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Re: The only tourist in Moldova

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Post by petertodd » Thu, Jul 18, 2024, 5:18 PM UTC

madaxe_again wrote: post #9

People go to Chisinău, and that’s kinda it, and it’s really not representative of Moldova as a whole. You cross the border from Romania, and you’re immediately struck by the road turning to cobbles, and the modern street lamps turning into gas lamps. Ox carts bearing peasants in home-sewn clothes trundle by under their burden of hay. A rusted old lada serves as a roadside goose coop. Wattle and daub houses stoop by t…

> and the modern street lamps turning into gas lamps.

Really? Gas lamps are usually the luxurious option, only maintained at great expense out of nostalgia; Moldova has almost no domestic gas production.

Re: The only tourist in Moldova

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Post by paganel » Thu, Jul 18, 2024, 5:19 PM UTC

Kind of crass for The Telegraph to write this when there are Ukrainian men getting shot by Ukrainian border guards for daring to cross into Republic of Moldova, but that's on brand for this media entity. From here [1]:

> A body with a gunshot wound was found near the border of Moldova with UkraineCivilians & politicians

> Last weekend, while harvesting wheat near the Klokushna-Sokiryany checkpoint, local residents discovered the body of a man with gunshot wounds. The body was found 250 meters from the border. As it turned out later, the murdered man was a 32-year-old Ukrainian. Presumably, he was able to cross the border into Moldova, but he was noticed by Ukrainian border guards. They probably opened fire on him. The bullets hit him in the head and back.

[1] https://old.reddit.com/r/UkraineRussiaReport/comments/1e6e0y...

Re: The only tourist in Moldova

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Post by sva_ » Thu, Jul 18, 2024, 5:19 PM UTC

Somewhat surprisingly (to me at least), they produce some pretty good red wine (i.e. Purcari). Recently found it while checking out an eastern European grocery store.

Re: The only tourist in Moldova

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Post by atlasunshrugged » Thu, Jul 18, 2024, 5:20 PM UTC

generic92034 wrote: post #33

datameta wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fyi: Including "the" changes the meaning - it alludes to imperial language aking to calling the nation The Periphery.

I am not sure what you are talking about. Could you please elaborate? EDIT: Found https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine#Etymology_and_orthogra... now. Thanks for the correction!

Referring to Ukraine as "the Ukraine" is a symbol for many people of when it was a colony of part of the Soviet Union, rather than an independent nation. Similar to how many people use to refer to Kyiv as Kiev but changed as that was the more Russian spelling

Re: The only tourist in Moldova

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Post by senorrib » Thu, Jul 18, 2024, 5:20 PM UTC

beeboobaa3 wrote: post #36

datameta wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://eightify.app/media/fact-checking-allegations-against...

> Eightify - YouTube Summary with ChatGPT Do you not have a more reliable source than youtube videos summarized by a LLM?

https://www.reddit.com/r/BaldAndBaldrDossier/

Re: The only tourist in Moldova

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Post by SOLAR_FIELDS » Thu, Jul 18, 2024, 5:20 PM UTC

utensil4778 wrote: post #12

Culonavirus wrote: post #6

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Do you even Prague, bro...

Prague is fantastic if you can avoid the tourist crowds. I lived there briefly with a Czech roommate who took me on tours through the "real" city. Also had a British friend there and we went through the usual tourist destinations now and then. The astronomical clock was neat, but the castle was so much more interesting and far less crowded than the old town. Incidentally, I didn't drink before said roommate introduce…

Not only is it delicious but it’s often 25% of the price or less than other European countries. I am not sure why beer is so cheap in Czech Republic specifically but every country that surrounds it is significantly more expensive

Re: The only tourist in Moldova

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Post by petertodd » Thu, Jul 18, 2024, 5:20 PM UTC

atlasunshrugged wrote: post #20

madaxe_again wrote: post #9

People go to Chisinău, and that’s kinda it, and it’s really not representative of Moldova as a whole. You cross the border from Romania, and you’re immediately struck by the road turning to cobbles, and the modern street lamps turning into gas lamps. Ox carts bearing peasants in home-sewn clothes trundle by under their burden of hay. A rusted old lada serves as a roadside goose coop. Wattle and daub houses stoop by t…

Have you been outside the capital in Albania? I visited Tirana and was quite surprised (pleasantly) but didn't have time to adventure further

The Albanian Alps are beautiful, and rapidly developing with brand new roads and other infrastructure.

Re: The only tourist in Moldova

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Post by nasdaq-txn » Thu, Jul 18, 2024, 5:20 PM UTC

atlasunshrugged wrote: post #18

trte9343r4 wrote: post #16

This would fit maybe in 2019, but Moldova now has many foreigners. Hotel prices went up considerably! For "Europe's least visited country" try Belorus, Ukraine, Russia, Ossetia or Armenia. Traveling to Mariupol as a tourist is the real deal in 2024

Every time I've been to Armenia there are many people visiting, although I think probably 80%+ are diaspora or descendants of diaspora folks edit to add -- not sure Ossetia is technically a country... the Georgians might quibble with you on that one

The Georgians and the other 187 UN member states that don't recognize either South Ossetia or Abkhazia.

Re: The only tourist in Moldova

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Post by pydry » Thu, Jul 18, 2024, 5:21 PM UTC

kjkjadksj wrote: post #13

atlasunshrugged wrote: post #7

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The funny thing is, coming from Washington DC, I felt about or more safe in Ukraine as I do here day to day. I wasn't worried about being carjacked, I wasn't worried about someone with mental health or drug problems robbing me, and I wasn't worried about being shot (as I write this it feels hyperbolic to say but I live about 10 mins walking from the capitol and in the two years I've been here there have been multiple…

They have hit apartments and hospitals before so its not only military/government/infra targets any longer. I'm surprised they haven't been sold an iron dome or a similar system by now to be honest.

Hamas managed to overwhelm iron dome just with their jury-rigged home built rockets: https://scitechdaily.com/iron-domes-vulnerability-how-hamas-...

It wouldn't stand a hope against Russian missiles.

Re: The only tourist in Moldova

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Post by JoshTriplett » Thu, Jul 18, 2024, 5:21 PM UTC

generic92034 wrote: post #33

datameta wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fyi: Including "the" changes the meaning - it alludes to imperial language aking to calling the nation The Periphery.

I am not sure what you are talking about. Could you please elaborate? EDIT: Found https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine#Etymology_and_orthogra... now. Thanks for the correction!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine#Etymology_and_orthogra...

It's the difference between a descriptive name for a region and the name of a sovereign country. This is particularly relevant given the repeated attempts to conquer it and make it no longer a sovereign country.