#AllOfMoldova

[lehmanrl]

What a cool art installation near the local museum in #Călăraşi! We went over to it because the museum building itself is stunning, then this caught my eye. Our amazing guide @cest_shannon not only gave us a great tour, delicious dinner, and helpful conversation, but also she helped paint one of the bikes!!! #AllOfMoldova #MoldovaFrumoasa

[rcpc]

From Chris Flowers: A big thank you to Alina and Maria for showing us the beauty of Dondușeni. #rcpc http://bit.ly/2v6nH0q

[lehmanrl]

The only place I've seen this novel item is the city of #Briceni. It provides a clear spot for cigarette butts, marks where smoking is allowed, and reduces the chance of trash fires when smokers thoughtlessly throw still-lit butts into general cans. #AllOfMoldova (at Briceni)

[lehmanrl]

#FBF to that time I saw a snake in #Cosăuți! I bonded with a driver because we both couldn't believe it and took a bunch of pictures. I'm looking forward to being up north again this weekend as @jchrisflowers & I make a whirlwind tour in our efforts to see #AllOfMoldova. #MyAnimalFriends #ItsASnakeDanceParty (at Cosăuţi, Soroca, Moldova)

[lehmanrl]

Ready for another great day with #TEECH in #Sturzeni. I enjoyed seeing our group's progress yesterday putting in the septic tank outside and installing walls and running electricity inside. The shop opened yesterday and was quite popular (a shop where everything is free to people in the community and families identified by local social workers received food). In the evening, I enjoyed an amazing adventure to a local monument and met many people along the way. #Rîşcani #AllOfMoldova #MoldovaFrumoasa (at Rîșcani District)

[lehmanrl]

Another picture from our Saturday visit to Saharna Monastery. Like several monasteries I've visited in Moldova, there is a spring with clean, hopefully healing waters. @jchrisflowers took a picture of Liuba and me washing with this water. Later, while hiking in the hills nearby, we heard a person fully submerging themselves in the water. #Saharna #Rezina #AllOfMoldova (at Manastirea Saharna)

[lehmanrl]

Our time in #Ungheni was very, very hot - as in, the temperature was very, very high and the sun very, very bright. As Chris said when we saw this, it was even too hot for goats. #MyAnimalFriends #ItsACatDanceParty #AllOfMoldova (at Ungheni, Ungheni, Moldova)

[lehmanrl]

All weekend (actually, all of our #AllOfMoldova travels), we enjoyed statues of cultural heroes. I particularly liked this statue of #MihaiEminescu in the city of #Făleşti. (at Făleşti)

[lehmanrl]

"A small group of children can change a big world." I had a wonderful time yesterday talking with Peace Corps Moldova trainees in #Ialoveni yesterday. I love that the school they train in has this daily reminder for its students. In that we're kids at heart, I think we still can change this big world for the better through our daily hard work and commitment to positive, communal change. #AllOfMoldova #PST

[lehmanrl]

In #Ungheni, I met this busy business person happily strutting away from work. Or, I saw this bird and made up that story. #MyAnimalFriends #ItsABirdDanceParty #AllOfMoldova (at Ungheni, Ungheni, Moldova)

[lehmanrl]

Our time in #Ungheni was brief and hot, but nice. We appreciated how the city, capital of the district of the same name, has so very many sculptures. At one point we paused, looked around, and saw six different statues around us! It makes for a very interesting and curiosity-provoking walk. You can't see any sculptures here, though. This is Chestnut Alley - we're told it's the longest stretch of chestnut trees in all of Europe! #AllOfMoldova #OnTheRoad (at Ungheni, Ungheni, Moldova)

[lehmanrl]

We've seen many cool things in #Făleşti, but instead of the art and architecture please enjoy these donuts with us! We found this place thanks to @celiajoycee and she is right - they make yummy donuts! Chris went with a traditional ice one, I enjoyed a banana filled one! #AllOfMoldova #MoldovaGustoasa #PeaceCorpsVegetarians (at Făleşti)

[lehmanrl]

We haven't really found any mud in #Glodeni, the capital of the district of the same name, but we've found lots of lovely statues. #AllOfMoldova

[lehmanrl]

#Briceni is beautiful for many reasons. Among them are the wealth of colorful murals. We delighted to find them all over the city in various styles, on various buildings. #AllOfMoldova (at Briceni)

[lehmanrl]

#Ocnița has been very kind to us. We wandered over to the train station and we clearly admiring this train. Mr. Roma and Mr. Marin welcomed us on the train, showed us how it's driven, and carefully brought us up to the top for a rare photo shoot! They told us the train we were on is around 50 years old. We told them how beautiful we think it is! It was no nice to learn about trains from these friendly people! #OnTheRoad #AllOfMoldova #MoldovaFrumoasa (at Ocnița)

[lehmanrl]

Just had an AMAZING morning in #Donduşeni, the capital of the district of the same name. As one of our lovely hosts said, people in Donduşeni have warm hearts! We had a delicious picnic, we stopped in the Culture House, we learned about the great variety of successful projects led by the Youth-Friendly Health Center, and learned about traditional fresco painting methods in Romanian Orthodox churches (from an overwhelmingly gifted painter from Romania who has painted 60 churches all over Europe in his career). We love this warm town! The only unfriendly greeting, of course, came from this jerk. #MyAnimalFriends #ItsACowDanceParty #AllOfMoldova (at Donduseni)