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Yes, making wine is probably the biggest tradition of ours...I cannot even imagine what we would of become without the art of making wine! The oldest of all tradition will die only with us.Just yesterday I made some new (first this year) wine out of Bacon.... ummm... what can be more pleasant then tasting the first wine in this year?!
Romanian is the only one official language in Moldova. It is written in Latin characters, like inRomania. But in Soviet time Romanian was called here "Moldavian" and had to be written in Kyrillic characters as it is still done in the Stalinist theme park Transnistria. But there are quite some Russians and Ukrainians living in Moldova west of the Dnister river. When I left Moldova by bus to the Ukrainian Chernivtsy via the same small checkpoint where I entered a few days ago the Moldovan frontier procedure seemed to be as straightforward as on entering, after 2 minutes all the Moldovan and Ukrainian passports were checked but they kept my passport and went with it to one of the containers forming the checkpoint. After quite a while they came back and asked me very friendly to come with them to this container. I was sure that everything was OK, I had a valid visa and did not overstay. I...
The following rules do not apply in all churches, as it is up to the priest to decide. However, we found it useful (especially in Chisinau) to make small donations before asking for permission to take pictures inside the churches. This worked everywhere, except for the Cathedral in Unirii square in Chisinau. Secondly, in some churches women are asked to cover their heads, so if you don’t have anything to cover with you won’t enter. Altough it was not our case, i can imagine shorts are not allowed as well.
You’ll find plenty of exchange houses near the railways station in Chisinau, and the general trend was the closer to the railway station, the more disadvantageous the rate.However, there is no ATM near the railway station. The closest ATM is at Victoria Bank, at the ground floor of a tall building in a large crossroad on the right, towards the city centre.
Family is an amazingly important institution in FSROM. Or so it appeared to us while travelling by buses around the country during the week-end, with the radio playing music on request. All the songs, whether folk or pop or mixed were talking about family, mother, grandmother, distance from home, missing your lover back home and so on. And how can people be otherwise, with all the picturesque scenery stimulating a nostalgic contemplation of life.
Plenty of weddings everywhere you turn, as if they’d been prohibited for a decade or so. Colourful, cheerful and noisy wedding gatherings testify not only for the particular significance of family values, but also to continuity of traditions. Married couples in Soroca used to visit the fortress of Stefan cel Mare and then make a short stop and a dance at a monument on a hilltop just outside the town. Remembrance and celebration, followed by an all-night-long party to maximise the joy of that unique day in one’s life.As long as you’re quiet and not too intrusive, people even enjoy being taken pictures during their happiest moments.
Moldavian people seem to be really cheerful and happy. For sure, they love to dance. When you turn on a TV set you may see on many channels people dancing or singing. I have seen even Moldavian Prime Minister dancing with children in a kondergarten.:) It was so spontanious...I spent New Year's Eve on the main square in Chisinau and there were lots of regional groups singing (only Moldavian). And almost all people were dancing, in their tipical, unique style. It is hard to describe it, but it was in a ring and using special steps.
Martisor should be read as 'Martsishor'.First spring month is celebrated in Moldova in a beutiful way.People celebrate the rebirth of life after the hard winter.Men offer small pendants (martisors) - mostly good luck symbols to the ladies (and viceversa). The martisors have a red and white thread attached to them symbolizing the meeting of the cold and hot season.)Martisors are exchanged as signs of friendship or love and pinned on the outside of a shirt or coat, on the left side, over your heart.If you come in March ask someone to tell the legend of Martisor!March (all the month) in Moldova people have Martisor Festival (Spring festival). Many special concerts and cultural events are held during Martisor.
Moldovans and Russians are different. They are VERY different. There are good things about both. You should learn to appriciate both.The Moldovans are of Romanian decent thusly being Latin in orgin.The Russians are a mixture of Ukrainian and True High Russian blood. They are of Slavic orgin.
EU and US passports do NOT require visas to enter Moldova. A stamp and a smile at the border is all they'll get.For further information check MFA of Moldova at the link below
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Q: I plan to travel from Romania to Moldova in 2012. One of my prime concerns is safety.Is it safe for westerners?What scams are...
A: I was in Romania and Moldova in August. There were no problems, and I felt very safe. The only "problem" was the border control because they are very, very slow (3 hours...
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