All the streets were lit up quite festively

August 29th 2010
Last Friday was Moldova's Independence Day! We went downtown for the festivities...Some of the highlights included fire works, a concert by a famous Moldovan rock band http://www.zdob-si-zdub.com/, various photo opportunity stands*, and best of all...spontaneous folk dancing! *These "photo stands" need some explanation... imagine if you will the backdrop for a photo shoot similar to what you ... 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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Nick & Kelsey

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"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." Mark Twain (The Innocents Abroad/Roughing It) Taking Twain's words to heart, we're doing it! Traveling is a shared passion of ours and we have always talked about how neat it would be to work overseas. Then one day it hit me, the key is to stop talking about it and just go...so we're doing it. We are moving to Moldova, a small ... full info

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