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Monday, December 04, 2006

Fall In Moldova

This is a pretty typical scene in my village as I meandered through the village to my language school classroom. These goats were just stopping for a snack, I guess... this fall I learned that the best time to search the streets for walnuts was after a rain and I learned who had the pear trees in the village... straight off the tree... heavenly! There are alot of ways to crack a nut and we've tried them all... during our pouzas from classes, we'd find Chris up in the tree shaking walnuts for us... I am now looking forward to next fall so I can enjoy them again.

Just a scene from Moldova...


Here's me during a family party winning the ironing race! I must say Chris gave me a good run for the money and his mama gazda was trying to distract me to help him to win. It is a rarity here.. a boy with an iron and he actually knows how to use it!

Ioanna - Mother of my "mother" Rodica in Milesti Mici making wine.


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MOLDOVA Small landlocked country, about the size of Maryland, sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine just north of the Black Sea. For centuries a province of Romania. Incorporated into the Soviet Union after World War II. Gained independence on Aug. 27, 1991, and in 2001 was the first of the former Soviet states to elect a Communist president. Poorest country in Europe; 25 percent of the citizens of working age are employed out of country. 10th largest wine producer in the world. Nearly 300,000 acres of land are devoted to grapes. Wine producer since the Roman legions tramped through two millenia ago. Summers are dry, winters are mild, humidity is low – the perfect winemaking terroir (the conspiracy of soil, weather, grapes and winemaking savoir faire that produces a wine of distinctive personality).
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