Uzbekistan : It is Uzbek tradition that the most respected guest be seated farthest from the house’s entrance. Tajikistan : Russian soldiers are reported to have seen the Abominable Snowman or the ‘Yeti’ in the Pamir Mountain ranges. The legend of the Yeti is still considered to exist in Tajikistan. Kyrgyzstan : Osh, the country’s second largest city, is also one of the oldest in the region. Its vast and bustling market – still going strong – was a key trading point on the Silk Road, the overland route taken by caravans heading between Europe and Asia. Kazakhstan : Horses were first domesticated on the territory of the present Kazakhstan Mongolia : With Mongolia’s large land area and small population, there are more than 500,000 square kilometers of land area available for every person that lives in the country. Ulan-Ude in Russia : The Trans-Siberian Railway spans almost all the way across the co...
Hello ! As You may know, we are leaving soon.. But not without a little Fun with Flags : Before we leave, you'll find every day a small article saying fun fact about a country we'll pass ... Be prepared ! UK : London has been called Londonium, Ludenwic, and Ludenburg in the past. France : France is the largest country in the EU, and known as 'the hexagon Belgium : Cricket is thought to be a Belgian invention, not British – academics believe immigrants from north Belgium could have imported the game to Britain, based on a poem thought to have been written in 1533 that calls Flemish weavers ‘king of crekettes’ and also mentions ‘wickettes’, predating English references dating to the 1600s. Netherlands : More than a quarter of the Netherlands is below sea level Germany : The longest word published in the German language is Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellsc...
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