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Our Good Friend & Our Member Eric Funny Vitebsk Trip Report.

Our Good Friend Eric Has An Interesting Experience To Share Concerning His Time Spent In Vitebsk Belarus. Eric Was Visiting His Special Lady, Had Some Interesting Experiences. Thanks For Sharing With Us Eric!
Greg, I rather find this enjoyable to relive these moments looking back. Do with them as you see fit. Tell me to stop anytime.
The city of Vitebsk is a most interesting place to see. Amazingly clean and neat. Not a cigarette butt to be seen on the ground anywhere.
Just don't pick up the branches of the many potted bushes and look underneath.?? Funny what you learn when you observe people.
I lived a good portion of my life during the cold war. Remember well seeing Mikhail Gorbachev on television for the first time. My immediate thought was a bird had pooped on him. Found out that thought was not uncommon over there either.
Thus, I had a few preconceived notions before my trips over. Greg reassured me my thoughts were unfounded. Ounce there I relaxed very quickly, forgetting about my apprehensions.
On that first trip I discovered a small park with a very large obelisk in the center. A nice circle blacktop road went all the way around with park benches. On the far end was memorial and graves of unknown soldiers killed in action in that area.
Big yellow stone building on one side, and another on the other side. Nice cozy little park, I would walk through headed down to the river.
I noticed license plates on cars there from all over. Naturally the cars were different as well so I used my phone and took lots of pictures of everything. Never giving it much thought.
Then on my second trip over, Olga and I walked thru the park together. She invited me to sit on the steps of the yellow building with her. Naturally I did so.
She asked me if I knew where I was. I was clueless naturally. She said " This building is the Vitebsk Branch of the KGB, our security service"
My heart dropped like a rock." Oh my God I'm not supposed to be here, Olga, I'm an American your get me arrested and Jailed!"
" Nobody cares Eric, Nobody even Cares your here, further they never did, they have much better things to do than bother worrying about you"
I was trying to wrap my brain around this. I said " I know what the KGB is, it's not good"
" I know what you have been told" she said. " I brought you here to see for yourself, they know your here, they couldn't care less"
Then she asked me a curious question. " Do you think you as a citizen could sit on the steps of your CIA, in your country?"
We both knew that answer. I walked to supper that night with a lot to think about.
Olga is a very intelligent woman. She knew she had to show me the truth. Knowing in advance, I would never have believed her any other way.
I am glad she did that for me now.

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