

Two days in Naliboki Forest
We were 8 teachers from QSI Minsk, on a Belarus adventure organized by Josh and Jaclyn Smalley. Only 1 1/2 hours from Minsk, but a world away. Vadim and Maximilian met us at the edge of the Naliboki Forest. They took us on a wild Lada ride through the now dark forest along a headlamp-lit, bumpy, puddled-filled road. A delicious dinner prepared by Ira was waiting for us – potatoes, carrots and pork served in rustic ceramic pots, cooked in the ashes of an authentic peasant stov