Budapest Hotel Chisinau
19, Timis str Chisinau, MD-2009, Moldova
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Secret Hostels and Border Guard Bribes
... Moldovan people...even though they were laughing at me.........
My first day in Chisnau I met sweet young lady who wanted to assist me in bantering for oranges. She was happy to help me get a good price and we started to talk. About 5 minutes into the conversation she noticed the ring on my finger and ask me if it was Hebrew. I told her it was an Arabic verse from the Koran. Her smile faded, her ...
A 21st Century Schizoid
... really fast. Like no beer, covered women, and people who really took Ramadan seriously. But no walled cities, ancient bazaars, hash smoking toothless old men, donkey carts, or camels. Even in the east where its much more traditional, it was still modern. They farm with tractors, not oxen and the cars are new and shiny.
I went all the way out to with maybe 5 miles of the Iranian border where there was supposed to be some ...
Chisinau (kish i now)
... the security guard as I entered. Finally we were in. The wedding formalities were still going on. There was music playing, people dancing, and, hold on a minute, a free coffee stand. Cue an espresso. So, you know the noises those machines make to produce an espresso? Plus, grinding up some more coffee beans after. Just as I pressed the button, the place went silent for the father of the bride to say a few words! Typical! ...
Old world charm of Moldova
... of mine from Sydney suggested she get in touch with me and all this happened so quickly I didn't even know who she was when I left Bucharest. By the time I arrived in Chisinau we'd arranged to meet up that afternoon, so after I freshened up in my seventies shower with a dolphin floor mat, I took the lift down to the ground floor. I was one year off my estimation. The lift was fitted in 1980. Yes! I walked a few blocks to where we'd arranged to meet. In front of the ...
Chisinau, Moldova - Where is that?
... grey tower block with a large reception area and a dingy bar at one end. Men sat around drinking beer and smoking cigarettes and after depositing our suitcases we joined them, delighted to discover that the local brew, Beer Chisinau, only cost 60p. “Cheers!” I said as we took a slurp of the fine tasting ale. “Welcome to Moldova!”
Moldova, an almost unknown country in Eastern Europe bordered by Romania and Ukraine, had been somewhere I’d wanted ...



