I only stayed a couple of days in Belarus and then took a night train to Kiev in Ukraine. (Where are all these countries? Here’s a map) Lonely Planet books tend to exaggerate, and the chapter on Ukraine is particularly …
After Lithuania, I went to Belarus, one of the last surviving communist countries. It’s a dictatorship where the KGB is still active and spies on people. Minsk was almost totally destroyed during the war and had to be completely rebuilt. …
I went to quite a few interesting restaurants in the Baltics. In Tallinn I had dinner at Old Hansa, a medieval restaurant. They prepare authentic medieval meals. I had a game selection – boar and elk with barley and vegetables. …