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Landscape – Kurki Cathedral, Moldova

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This sunset photo was taken in the evening when the sun just started to sink.  Traveling at the end of November has its challenges with few daylight hours, but at least you’re still out and about when the sun begins to set.  This is a handheld shot, and the bus was ready to go, [...]

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Happy New Year! (Moldovan Wine)

Wine Cave MM

One of the other major sights in Moldova is the Milestii Mici wine cellars.  The Moldovans were very proud of the fact that it is in the 2007 World Book of Records for having the most underground wine caves.  The caves were impressive. There are 207 kilometers of caves, but today they are only using [...]

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Moldovan Hospitality

Last Drink

One of the main reasons we chose to visit Moldova is that we knew a couple of families that had kids at our school in Ankara.  Both of us had taught both children, and we were excited to see where they lived and have a visit with them.  On Saturday night, we were treated [...]

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Orhei Veichi, The Site to Go to in Moldova

Interior of the Pestere Monastery

Interior of the Pestere Monastery

About an hour north of Chisinau is one of Moldova’s most famous and important tourist sites.  Unbelievably, it is not yet on the UNESCO World Heritage Site List, but it is on the list of tentatives.  I fervently hope it will soon be included on the list.  Orheiul is [...]

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Moldova? Where’s that?

Pork Toscan with mamaliga

Metropolitan Cathedral, Chisinau

Moldova.  Where exactly is that?  That was the response I got when I told people where I was going for a long weekend.  A small country sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine, not too many people have heard of Moldova.  Even looking it up on the internet, I found very little. I [...]

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