Villa Arus Chisinau
Str Ciuflea 38 Chisinau, Moldova
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A 21st Century Schizoid
... that at all. At least not yet.
Now I don't want to put you off on Istanbul. As it turns out, I'd put in among small handful of what I would call the great cities of the world. I'd easily put it in the same category of as a Rome, London, Paris, New York, St. Petersburg, Cairo, Tokyo, or Bangkok (hey, I like Bangkok. Its big, chaotic, hot as an elephant **** and sometimes smells worse, but has more character than any city in South East ...
Chisinau (kish i now)
... Mall (with even a Debenhams??) and most people drive 4x4's or BMWs. There are trolley buses or for other journeys, mini buses.
The hostel was a good twenty minute walk away, over a bridge. I rested there and took a shower and then Daniel showed up. He was hoping to sleep on someones floor but it didn't work out. He dropped his bags and ran out to see meet his friend, Corey. We arranged to meet later in the ...
Moldovian Excursion
... occupied by the Nazis and Romanians during the war after 1941.
Eventually we arrived in Chisinau or Kishinev. The city is very crowded, but very clean. Our hotel is very nice. Most of the city is made up of block buildings, unless, there has been anything recently built, and then there is more modern architectural style. There are surprisingly, many modern cars, and few Ladas (the Soviet Russian car that most we see are at least ...
Old world charm of Moldova
... a Latin language makes it almost feel like somewhere closer to Italy, not somewhere near Russia. Well, until you notice the many concrete buildings that were built in the 1950's. Not a great time for architecture, and a constant reminder that this was a part of the hammer and sickle until its independence in the nineties.
Thankfully, I decided to eliminate the Ukraine from my itinerary. The visa application was far too rigorous and after applying for both ...
Chisinau, Moldova - Where is that?
... even if he does sound like a baddie from Flash Gordon.”
After lunch the rain had finally stopped and so we ventured off to find more things to see. After passing possibly the world’s biggest advertising board we headed towards another Orthodox Church, this one finished in dark blue and topped with more golden onion domes. As we got closer it looked as if it was going through some sort of reconstruction because there was scaffolding on the roof. Regardless we ...
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