Since I last posted, my mom came and went {is actually in transit as I write, having to take a convoluted itinerary home due to Hurricane Sandy} and was officially our first visitor. Luckily, she's up for almost anything and is quite the adventuresome 63-year old Brazilian lady...she even brought me cheese from the Dutch Cheese Factory near her home in Costa Rica!
We took her to a soccer game, the ballet, some historical sites, a few good parks, a few good restaurants, a couple of museums, Malldova {yes, the mall here is called Malldova}, Church, visited the Piața Centrală {the central market which, according to the Moldovans, was too crazy to take anyone there, much less my Mom--we survived just fine for the record}, we handed out candy to all the Embassy kids for Halloween and somehow even managed to get ourselves invited over to our pastor's home for an authentic Moldovan meal which was delicious.
Unfortunately, we never made it to a winery...it was in the plans but we had some technical difficulties so she'll just have to go next time!
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| Mom & me at Orhei Vechi, a historical monastery carved into caves on a cliff. |
We took her to a soccer game, the ballet, some historical sites, a few good parks, a few good restaurants, a couple of museums, Malldova {yes, the mall here is called Malldova}, Church, visited the Piața Centrală {the central market which, according to the Moldovans, was too crazy to take anyone there, much less my Mom--we survived just fine for the record}, we handed out candy to all the Embassy kids for Halloween and somehow even managed to get ourselves invited over to our pastor's home for an authentic Moldovan meal which was delicious.
Unfortunately, we never made it to a winery...it was in the plans but we had some technical difficulties so she'll just have to go next time!
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