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Inviting Ivancea

On the way back to Chisinau, our driver, Boris, stops by his house and invites us in. We’re about 15 km from Orheiul Vechi in a little village called Ivancea, populated by Ukrainians since medieval times. Ukrainian, rather than Moldovan, is the local language. The house is cosy. Outdoors, fruit and vegetables abound. Behind a [...]

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Orheiul Vechi

In Moldova last June, my daughter Alex and I visited Orheiul Vechi, an ancient settlement by the Raut River northeast of the capital Chisinau. The Cultural Landscape Orheiul Vechi is on UNESCO’s Tentative list and is being considered for inclusion on the World Heritage List next week (see under Mixed properties down the list a [...]

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Chic Chisinau

Chisinau is probably one of Europe’s least known capitals. It’s a walkable city, but if you have a broken leg, or just aren’t up for it, the bus service is frequent and ridiculously cheap (In 2008, we payed 3 lei for a ticket – about USD 0.30) Chisinau street scenes: The little city’s architecture is [...]

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Back in the USSR – Time travelling in Transdniestr

Each year, I aim to do a “mum with just one daughter”-trip. This way, each girl will get all the attention for a few days. Now, I’m fascinated by the world’s more obscure places, so much as my oldest would have preferred shopping in London for the umpteenth time, last summer we went to Moldova [...]

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