After my
presentation in Chinese (so proud of my Chinese now :P – people understood me!),
my classmates made a huge eyes and said “wooow, it’s such a beautiful country” –
and yes, indeed it is. My German classmates asked if it’s dangerous – well if
you travel alone, probably it could be. But the point is, nobody even imagined
that Ukraine has mountains, sees, so many forests, fields, meadows, river. And
suddenly me… presenting pictures about Crimea, Kiev, Carpathian Mountains, Lvov.
They were so enthusiastic, asked me questions for ex. “How do Tatar people look
like” or “Why do we have so many Greeks in Donieck”. I suddenly felt do proud
of my country, but then I realized something, that just broke my mood down. People,
who have time, money and any other ability to travel, they just avoid Ukraine –
they go to Russia, and that’s all they need to know about Russian people,
Orthodox churches, vodka, bears, snow, Putin… They underestimate Ukraine, but also
Poland or Belorussia. The German girl, who actually just came back from a trip
from Laos told me that she had never planned to go to countries like Ukraine. As
if there is a huge, dark spot, a gap on the map – we have France -> Germany -> …? -> Russia. As I travel a lot, I think that Ukraine is
amazing. Even me, being Ukrainian, I love travel in Ukraine. So I hope people’s
approach to Eastern Europe will change. At least I’ll try to advertise Ukraine.
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