- It is cold and greetings всем привет from Minsk in Belarus I'm back in Minsk
and it is a lot colder than when I was huge in the summer and I did my summer
vlog so in this video I'm gonna give you a little bit of a taste of what it's
like to come to Minsk in winter dramatically different than when you
come here it's summer of course where everything is green the sun is out and
it's warm and there's just a different atmosphere and a different set of things
to do so come with me to the city of Minsk and I'm gonna show what you can
get up to when you come here turn the winter let's go
[Russian] I want to film myself [English] okay so I'm speaking to you
it is 5:00 a.m. and I'm actually look where I'm sitting I don't know if I can actually
really show everybody I am still on a railing in the middle of the metro with these
girls Aliona and over here we have Lera and this is where they hang out it's
like being kind of like a bird on a pedestal I don't know if you can see this ...
- Yeah I've been to 77 countries now globally across all continents so I
certainly feel that I've got a good good feel and a good understanding as to the
diversity that exists within different types of regions of the world certainly
but obviously it's been very refreshing to come to Minsk my understanding and
knowledge of of the country has grown significantly and in terms of the actual
reputation of the place as well I always had a perception that Belarus was very
much like Russia I'd certainly feel that Belarus has been perhaps the the last of
the bastions in Europe where they've been very much segregated from the
interactions with the Western world really and I think only now that they're
actually reaping the benefits certainly from a touristic perspective but also
the opportunities for the average person on the street to actually meet people
like ourselves who have travelled people who have you know come from different
parts of the world and therefore have different opinions and different
perspectives and I think the the Belarusian people really really
appreciate that and really respect that and I think they have an appetite for
that as well to learn more and understand really so a lot of the
interactions we had were incredibly positive
- Basically we had a course by one of the best sommelier in Belarus
She studied in Britain
- Oh really? - [inaudible] and the international one ...
- So food in restaurants in Belarus here I have a traditional dish hopefully you
can see that that's very similar to the famous draniki it's called Kalduny so these
actually have meat in them so that's something to see quite often here in
Belarus they also have some food that's similar with the countries around
like pelmeni, vereniki, borscht of course which is the classic Ukrainian
soup so you have pretty similar kind of fare in terms of traditional food here
in Belarus open it up!
Interesting. What Belarusian speciality do we have here?
- It's called Kalduny
It's called Kalduny. It's very delicous. Yummy, yummy!
Now in terms of price, I would say the restaurants to give you a
good indication are probably gonna set you back for a meal somewhere between 35
and 50 roubles so in US dollars that's gonna be probably about $15 to $20
Ukraine is probably about 30 33 percent cheaper I would say still in terms of
restaurants in the big cities but if you were to compare that with anywhere
in Western Europe it's still about half price to eat in a restaurant in Belarus
in Minsk the capital so that gives you a good ballpark figure it's probably half
the price of Western Europe and definitely of London or Paris
that's probably less than half it's probably closer to that third tell us
again what's inside it?
- It's like a potato pancake with
chopped meat and onion fried onions and mushrooms inside. It's very tasty!
- So this is traditional Belarusian?
-Yes. It's traditional Belarusian.
- But overall it's still amazing value if you are comparing that
with traveling in Western Europe or even Central Europe it's definitely noticeably
cheaper here in Minsk
- So I think there's a you know for anyone looking to travel to Belarus I think
there's an amazing opportunity for you here to be come and have a wonderful
time as I mentioned the people are very forthcoming feels very safe
the weather's a little bit chilly but I think that's to be expected and also it
helps to have Conor as well you know obviously being the Language Tsar speaking
his multitude of languages I had a date last night with a with a really nice
girl and her English was very minimalistic it was very basic but you
know Conor was free and available and I just said listen come by you know have
some sushi with us have some shisha and you need join us for a while and you
know he's able to bridge part of that gap really and the whole dynamic of the
date completely changed in terms of she felt a lot more relaxed with me and you
know she was able to open up a lot more as well because that language barrier
didn't exist really so certainly from that perspective it was great travelling
with Conor and you know the language element is very useful but I don't think it's
necessarily critical to you know having a good time and having success with
everything that you you want to achieve here in Belarus
- The sun is finally out
here in Minsk in Belarus it's beginning of April the long harsh Belarusian
winter is over the snow is melted behind me in the center of Minsk we're here in
Nemiga you can see one of the principal churches here right behind me
and that's something for you to check out no matter what time of year you come
to Minsk but when you come in the harsh in the heart of the harsh winter here in
Minsk what should you do now definitely it's a little bit quiet during the week
in the winter in Minsk but the weekends tend to be really decadent and I know
that you want to check out the bars cafes restaurants and nightclubs of
Belarus' capital I definitely recommend it let's go party hard in Minsk, Belarus
That's a great overview for you guys about what you can do in Minsk Belarus during the
winter you got to see the nightlife here it's really really great
I can can't stop recommending it enough we had a fantastic time here people are
super friendly there's lots to do lots of great restaurants and of course bars
pubs nightclubs all that great stuff so it may be cold on the street but inside
you'll definitely be enjoying yourself for sure if you are interested in coming
here to Belarus to Minsk maybe write me a message you can write me on
ConorClyne@TsarExperience.com or DM on my Instagram my handle there is @TsarExperience
and maybe we might even meet up here in Minsk in Belarus and if
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до свидания from Minsk Belarus!