"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true inspiration in art and science" - Albert Einstein "Belarus? at Christmas? You can forget it. No way!" - this was my girlfriend's predictable response when I first suggested going to Europe's least-known and probably least fashionable travel destination sometime in early 2012, perhaps fancifully imagining a romantic, alternative festive holiday to the usual over-indulgen...

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true inspiration in art and science" - Albert Einstein "Belarus? at Christmas? You can forget it. No way!" - this was my girlfriend's predictable response when I first suggested going to Europe's least-known and probably least fashionable travel destination sometime in early 2012, perhaps fancifully imagining a romantic, alternative festive holiday to the usual over-indu...