Thursday, August 31, 2017

A country I would like to visit


Let me show you a pearl of the Balkan peninsula: Ohrid Lake, located in the country I would like to go... Macedonia! Their music, awesome landscapes and culture wants me to go there.

I know many things of this "new" republic. Did you know that Macedonia was the only country of the ex-Yugoslavia to get their independence without a war? I like to remember it, even though there was a conflict between Albania and Macedonia in the early 2000's that killed a lot of people.

The Balkans. Macedonia it is in yellow.

There I would like to travel by bus looking to the mountainous landscape. I would like to meet Ohrid (the city where the photo was taken), their capital city Skopje and many of the "macedonian wonders" like the Matka canyon and Galicica national park. Also I would love to talk with inhabitants in macedonian language and sing their national anthem in the Makedonija Ploštad.

I don't think I would like to work or live there. As Chile, the people are constantly fighting for their rights in protests because of the conservative law they live with. In 2015-2016 there was a political crisis and people showed their displeasure throwing paint to the monuments and government buildings, the streets and the images of the ruling-party leaders. The protests were known as "Colorful revolution".


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Despite of that, I would like to be there to fight for the change. Many basic rights are blocked in Macedonia: there's no gay marriage, for example. Also I would love to study there in the Saints Cyril and Methodium University of Skopje. I know that's a dream, but also I like to fight for my dreams :)