"Homestead Above the Neyman" - our bed & breakfast.
My room.
Me lounging in the sun.
Living room.
Friday night's dinner. (Elise, Jeff, Spencer, Kevin)
The Neman Glass Factory.
The beginning of our tour.
Inside factory.
A huge workstation. We walked all around and watched them work. It was really noisy.
Closer shot.
Our guide and group.
The beginnings of a vase.
Working on the same vase.
A man blowing into his glass.
Smoke stack.
Many people ride bicycles to work.
Another view of the factory from the street.
Inside the woodworker's cottage. You can also see many things that were made at the glass factory. I found my wooden vase on that shelf.
Aaron in front of the fireplace, also in the woodworker's cottage.
Kevin and Elise.
Lida Fortress, too bad it was closed.
Me in front of the Lida Fortress.
Monks playing with church bells, they were really loud, beautiful, but loud.
Me in front of the Lidskaya Brewery, also in Lida.
Spencer and Elise.
Aaron and me.
Kevin, Aaron, and me, a toast in action.
Downtown Lida.
More downtown Lida.
A Catholic church in Lida.
Another view of the church, I really liked the iron work on the doors.
That word (gas-tin-eets-za) means hotel. Can you see all the different colored curtains?
A restaurant in Lida.
Our gang walking down the street, heading back to our car.
I wish I had some of these, Elise's diplomatic plates. They really come in handy when you need to find a parking spot :-)
The banya (sauna).
The cabin, where the guys stayed during our retreat.
Dinner Saturday night, after the banya. Aaron, me, Elise.
Kevin and Aaron.
Kevin, Elise, me (making music with the empty wine bottle), and Spencer's back.
Me on our walk Sunday morning.
I'm in that group with my hood.
The small neighborhood close to the bed & breakfast.
A street close to the bed & breakfast. These are typical small town houses.
The Neyman River, this same river also flows through Grodno (my town).
Group photo on Sunday morning, before we left. (back row: me, Jeff, Kevin and front row: Spencer, Valery, Elise, Aaron). Not sure where Kevin found that ax or why he's holding it .
Valery and Oksana, our hosts.
Valery playing his goos-lee. A 1,000-year-old instrument from this part of the world.
