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- 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.
- Upload pictures
- Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts + a comment on your           teacher's post
- Word Count: 160 words





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 colorful contry.
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 don't worry! 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, cotumes, 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 squared 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 interest 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!!!

Comments

  1. Russia looks like a country that combines traditional, diversity and modernity in a great way!

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  2. Rusia is a very interesting country, for the culture and history. I didn´t know that had so many languages!! it is very intersting!
    The pictures and palaces are very colorful.

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  3. I like Russia too, because I'd like to know San Petesburgo and Moscow

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  4. amazing,didn´t see russia in that way to visit. just don't go in the winter and bring vodka

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  5. I like Russia too because I love winter and the snow, so going in that time of the year! Vodka is good to fight the cold... they say

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  6. I have many references from Russia and I love it too.
    I would have liked to meet him this year, but unfortunately Chile did not qualify for the world cup. For the next.

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  8. The media show russians like rough people, but never show the richness of their culture

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  9. Wow! such an amazing post!, i can't imagine 142.5 million people living in a country like Chile, the subway would be even worst.

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  10. I think that Russia is an fabulous country, starting with the size of its territory, in addition to its multiple cultures and historical events! Very interesting post!

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  11. That's really interesting, it's hard to dimension the complexity of that country, it have to be a large trip certainly. I would love to experience whole transiberian rute!

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  12. It´s always interesting to learn from different cultures, especially from one we are so unfamiliar with. I hope you get to accomplish your challenge and finally visit Russia!

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  13. i'd like to visit russia because i'm attracted to the diversity of cultures, so i'd like to meet some people there and their traditions. i like the idea of taking pictures of the city's architecture

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