Inside the 120 km of tunnels of Cricova Winery

Don't believe the blogs and vlogs; Moldova is great

July 22nd 2023
We spent new year’s eve in Kiev a few years ago, also visiting Chernobyl and Lviv (Chernobyl for New Year darling?). Little did we know at the time that it would be the last opportunity to safely visit Ukraine for a while. Given Putin’s imperialistic ambitions, we – perhaps overly pessimistically – thought that we ought to get to Moldova fairly soon with the war just over its border and th ... read more

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Formerly part of Romania, Moldova was incorporated into the Soviet Union at the close of World War II. Although independent from the USSR since 1991, Russian forces have remained on Moldovan territory east of the Dniester River supporting the Slavic ... ... read more

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When I started this blog in 2007, it was more of a highlights package of trips generally focusing on one place or aspect. My rule had been one blog per country unless I lived there, but I eventually realised that fewer blogs were appearing. Having got around quite a bit, I'm now revisiting many countries. It's getting trickier to get to completely new countries so I might break that rule on occasion. The PhD fortunately didn't curtail travelling with research in sub-Saharan Africa and India as well as the chance to attend conferences with a sneaky bit of travelling tacked on before or after th... full info

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