Welcome To Moldova !

Eddie Barton, English visitor to Moldova, 2005 & 2006

I want to share the story of what happened to me when I visited Moldova and say thank you to the friends there who helped me.

They make the story (in English, Romanian and Russian). On WTM! (the book) (on Marisha's site 2005 - 2021).

Eddie Barton | Flickr Edward Barton - YouTube

Also I want to shed a bit of light on this country’s history as a means of saying something about its people and providing the necessary background context to help explain Moldova’s situation today.

Below is what English visitor Annette Meakin, travelling to Chişinău (Kishinev) had to say in 1906:

“From the train windows we could see that the physical attractions of Bessarabia were far greater than those of the Odessa government. Here the ground broke into gentle undulations, which were enlivened from time to time by gurgling streams crossed by rustic bridges, and country lanes that reminded us of beautiful Surrey. The cottages thatched neatly with straw, and standing in pretty gardens surrounded by hedges, had a decided look of prosperity and comfort; their walls were whitewashed, and their windows and doors painted bright red, or blue or green according to the taste of their owners and sometimes all colours combined.”

Taken from / click on: 1803 - 1906 Quotes page with its range of intriguing and revealing insights. [History pages]

The 1812 Until Now & Bessarabia pages are also good start-points

Material on this site was hosted for three years under welcometomoldova.net courtesy of Microsoft Office Live. In 2010 transitioned to Google Sites (New Google Sites from August 2021).

[Email:-eddie.barton@btinternet.com]