Monthly Archives: June 2019

Belarus – East (Homel, Mogilev, Babruysk) June 24, 2019 I entered north of Cheniviv Ukraine and south of Homel, Belarus. I got into the Nothing to Declare line and was at the front, then had to move into the Something … Continue reading →

Belarus – West (Brest, Hrodna, Baranavichy) June 27-28, 2019 I left Minsk on June 27 to go to Belarus West. Mir Castle Complex. History. Duke Juryj Ivanavič Illinič began construction of the castle near the village of Mir after the … Continue reading →

Belarus – West (Brest, Hrodna, Baranavichy) June 27-28, 2019 I left Minsk on June 27 to go to Belarus West. I saw this after the Raziwell Palace.  Mir Castle Complex. History. Duke Juryj Ivanavič Illinič began construction of the castle … Continue reading →

Finland – Western and Central (Turku, Tampere, Jyväskylä)  World Heritage Sites  Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki  Old Rauma  Petäjävesi Old Church  Struve Geodetic Arc  Tentative WHS  Paimio Hospital (formerly Paimio Sanatorium) (28/01/2004)  Sights (Temporarily Reinstated)  Archipelago National Park  Jyväskylä … Continue reading →

Belarus – Central and Northeast (Minsk, Vitebsk, Orsha) June 25- MINSK (pop 2 million) Minsk is the capital and largest city of Belarus, situated on the Svislač and the Nyamiha Rivers. The population in January 2018 was 1,982,444, (not including suburbs) … Continue reading →

Ukraine – West Northern (Lviv, Ternopil, Volyn, Rivne) June 21-23, 2019 Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine. These comprise 16 wooden churches built by horizontal log construction. They are located in isolated parts of the Carpathian Mountains. They … Continue reading →

MINSK (pop 2 million) Minsk is the capital and largest city of Belarus, situated on the Svislač and the Nyamiha Rivers. The population in January 2018 was 1,982,444, (not including suburbs) making Minsk the 11th most populous city in Europe. … Continue reading →

Ukraine – Central-West (Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi) June 21, 2019 VINNYTSIA Podolsky Zoo.  This small zoo had a few unusual animals I have not seen in zoos recently: elands, curly pigeons, . The cages are dated and there is not much … Continue reading →

Ukraine – West Southern (Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk, Zakarpatiya) Khotyn Fortress (Sight). History. In 1250-64, Prince Danylo of Halych rebuilt the fortress. They added a half-meter (20 in) stone wall and a 6-meter (20 ft) wide moat around the fortress. In the second half of the … Continue reading →

Ukraine – Central (Kyiv, Cherkasy, Kropyvnytskyi) June 16-20, June 23, 2019 From Ukraine Northeast, I drove south of the Dneiper and stopped in the is town. Cherkasy (pop 262,000) The city is the cultural, educational and industrial center of Cherkasy Oblast and … Continue reading →