Day 2. Minsk and Dudutki tour
Breakfast. Meeting with guide. Minsk city sightseeing tour. Dudutki open air ethnographic museum tour. Then you will visit tavern in the country style with vintage cars exhibited at tavern grounds: ZIM, Willis, Volkswagen Beetle, Fiat Topolino, Chrysler, Horch, Ganomak, Chayka.
Returning to Minsk. Accommodation at hotel***/ hotel****. Overnight. (B)
Breakfast. Meeting with guide. Minsk city sightseeing tour. You will see: Independence Square with the House of Government; Roman Catholic red-brick Church of Saints Simon and Helena (the Red Church, 1909); Victory Square with its 38 meters gray obelisk and eternal flame honoring the heroes of World War II; The Trinity Suburb with XIX c. downtown buildings restored; Orthodox Holy Spirit Cathedral and St. Peter and Paul’s Church (XVII c.). Dudutki open air ethnographic museum tour. In Dudutki you will see the old and only functioning in Belarus windmill, learn the history and secrets of its construction work, and finely try a miller’s treat (lard, bread, onions). You can take the place of the master for a few minutes at the potter’s wheel in the pottery workshop. Then you will visit a rural smithy, watch a blacksmith work and learn the secrets of his craft. You can visit the Belarusian traditional bakery where you hear about the enchanting process of the birth of rye bread and then you will find a welcome baker’s treat (bread, cheese, butter, herbal tea). You will have a chance to purchase a souvenir of straw and flax at the ethnographic souvenir gallery with an exhibition of everyday objects XVIII-XX cc. presented. Then you will visit tavern in the country style with vintage cars exhibited at tavern grounds: ZIM, Willis, Volkswagen Beetle, Fiat Topolino, Chrysler, Horch, Ganomak, Chayka. There is a zoo and barnyard in craft courtyard backside where you can see not only the usual cows, geese and chickens but also wild boar, ostrich and even American deer.
Returning to Minsk. Accommodation at hotel***/ hotel****. Overnight. (B)
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