My blog number one

My blog number one

If I have the chance of going to Turkey I would probably pack my bags right away and leave as soon as possible, forgetting a lots of things on the way. It's really difficult to decide which country would I like to visit, specially because I try to avoid those thoughts since I can't afford those luxuries at this very moment of my life by my own. 

I am deeply interested in other cultures and learning stuff from the local people. I honestly don't know much about Turkey besides what I've seen in tv soap operas (a lot of misogyny), Fun fact is that the name Turkey is like turkey, the animal, I know a few people who have been there and they told me that their culture is a mix of very different things, they are not completely part of Middle Eastern culture group neither European as well, they are kind of a unique mash-up of both culture groups. Many historical civilizations have taken part of the history of the country, like the Romans, the Ottomans, the Arabs, the Byzantines and many other. So to me i believe there must be a lot of different things to do (and to eat) with a lot of variations depending of the region and so on. As I said, I really don't know much about it but it intrigues me a lot, specially the capital Istanbul and the Arab heritage they have in the architecture, history, food and society (It's very different from ours). My plans would be visiting the historical sites while trying to go to small villages and actually getting to know people and how they live, drinking Turkish coffee also an unforgivably to-do (It is boiled on hot sand).

I had a classmate during high school as well who was originally from Turkey. She told me lots of things about her country and many reasons why I wouldn't live or study there, mainly the violence and corruption problems they have. Terrorism is very common, and religious or ethnic problems between the nationalities are also known for their violence. I don't believe we will ever know how that feels since we don't suffer that type of violence yet. At least at the scale of bombing marches or churches. I may change my mind if I go and visit, but I couldn't live or study there.