Throughout the rest of Europe got rid of the uncomfortable Soviet legacy in a fast and effective, relegating them to a museum for the enjoyment of Soviet tourists.
In Minsk is still everything here.
Statues of Lenin with love by the people observe many squares and streets.
At 300 meters from here there's Lenin Square.
Underground, a mega mall. Very modern.
I could make a comment about the symbolism of the thing, but it would be granted.
Here we are in Minsk. They are only 4 hours by bus from Vilnius, but there are at least 20 years away.
A bit like from Bangkok to Rangoon in Burma.
We left a city and pretty little girl, a measure of a man's foot (in the sense that you walk), and we found designed to be inhabited by Boeing 747.
It 's all great, kind in Texas.
A taxi driven by an Armenian GPS (did not know the city) led us to the apartment and told us his story.
I say "in Armenia, but it is worse than here?". "10 times worse." I hate to think.
Apart from him, no one speaks Inges.
Indeed, no one speaks.
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