Category Archives: Moldova

One Hundred Years Ago, King Ferdinand got Promoted – October 1922: Greater Romania

Posted on 2022-11-04 by Andreas Moser

While Romania is famous for shooting its dictators, it treated its kings quite fairly.
One hundred years ago, the king was asked if he wanted to retain the job although his kingdom had greatly expanded. He said yes. Continue reading →

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My favorite view

Posted on 2017-03-19 by Andreas Moser

Reading The Mask of Dimitrios by Eric Ambler in the Central Park in Chișinău in Moldova. If a city has a quiet park where I can read for a few hours every day, I am happy. Chișinău has even a dozen or … Continue reading →

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You know you are in a hotel in Moldova, when …

Posted on 2017-03-11 by Andreas Moser

… you can study electrical engineering in the corridors, the bed looks like from your grandmother’s house in the 1950s (cozy, but a bit short), and the doors between corridors are kept open by 2-liter bottles of beer. But to be fair, … Continue reading →

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“You can park in the garden.”

Posted on 2016-08-20 by Andreas Moser

Photographed in Chisinau, Moldova.

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Next trip: Moldova and Transnistria

Posted on 2015-07-03 by Andreas Moser

My birthday will be on 6 July. Strictly mathematically speaking, I will turn 40 then. Searching for a way to postpone this event or to prevent it altogether, an ingenious solution came to my mind, thanks to my legal education, … Continue reading →

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