To all you scallywags and raggamuffins out there please feel free to tune in on my mischiefs in Eastern Europe!

mandag den 31. januar 2011

the country of cabbage and squat toilets

Norok, Спасиба and hallo.

The first couple of days in Moldova has been a roller coaster of fun and learning. The adventure started on the plane coming to Chisinau. It was the smallest plane I have ever seen - I think it could only fit 16 people, and I felt really bad abt. my excess luggage.
My host family: They speak Romanian and Russian - no english at all, so my mini dictionary has become my best friend. You gotta love the lack of communication skills - for me it ment taking an icecold shower thinking this was the Moldovan way. When I finally got around to ask Fedor (the host-`dad´) he laught and showed me this little handle. So hot showers here I come (depending on the degrees outside).
1st picture: a church - got no idea which, since I was not able to read the sign.
2nd: Fedor holding a Реба (reba) a fish they eat, not sure what the word is for it in danish or english - apparently my dictionary doesn´t cover fish... When I came home that day, I found a live fish in the bathtub.
3rd: Food (yes, I actually cooked). A traditional Moldovian soup, and some pastry things with cheese and pumpkin. The best thing was the glas of  homemade Moldovian wine. Mmm I could get use to that.


First day at work today, if I manage to get into town. I´ll probably try one of the `mini-buses´( a van-like car, where the driver drives like the busdriver on 5a in CPH). So no complaining abt. danish traffic anymore.

tirsdag den 25. januar 2011

Found a place to stay for the first couple of months

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Alecu+Russo,+Sectorul+Ciocana,+Chisinau,+Moldova&aq=&sll=37.926868,-95.712891&sspn=34.903719,68.115234&ie=UTF8&geocode=FSTBzQIdW7i4AQ&split=0&hq=&hnear=Alecu+Russo,+Sectorul+Ciocana,+Chisinau,+Moldova&ll=47.038756,28.883035&spn=0.029656,0.066519&z=14


So this is where I am going to live to start with. The address is str. Aleccu Russo 55/4, ap. 3,  with a family called Furdui. Doesn´t seem like a Russian surname, so maybe they are Romanian. Who knows. Got lots of time to find out.

A friend showed me this link abt. this part of town, not sure it means much to anyone - but still: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xfxNQiEGlM