaking Russian, but not Russian on the bus. . .
My daughter and I are just delighted with the city.
So bright, spacious, blooming, friendly and easy to use. Yes, yes, it is in application, there is no language barrier, financial too. It is easy to pay for everything with a card, and even the simplest Sber Maestro, which is free. Local residents are happy to respond to a request to orient in space. . . Well, in general, the aura is somehow open or something. . .
We were in a wonderful mood, the weather was just great, it all happened in blooming May, so it arrived among the fans of Minsk : )))
