Trip in Moldova
Came into this country from the border Romanian Albita. I had accompanied a friend from Iasi with his Oltcit. Cross the bridge over the Prut river, which separates the two states with a bus load of Moldavian people and goods coming from Turkey. Moldova's customs to the occupants of the bus were detained for lengthy checks while I, of course paying, I was able to obtain the visa. From here there are no means to reach the capital Chisinau and so I took the hitch. It was a terrible cold so I warmed casottino in which housed a couple of military guards. After about an hour when the border was passed by only a past trarttore is an old Dacia where they agreed to accompany me in the city. On the car I discovered that my benefactor was the secretary of the largest opposition party, Romania Mare, which claims the annexation of Moldova with Romania. The road to Chisinau is wide because I have explained that it was built by the Soviets for military means in case of attack by the West, it was snow all around. In Chisinau, the political secretary put me to the car and driver so I could easily see the city. The evening gave me a friend with whom I was at a restaurant where, however, there was almost nothing to eat. Overnight in a local Hostel for students because the hotel was luxurious and cost an eye of the head. The room where I slept was a damp, moldy walls, the bathroom very spartan and it rained the roof, this was the one that offered Moldova a bargain prices. The next morning still around this city that does not offer anything particularly if these residential buildings are not anonymous to Stalinist. From the head office of the Romania Mare Party with another car, a driver and a journalist back in Romania. To get there we crossed the border country with bleak streets of mud mixed with snow and people who live in total misery. At the border of Ungheni which is reserved for the sole entry in the national transit was indescribable a queue of cars full of crumbling commodity but as a major journalist in the country could go before reaching all-time low in Iasi in Romania.
Some years after I returned in Moldovan territory through a train that goes through Ukraine north of the country because after the split of the Soviet railway lines do not meet the new boundaries.
He returned after a few years in Moldova through the usual boundary Albita this time with my Fiat Punto. Chisinau Baipassata I direct Tighina, city divided in two by the border with the State ghost of Transnistria, a country not recognized by anyone who beats the coin has its own government and armored borders. The border between Moldova and Transnistria ensure that perhaps the Russian intervention. After a short visit (see on tour) hastily covered in Moldova since the entry permit was for a few hours. From the border of Tighina baipassavo fall in Chisinau and Romania up to Albita.
I should say that Moldova is not a country but really interesting to see this world completely different from our own has a certain charm.