Flashback to Chisinau
It’s Friday, and time for a flashback to an old Travel with Intent post. It was hard to choose, but I have plumped for some beautiful blues from Chisinau, a […]
Transnistria part 2
Countries ending with A Yesterday, as part of my countries ending with … series, I showed the city of Bender. So today I thought I’d finish that story with a […]
Transnistria
Countries ending with A As I mentioned last week, I’m taking a break from my Wednesday quotations and tackling geography with an alphabetic slant instead. Last week I kicked off […]
Travel is like flirting with life
“Travelling is like flirting with life. It’s like saying, ‘I would stay and love you, but I have to go; this is my station” – Lisa St Aubin de Teran […]
Art and glamour in Chisinau
Zentrum Apartments, Chisinau, Moldova, July 2019 This tromp l’oeil mural decorates a hotel in central Chisinau. It is located in a building that dates back to 1875, built with the […]
Coffee turned into wine
Yesterday, I decided to cut back on my caffeine intake. Mikhail Bulgakov’s Master and Margarita “Everything will turn out right, the world is built on that.” – Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master […]
Bar in the clouds
Sky Bar in Chisinau, Moldova, July 2019 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 28 November 2019 Posted as part of Skywatch Friday
Preservation versus decay
Ciuflea Monastery, Chisinau, Moldova, July 2019 This blue beauty, in central Chisinau, is a Moldovan Orthodox monastery dedicated to Saint Theodore of Amasea and consecrated in 1858. During the country’s time […]
Climbing the wall
Climbing in or out? What do you reckon? Office building in Chisinau, Moldova, July 2019 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 28 September 2019 Posted as part of Saturday Sculpture
A lakeside locomotion in Chisinau
Chisinau does not have the manic rush and crowds of London or New York or Tokyo, but it is still a capital city with traffic, dust, fumes, concrete and hard […]
Monumental
Welcome to One Word Sunday, and over to all of you to join the challenge with your own monument(al) post.To join the challenge, please use pingback by putting a link in your […]
Travel with Intent 