As I was telling you recently on this blog, last year I went with my friend Marie to visit the beautiful city of Grodno in Belarus. It was a great and very tiring trip as we could only afford to … Continuer de lire Belarus #9 From Minsk to Grodno: Mir, Nesvizh, and somehow Novogroudok
The month of March is full of celebrations in Bulgaria. One of them is Baba Marta, on the 1st of March, a celebration of the upcoming spring, when people offer each other « martenitsi », which are little bracelets or figurines made … Continuer de lire #Bulgaria – Liberation Day Trip to Veliko Tarnovo
For my first article as a professional-writer (yes, you can now hire me and, even cooler, pay me to write stuffs for you) I thought I would write about my new life in Bulgaria as a French teacher. Yes, you … Continuer de lire #Bulgaria – Discovering Ruse region
January 2019 – My friend Marie came to Belarus to visit me for a week. We decided to go on an adventure on the West side of the country, to visit Grodno. It was a very interesting visit for us … Continuer de lire Belarus #8 One day in Grodno : churches, tarkhun and the dear Lenin
When I arrived in Minsk in September 2018, my favorite season of the year had just started : autumn. Why is autumn my favorite season? I have no idea. Maybe because it’s when I have my birthday? Or, maybe I … Continuer de lire Belarus #7 – Les festivals d’automne
A l’occasion du départ prochain de mes copains Lola et Clément pour leur lune de miel de pacs (oui ça existe, sachez le, quand vous vous pacsez vous avez droit à quatre jours de congés en plus si vous êtes … Continuer de lire Islande #7 – Faire le (grand) tour des lieux
1 – This car Well I guess it’s not that strange, but still a bit unexpected. I can say without being minskaten mistaken that it is for sure the most famous car of Minsk. Everybody has seen it several times, … Continuer de lire Belarus #6 – Top 10 things you can only see here
Cette année, et pour la première fois de ma vie, j’ai eu la chance d’avoir deux Noëls pour le prix d’un. La Biélorussie étant historiquement principalement catholique et orthodoxe (bien que désormais surtout orthodoxe), les fêtes de fin d’année sont … Continuer de lire Belarus #5 – Kolyada, le noël biélorusse
La marchroutka, à ne pas confondre avec la matriochka, ces fameuses « poupées russes » (bien qu’on puisse également mettre plein de monde à l’intérieur), est un moyen de transport primordial dans de nombreux pays d’Europe de l’est. Si vous avez déjà … Continuer de lire Belarus #4 Marchroutka, mode d’emploi
After a few articles about Belarus, let’s talk a bit more about the European Voluntary Service (EVS), that has now changed of name and recently became an Erasmus+ Volunteering activity as a part of the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) all-new … Continuer de lire EVS #1 – What is EVS (ESC) ?
Le Ponpon sur la Garonne 