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wow, that's beautiful. My ancestors left all this for the Midwest of the US? Sheesh, food and money aren't everything.
Land was much cheaper in the US and there was pretty extreme poverty in many of the countries that are now prosperous. Not to mention the system of government was quite oppressive to any that tried to get ahead. I'm sure they didn't enter into it lightly. Nice to visit but the cyclical nature of governments makes good places bad and bad places good throughout history.
But it is beautiful and I would love to spend more time there.