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Blog post 1
Topic: A country you would like to visit
Instructions:
· Which country would you like to go
to? Why?
· What do you know about it?
· What would you like to do there?
· Would you like to study/work/live
there? Explain.
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Word Count: 160 words
Deadline: April 30th
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RUSSIA:
Although money can be an issue, and going to distant places can be a broken dream before you start dreaming, I would anyway love to visit Russia. Because of many reasons, but mostly, because it is such a varied and colourful country.
Russia has an incredible population, they are 142.5 million people according to the statistics given by the UN in 2007. The number might seem scary, but I don't worry over it! Density is low because of the country’s enormous size, in fact, its geography is composed of more than 17 million square kilometres!
This huge land is the home of one of the most multi-ethnic nations in the world, and it is considered to be the world’s most diverse society – there are as many as 160 ethnic groups living there, i.e. 160 ways of viewing life, asian people, europeans, people from the arctic, etc!, and just the thought of all the traditions, costumes, and folclore they have, makes me crave for visiting ASAP!
Another of the reasons I would like to see Russia, it's its multi-lingualism, I mean, being honest; with that ammount of square kilometres and ethnicities, you could not expect any less.
There are more than 100 tongues spoken in all the country, and even though Russian is the official language, one can always learn a word or two in an incomprehensible, new-for-us language! furthermore, I find particularly interesting the fact that when writing, the Russians use the Cyrilic Alphabet, and simply, no-one can say it is not a whole world to discover.
Apart from the above mentioned, I have a real interest in taking a tour around the geography, and have a good time travelling Asia and Europe, but even more, I would just love to take a culinary tour, can you imagine the ammount of strange dishes one can find among all those ethnicities?
So far, I have had the chance of eating a couple of traditional russian dishes, they have both been very stimulating and a bit unknown for me, and since I have loved them, I am looking forward to eating them again in situ, and also, have a bite of everything I can, and I am sure that when money gets to be a friend, I will be sending you postcards from there.
See you in Russia!!!
Although money can be an issue, and going to distant places can be a broken dream before you start dreaming, I would anyway love to visit Russia. Because of many reasons, but mostly, because it is such a varied and colourful country.
This huge land is the home of one of the most multi-ethnic nations in the world, and it is considered to be the world’s most diverse society – there are as many as 160 ethnic groups living there, i.e. 160 ways of viewing life, asian people, europeans, people from the arctic, etc!, and just the thought of all the traditions, costumes, and folclore they have, makes me crave for visiting ASAP!
There are more than 100 tongues spoken in all the country, and even though Russian is the official language, one can always learn a word or two in an incomprehensible, new-for-us language! furthermore, I find particularly interesting the fact that when writing, the Russians use the Cyrilic Alphabet, and simply, no-one can say it is not a whole world to discover.
Apart from the above mentioned, I have a real interest in taking a tour around the geography, and have a good time travelling Asia and Europe, but even more, I would just love to take a culinary tour, can you imagine the ammount of strange dishes one can find among all those ethnicities?
Russia seems like an interesting country to me
ResponderEliminarit has a beautiful culture and geography.
I just need to learn Russian.
Thanks for the info. It is now on my list of countries that I would like to visit.
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ResponderEliminarDue of this posting, I think this country is very interesting in terms of cultural composition and also for the many different landscapes product of its territorial extension. However, Russia is not a country that calls my attention to visit it.
EliminarFrom what you say, Russia sounds like an interesting country. However, it is not a country I want to visit because its winters are very cold and long, and I hate the winter hahaha
ResponderEliminarRussia seems to me a very interesting country, I really like its architecture and its language and alphabet attracts my attention.
ResponderEliminarI would definitely visit this country.
I would also be interested in visiting Russia, in addition to the tourist and architectural sites I would like to learn the Russian language, as it is essential to learn several languages for professional archaeologists, who must continually travel to many places where archaeological sites are located.
ResponderEliminarHow fantastic the diversity that Russia has!!! When you are a tourist in Russia, eat everything!!! and bundle up :)
ResponderEliminarRussia would also be one of my destinations, because to be very honest I would like to see a large part of the world.
ResponderEliminarHi there! I didn't consider Russia as a destination to visit, but now reading taht you wrote, I would love to meet it and enjoy its food and dream places
ResponderEliminarUPS, that's my comment
EliminarI never thought there is so many ethnic diversity. I would like to go to Russia too, and visit the Red Square
ResponderEliminarI had not a idea that Russia is a country with such a diversity of cultures. It looks wonderful, I think I would like to visit it sometime too.
ResponderEliminarHello professor, as you say, it is a world to discover, due to its multiculturalism and diverse ethnicities, it is seen as a country with a lot of culture and knowledge.
ResponderEliminarRussia is a very beautiful country with a very rich culture, it has a language that is quite entertaining to learn. It also has beautiful landscapes
ResponderEliminarIt is curious that in such a multicultural country the Jehovah's Witnesses religion has been banned.
ResponderEliminarIt’s interesting that between the thing that caught my attention of that territory is the multilingualism. It reminds me a great exponent of the Psychology: Lev Vygotski, who based his research precisely in the verbal reports of the different ethnic groups that lived in that place.
ResponderEliminarHow interesting it would be to visit Russia! I didn't know that more than 100 languages were spoken! That's a lot
ResponderEliminarRussia is an exotic place, so many ethnic groups, languages and food, it is a dream to learn and discover each one.
ResponderEliminarRussia lookes awesome! reading this article made me want to travel there
ResponderEliminarRussia must be an incredible place, it must be very interesting to taste the gastronomy of that country, with all the history it has.
ResponderEliminarRusia is a very interesting country
ResponderEliminara dream would be to travel to Russia, I would like to visit that country to learn more about the Russian Orthodox Church
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