Travel The World

From Minsk, we're on our way to Warsaw, Poland! ^^  It's a pretty long travel so it was late afternoon already when we reached Warsaw.  Not to waste the day, we decided to walk around the city with a map and a very nice weather. =)  Most of the shops are closing so there's not much to see, until we saw the Palace of Culture and Science .  We took some pictures even if it's dark already, we went back the next day to take pictures again but it looks better at night. =) The next morning, we made a short stop at the Royal Lazienki Park (Royal Baths Park) to take our group picture at the famous monument of Fryderyk Chopin .  Too bad we don't have enough time that we can't explore the place, they said it's huge and had lots to see. We went straight to the Old Town .  The entrance to the Old Town is the Castle Square where the Royal Castle (but we didn't enter though =S) and King Zygmunt III Waza Column are located.  With a local guide, we walked thr

From Moscow, we drove passed Borodino, the site of Napoleon's (French) invasion of Russia, known as the Battle of Borodino.  We stopped by Smolensk for lunch before we continue our drive to Minsk, the capital of Belarus.  Before finally reaching the city, we passed by the Hill of Glory along the Minsk-Moscow Highway.  The memorial complex was built in honor of the victory in the Great Patriotic War and the soil for the hill were collected from different cities and fields where the most fierce battles were. We entered Minsk through it's main street, the Independence Avenue and had a short stop at Victory Square for some pictures.  At the center of the square is the granite Victory Monument with a replica of the Order of Victory on top.  Next stop is our hotel, Minsk Hotel, to check-in then dinner. Just a corner away from our hotel is the Independence Square .  Before dinner, we were able to walk around Independence Square and see the Cathedral of St. Simeon and St. H

From Novgorod, we arrived in Moscow late afternoon already, so after checking-in the hotel and dinner, we went straight to the famous Moscow Metro .  Our tour director picked a number of stations that we stopped at and they all have different architectural designs and all are amazing!  It's like walking along an underground palace in one station, then to a museum the next, etc.  The metro is bustling with people so we can't spend too much time admiring the designs and taking pictures, but it's really worth the visit. =) The last station we got out from leads to the Red Square .  The Red Square is really beautiful at night, with St. Basil's Cathedral and the Spasskaya Tower lighted, and the GUM Department Store so bright with all the light bulbs.  We've also seen the Red Square by day when we went back the following day, the place showed a different charm by day than seeing it at night. On our 2nd day in Moscow, we traveled to the town of Sergiyev Posad (f