Today – a Sunday – we headed out for the Dudutki Folk Museum, around 30 kms South of Minsk (actually we nearly made the trip twice …).

The whole host team did join in for this trip, making it a perfect chance to get together – in fact this trip was their (now our) team event.

We started with a guided tour of the museum, basically an open air museum showing traditional Belorussian craftsmanship and culture, as well as a working farm.

After a visit at the blacksmith, we came to a bakery, where could try traditionally produced bread and got an introduction on how it had been produced. After the bakery we had a look into traditional wood carving and pottery, followed by the art of producing vodka – this surely included a tasting. I found it quiet odd getting the vodka offered togerther with bread, honey and pickled cucumber – though I have to admit, it fit perfectly together with a great taste.

From the vodka place we continued to some further more shop-like workshops, focusing on wood-carving and straw weaving.

Next stop was the museum’s church – actually a working Orthodox church; from the church we continued to the last stop on our tour – the museum’s (working) windmill.

We jumped on the bus again and got transferred to one of the museum’s restaurants. The restaurant is nicely located in nature at the banks of the Ptich river, giving it a nice backdrop and relaxed atmosphere.

Svetlana had arranged an incredible feast (it would be too simple to just call this lunch) with all sorts of Belorussian specialties to try. This also included Belorussian drinks – most notably kvas (a non-alcoholic drink made by fermenting bread with grains) and – of course – vodka. The feast lasted well into the evening – we left Dudutki around 18:00 … all in all a fabulous day.