http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Moldova/Centre/Chisinau/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Moldova , Centre , Chisinau en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 19:15:07 +0000 Sat, 25 May 2013 19:15:07 +0000 Sunte obisnuiti mai mult sa ne relaxam in vacanta fie ca mergem la mare la munte fie intrun oras. Indiferent de anotimpul ales pentru calatoria noastra sporturile sunt excelente pentru tonusul muscular.In plus putem descoperi activitati placute care ne ridica adrenalina.Ce ati prefera sa faceti bungee jumping sau sa stati la plajaAici aveti cateva idei pentru o vacanta activa si cateva ofert http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Moldova/Centre/Chisinau/blog-786165.html We were woken up at half past four by the train conductor we were approaching the Moldovan border and had to get ready for the border control. It had been really hot in the train so we had been sleeping with the door open without any blanket and we had lots of mosquito bites when we woke up. The Swiss guy we were sharing cabin with suspected the mattresses but we saw some mosquitos so it was p http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Moldova/Centre/Chisinau/blog-729405.html Vila IRIS Hotel offers all you need for a comfortable stay in Chisinau. The Hotel is conveniently located in a Park Area of the city at only 5 min from the Airport and at 15 min from downtown. Vila IRIS its an ideal choice during abusiness trip or a holiday visit in Moldova.PricesSingle room45 EuroDouble room50 EuroServices included in priceBreakfastWiFi InternetParkingSatellite TV H http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Moldova/Centre/Chisinau/blog-728590.html Im not as worldly as Jonathan Swifts Mr. Lemuel Gulliver. Ive never been to Blefuscu Brobdingnag Glubbdubrib or Japan. There was an occasion in 2002 however when I sort of made it as far as Lilliput.The journey began in April in that Soviet apartment in Sviatoshyn on the northern outskirts of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. It was suitable accommodation for the onemonth teaching methodolo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Moldova/Centre/Chisinau/blog-677938.html AhFinally came to the conclusion that it is good to share and I have much to share about Moldova. Yesterday was our 20th anniversary of Moldavian independence and in the next few days a celebration for our national language Romanian. It is a big deal after many decades of Soviet control so the next few days of holiday time away from work is a great and relaxing pleasure. I know my wife and s http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Moldova/Centre/Chisinau/blog-637795.html As we come to the end of our time here in Moldova it is difficult to put into words the way we feel about this place we have called home for the past 11 months. Of course we have grown to love this country and it39s people and saying good bye will be bittersweet. After a loooong winter we were delighted as the first signs of spring came and the days began to lengthen. It was like a proc http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Moldova/Centre/Chisinau/blog-621583.html I am writing to tell about an unfortunate experience myself and family endured during a recent visit to Moldova. We recently travelled to Moldova for a wedding the visit was tarnished by some very nasty people seeing our happy weekend as a means to exploit us by assuming we would pay large amounts of money to prevent them from spoiling our happy time. Below I write a long quite detailed accoun http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Moldova/Centre/Chisinau/blog-543828.html We have been teaching for about one month and the theme of our cultural studies unit is Moldovan culture. Kelsey set up a field trip to the Monastery of Capriana and I brought my Intensive English students along also. Our bus arrived at school at 9am and we loaded up the kids and headed to the Village of Capriana which is approximately 40km north of Chisinau. We were very fortunate to have clear http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Moldova/Centre/Chisinau/blog-534366.html I hereby declare this day to have been a total and massive waste of my time and energy. Tomorrow on to Galati. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Moldova/Centre/Chisinau/blog-498423.html So many 'private comments' to my entries At least the log shows there are some readers. But I sense the problem may arise that now the people I know have heard my stories and I can't really tell them as fresh even once now much less repeatedly.Breakfast was a rather maudlin affair. So mediocre as to not even warrant much comment to management. In at least East Europe the concept of hot coffee http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Moldova/Centre/Chisinau/blog-498029.html When I woke up I determined to just 'wing it' for my path to Chisinau. I had two problems to solve. One was to be sure my phone had roaming and the other was to make a confirmation with the hotel. My trolley was falling apart. The repair 'took' but the quality of the contraption was really not up to such constant use. A taxi took me to the proper place and I quickly sussedout that a bus left for http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Moldova/Centre/Chisinau/blog-498018.html Since we have done very little in the last two days of our trip to Moldova what with the first two being eventful enough this posting will probably be more observational about Moldova....Anyway picking up where we left offAfter a team doctor Vicky and nurse Fiona effort on the dutch boys due to the shoddy quality of Chisinau hospital care we dropped them off at the station late in the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Moldova/Centre/Chisinau/blog-427393.html As I pulled up to Moldovan passport control my fellow passengers a 7525 mix of Moldovans and Romanians were in hour 7 of having the giggles. I am sure I have never been on a bus that laughed that hard. The girl behind me spoke very good English and gave very honest opinions on my travels. We have been talking we have decided that it would have been better if you had traveled with a tour gro http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Moldova/Centre/Chisinau/blog-358526.html Moldova was a destination we had decided on more out of curiosity than a desire to see anything specific. It's skipped over by most visitors to the region because the small nation of about 4.5million people has little to boast about historically or culturally compared with neighbouring Romania or Ukraine.We'd heard and read a few things about its celebrated wine industry as well as corruption and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Moldova/Centre/Chisinau/blog-325707.html We slept in pretty late on the first day in Romania. Then again so did everyone else in our dorm they ended up getting in at 6 am or something. Steve and I walked around for a bit but we happened to be in Bucharest during a rare September heat wave 95 Fahrenheit so we didn't do much sightseeing. However we were both tired of sightseeing anyway. We did eat at this really nice Romanian pla http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Moldova/Centre/Chisinau/blog-321859.html After much delay the driver having to go to the police station for some traffic misdemeanor we finally got to the border around 1 am straight forward procedure and we bought some Moldovan lei so we have money for taxi when we get to Chisinau. 6am we are in Chisinau and we negotiated taxi fare to the homestay we booked Jarmo and Tuuka our Finnish friends we met on the bus wanted to come with u http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Moldova/Centre/Chisinau/blog-318925.html Groeten uit Chisinau in Moldavi OK wie had er al van dit land gehoord Geef maar toe Het land ligt ingeklemd tussen Oekrane en Roemeni en is een van de armste en corruptste landen van Europa... Omdat ik weer eens geen bereik heb met mijn mobiel nu alweer een berichtje om te laten weten dat ik nog leef Eerst even terug naar Oekrane. Ik had nog niet gemeld dat ik in het restaurant http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Moldova/Centre/Chisinau/blog-301767.html Ah Moldova. The joys of myriads of concrete blocks the cheerful stares you get in the streets the benign hassling from the police and the feeling of union when sharing a Mercedes Sprinter with 20 other people. I think I'm the only foreigner here despite the Peace Corps volunteers some diplomats and the Russians but you can't really consider the latter to be foreigners here. This is their c http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Moldova/Centre/Chisinau/blog-264413.html As I travelled a few times to Moldova Chisinau or Kishinev to meet my friend I find out the following and would like t share it with the international travellerPrivate rentals apartments are more popular than staying in hotels here in Chisinau.Why1. More personal and more freedom all home comfort.2. Hotels are very expensive and mostly with old 'Soviet' equipment curtains carpets beds and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Moldova/Centre/Chisinau/blog-243170.html MORNING GLORY Friday 345 in the AM and my Mobile plays the tune the Entertainer its my wake up call for our epic Journey to Moldova. I wake up Marina and Lisa our little 15 month old bundle of joy and we start to get dress and wait for our Taxi. So it beginsThe Plan like all good plans are worked out well in advance and are flexible if anything goes wrong well the plan was t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Moldova/Centre/Chisinau/blog-239389.html