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I Kept Waiting for Awe in the South Urals

I thought the South Urals would be all wild beauty and quiet revelation. Instead, it was mostly silence. Not the peaceful kind—just the kind that makes you realize how much you rely on noise to feel less alone. The forests were endless, the lakes glassy, the mountains older than memory. But the awe I expected never showed up. I kept waiting for the landscape to change me, to make me feel something big. Mostly, I just felt small, like a background character in someone else’s postcard. Maybe that’s the point. Some places don’t hand you meaning. They just sit there, beautiful and indifferent, while you figure out what you’re really looking for. #Travel #TravelExpectationVsReality #RussiaUnfiltered