It's already october, it's time of coming back to my writings here, to tell the truth, I'm glad to write here again.
So, I have already written a lot about my obsession of traveling and what it means to me, and now I want to write about my first journey, about the time when my passion have taken place.
I live in Russia, which has been the part of the Soviet Union during about 70 years. In 1991 USSR has broken up and all the soviet republics have become the independent countries, but there is still a bad mark on our history, 'cause too many rumors connected with the socialistic past do still exist and do not let people get the real view on my country. Unfortunately, nowadays russians still continue to face some troubles and cliches connected with our past, that's why sometimes we are not so likely received in other countries.
I was born in 1991, so I can remember some troubles with which my family had to encounter with. For example, there were huge queues near the shops, on the shelfs of the shop only the same products could be found, the information about our new president and the government was kept in secret, people were shooting near the White house in Moscow... yeap, this was the part of our history, but fortunately, nowadays, everything is fine, we can live in our country normally without facing such troubles anymore.
The worst disadvantage of Soviet's Union politics, in my view, was the prohibition to travel. Simple people were not allowed to travel, to be tourist, USSR was a very closed country with its own rules, politics, culture and prohibitions, all this was directed to make life of soviets people better. To my mind, it wasn't a great decision of the past government, but so it was. During many years people were not allowed to travel, my family faced this problem too. So, in 2002 after storing up some money my family decided to make a journey at the first time.
When my parents faced the moment of choosing the country to travel to, there were no any hesitations, they have chosen Norway...
Para mí Noruega es el lugar más misterioso del mundo. Algunos dicen que los Vikingos fueron los primeros viajeros en llegar a América y hay historias de sus viajes por Paraguay (muy cerca de Argentina). Por otro lado le tengo un cariño especial, porque yo también fui y soy fan de A-ha. Lamentablemente yo no puedo ir en bus.
ОтветитьУдалитьLo que cuentas de la Unión Soviética me da mucha curiosidad. Yo nunca juzgaría aquel proyecto como algo malintencionado, aunque tal vez haya sido un gran error.
A mi me gusta pensar que puede haber algún sistema más equitativo y comunitario que el que se vive en los principales países del mundo.
Creo que en eso también son un ejemplo los países escandinavos ¿No?
Es un gusto leerte.
Gracias.
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