#82 Travelogue Georgia: Ukraine is in Georgia
▶️ Everyone talks about Ukraine, so let’s do that as well! Many people support Ukraine but what you can see in 🇬🇪Georgia is really on another level. How come?
A troubled history
Despite being the home country of Stalin, Georgians see themselves as victims of Russian aggression. That’s mainly because Russia is controlling the two breakaway republics inside the country – Abkhasia and Southern Ossetia – and Georgians see how Russia is trying to do the same in Ukraine.
Wannabe Western
Georgia is somehow in Asia but it feels like Europe and Georgians are eager to join the EU. They are also heavily pro-American. Being against Russia is one way of expressing this. And as in Europe it’s also fashionable to show support for Ukraine even when you don’t care about it deeply.
Funny situation: A random young guy in Tbilisi comes up to us to ask where we are from. So we ask him back and the answer is …? – “I’m from f***ing Russia.” 😳
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #georgia
▶️ Everyone talks about Ukraine, so let’s do that as well! Many people support Ukraine but what you can see in 🇬🇪Georgia is really on another level. How come?
A troubled history
Despite being the home country of Stalin, Georgians see themselves as victims of Russian aggression. That’s mainly because Russia is controlling the two breakaway republics inside the country – Abkhasia and Southern Ossetia – and Georgians see how Russia is trying to do the same in Ukraine.
Wannabe Western
Georgia is somehow in Asia but it feels like Europe and Georgians are eager to join the EU. They are also heavily pro-American. Being against Russia is one way of expressing this. And as in Europe it’s also fashionable to show support for Ukraine even when you don’t care about it deeply.
Funny situation: A random young guy in Tbilisi comes up to us to ask where we are from. So we ask him back and the answer is …? – “I’m from f***ing Russia.” 😳
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #georgia
Afandi English
#82 Travelogue Georgia: Ukraine is in Georgia ▶️ Everyone talks about Ukraine, so let’s do that as well! Many people support Ukraine but what you can see in 🇬🇪Georgia is really on another level. How come? A troubled history Despite being the home country…
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📍sth is on another level = sth is much bigger than sth else 📍breakaway = separating itself 📍wannabe = would like to be but isn’t 📍pro-sth = supporting sth 📍random = not chosen, coincidental 📍come up to sb = approach sb, come near sb
📍sth is on another level = sth is much bigger than sth else 📍breakaway = separating itself 📍wannabe = would like to be but isn’t 📍pro-sth = supporting sth 📍random = not chosen, coincidental 📍come up to sb = approach sb, come near sb
What do you make of the Ukraine thing?
Anonymous Poll
28%
I’m with Ukraine. Putin wants to build the Soviet Union 2.0 and we should stop him.
44%
The Americans are the aggressive ones and Russia is acting in self-defence.
28%
Everything happens for a reason, I just don’t know exactly what that reason is.
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#108 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi at the Memorial Church of 🇩🇪Berlin
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#28 Know Your World: How religions spread around the world
▶️ Watch this animated map to see how the world’s major religions have spread over time.
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▶️ Watch this animated map to see how the world’s major religions have spread over time.
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#99 Afandi Quiz: Who said it?
▶️ “The days are gone forever when our enemies could blackmail (=threaten) us with nuclear bombs.”
👉@afandi_english👈 #quote_quiz
▶️ “The days are gone forever when our enemies could blackmail (=threaten) us with nuclear bombs.”
👉@afandi_english👈 #quote_quiz
Who said it?
Final Results
15%
🇮🇱Benjamin Netanyahu
42%
🇰🇵Kim Jong-un
35%
🇷🇺Vladimir Putin
8%
🇮🇹Silvio Berlusconi
Afandi English
Who said it?
💡 It was North Korea’s 🇰🇵Kim Jong-un who is famous for his fierce temperament. The nuclear bomb is celebrated in North Korea as a guarantee for the country’s continued existence. Putin’s style of talking is more diplomatic (=saying sth in a way that it doesn’t upset people) and Russia also hasn’t been particularly threatened by nuclear bombs as they’ve always had their own.