The New Year dinner was at the Back to the USSR restaurant. When we came in, the tables were laden with entree dishes – pancakes with red caviar, cold meat cuts, fresh salads, stewed vegetables, and a lot more, every was looked and tasted delicious. The drinks were champagne, Moldavian wine and cognacs. Besides ours, […]
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Moldova – Transnistria The border with the unrecognized country of Transnistria looked real – the boom gate, armed security, and passport control. In Transnistria, they do not stamp passports. Instead, they issue a paper slip with passport and entry details. After crossing the border, we stopped at the shopping mall to exchange money. Transnistria has
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Romania-Moldova I had time to explore Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, on my own before the group tour began. In the Military History museum, I learned that the tiny Moldova actively participated in the Soviet-Afghan war and that hundreds of its citizens got killed there. A separate exhibit in the museum is dedicated to another
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“Travel, which is nearly always seen as an attempt to escape from the ego, is in my opinion the opposite. Nothing induces concentration or inspires memory like an alien landscape of a foreign culture. It is simply not possible (as romantics think) to lose yourself in an exotic place. Much more likely is an experience
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