Europe

5 Reasons Why Belarus, Minsk Sucks!

By |2019-07-01T07:45:38-05:00June 25th, 2014|Categories: Europe, Off The Beaten Path|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Someone please wake up Belarus. I mean really shake them up, maybe a sharp slap in the face. Let them know the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. You are free! Take down your statues of Lenin. Remove the Soviet red stars. Disband your police state. Until then, realize that Belarus does not want you to visit. [...]

The Northernmost Armenians of the World

By |2019-07-01T13:04:23-05:00June 6th, 2014|Categories: Europe, Unique Experiences|

I grabbed my Dad and informed him that even in the Arctic Circle there were Armenians. Svalbard, an isolated Norwegian island, lies in the Arctic Ocean between 74 and 81 degrees north latitude. During the summer the sun does not set for 99 days, and darkness reigns for 84 days in the winter. The 3,000 [...]

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