Today was our sightseeing day; we had taken the day off and made our way through town. We started at the train station, walking from there to (and visiting) the National Art Museum, then heading back to the prospekt and the office – passing through squares and parks on our way. We took it easy with plenty of stops in cafes. At one stage torrential rain started – we were lucky enough to sit in a cafe with cake in front of us 😉

We even made it all the way out to the Minsk’s newest attraction – the National Library, a diamond shaped building – sometimes called Chupa Chups (think … lollipop). We tried almost every entrance of it – until we found the right entrance to get us to the viewing platform on top.

We made it back into town by metro – our restaurant of choice was once more in the Old Town area – so we had a closer look at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit located right at the metro exit.