We went to Gomel on Friday so I could file a bunch of papers on Saturday morning. Everything went well with the filings and we had time to play around downtown the rest of the day.
As we approached the big park, we heard a band at the main town square and we went to see what was happening. There was a road race, with representatives of various police municipalities competing against each other. While the cops ran, their comrades fed us buckwheat kasha and showed us some of their favorite toys. I liked the fiber-optic probe for looking inside dark places for bombs. (There's still a fair amount of unexploded armament and mines here from World War II, and the cops are responsible for handling it when it's found.)
After the race, we went inside the palace museum. We've never bothered going in there because the park grounds are so wonderful we've never wanted to take time to go indoors. But since there was snow on the ground, the museum won our attention. Wow! I really liked the building.More, unfortunately, than I liked most of the art. But I'll be sure to visit the museum again at least for the architecture.
We also stumbled across a Soviet nostalgia restaurant with lots of wonderful memorabilia everywhere. The waitresses dressed up in school uniforms with various "Pioneer" pins attached to their blouses. And we even liked the food, which is a huge deal for us in Gomel where we've had a number of culinary disappointments. Now we can go back.
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