Are Russians Unfriendly? - A Traveler's Perspective
Most travel blogs and articles on the internet seem to paint almost all destinations with the same brush. That, in fact, all travel is beautiful, food everywhere is great and people everywhere possess a ready smile. But the fact is like many things in life, travel experiences are also subjective. If you ask me, “are people everywhere unfriendly?”, my answer would be an emphatic ‘no’. But if you ask me the opposite, I would not waste a second to give the same answer. And it is these kind of perspectives that I would like to share on this platform, and hopefully also start a conversation. Let’s start with the international country I most recently visited, Russia(if you do not consider my trip to Sri Lanka which was purely for work). I traveled through Mother Russia, incidentally with my Mother and it was a trip like no other. Even if it wasn’t the easiest trip, it definitely was the most enriching one. Now, getting to the point, let me explain how Russians are when it comes to f...