Directions for those approaching the motorway from a minor road leaving Barysau. Moscow straight on, Brest on Belarus/Polish border left.
Simple for motorists but the motorway has replaced the original road system and its a very difficult 20 to 30 kms navigating through villages on dust tracks and sand paths.
Talachyn is very similar to the other small towns in Belarus. Nobody seems happy about anything around here and my BelHotel.by hotel bookings continue to be very poor standard.
And another thing, everyone in a shop or cafe (virtually none outside major towns) wears white or blue overalls and is always mopping up or furiously cleaning surfaces. I have never been in any shop where I haven't had to queue although you can rarely buy anything fresh. Fruit and veg is poor but most people grow their own in their garden from what I've seen. Bottled beers are plentiful and you take them home to consume - no bars are to be found anywhere outside major cities. I could keep going .... I will, the shops have several assistants behind a counter and you have to ask for things and then pay in hundreds of thousands which is usually a couple of Euros or less......and they don't usually have the correct change and you play 'swap and change' for a while until its right.
I was recently informed by the Belarusian guy that shops have (uninviting) lobbies to cope with the severe cold conditions in Winter. Fair point!
Simple for motorists but the motorway has replaced the original road system and its a very difficult 20 to 30 kms navigating through villages on dust tracks and sand paths.
Talachyn is very similar to the other small towns in Belarus. Nobody seems happy about anything around here and my BelHotel.by hotel bookings continue to be very poor standard.
And another thing, everyone in a shop or cafe (virtually none outside major towns) wears white or blue overalls and is always mopping up or furiously cleaning surfaces. I have never been in any shop where I haven't had to queue although you can rarely buy anything fresh. Fruit and veg is poor but most people grow their own in their garden from what I've seen. Bottled beers are plentiful and you take them home to consume - no bars are to be found anywhere outside major cities. I could keep going .... I will, the shops have several assistants behind a counter and you have to ask for things and then pay in hundreds of thousands which is usually a couple of Euros or less......and they don't usually have the correct change and you play 'swap and change' for a while until its right.
I was recently informed by the Belarusian guy that shops have (uninviting) lobbies to cope with the severe cold conditions in Winter. Fair point!
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