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relaxed, community, residential, welcoming, culturally diverse, remote, abroad
i’ve just started my degree; i’m doing architecture at bristol university. as part of my degree, i’m going to study at a university (1) in my second year. i have a massive long list of universities. it’s so long i don’t know where to start and i need a bit of help. i come from a small town in devon, half an hour from the nearest city. my parents’ place is in a quiet,
(2) neighborhood and it’s quite a close (3) so everyone seems to know everyone else’s business. on the one hand it’s nice, but it’s also very rural and a bit ( and i find it a bit dull. bristol’s much better. there are a lot of industrial estates in the suburbs but the student areas have a really (5) atmosphere and a lively social life. so in terms of what i want from my year abroad, i’m looking for somewhere urban, that’s interesting and ( where the people are very (7) - somewhere that's good for young people, basically. if you have any suggestions, please post them on my blog. it’d be great to hear from you.
Minsk is situated on the river Svisloch and occupies an area of 200 square kilometers. Its population is about 2 million people. During the Great Patriotic War Minsk was destroyed by German invaders almost completely. Minsk lay in ruins. The people of Belarus rebuilt the city. Victory Square, the Eternal Flame at the monument commemorates soldiers, underground fighters, partisans who fell in the battles for freedom f our motherland. The names of many streets of the city commemorate many heroes.