Yes. I’m just enjoying a local beer before heading to the airport. A friendly place, good food, excellent wine, fascinating history, mix of architecture, and lovely countryside around Chişinău. I’ll be writing and showing more.
Geographic confusion!A Venetian gondola beneath the flames of Baku? Little Venice, Baku, Azerbaijan, April 2017 Welcome to One Word Sunday photo challenge, and over to all of you to join […]
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One leg long and the other short, Brussels, June 2026 Now over to all of you. Do come and join us in our Saturday six-word musings. I’ll admit that many […]
Statue of Lange Wapper outside Het Steen castle, Antwerp, June 2026 This statue shows the Flemish folkloric character, Lange Wapper. Tales of this man date back as far as the 16th century, […]
Gare de Bruxelles-Nord, Brussels, June 2026 I had admired this clock tower as I went through the Gare Nord station on my way to Antwerp. On my way back I […]
Mercure Hotel, Poznań, Poland, May 2026 Poznan’s Hotel Merkury opened in 1964, an early example of communist luxury. This striking example of socialist modernism was heavily inspired by Western post-war […]
Flowers in St Peter’s Churchyard, St Albans, Hertfordshire, June 2026 Now over to all of you. Do come and join us in our Saturday six-word musings. I’ll admit that many […]
Travel with Intent 
One of my next destinations! Did you like it?
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Yes. I’m just enjoying a local beer before heading to the airport. A friendly place, good food, excellent wine, fascinating history, mix of architecture, and lovely countryside around Chişinău. I’ll be writing and showing more.
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I don’t have any words but “serious” comes to mind when I saw the facade. It’s like serious business happens inside.
My Black and White Weekend
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It is supposed to represent an open book
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It definitely has that concrete cold war feel to it
Mollyx
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Impressive architecture. A well-tended symbolic garden, too.
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Wonderful pictures, Debbie.
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Very solid , large, communist stuff….
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there’s quite a lot of it – but plenty of ruin too!
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Ooooh, will you show us some ruin?
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Constructivism, adopted by the capitalists, too, Sue … haha…
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😊😊😊😄
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