Pages: 1 - Chisinau | 2 - Orheiul Vechi | 3 - Anenii Noi

One of my friends, Natasha, invited me, erte and another friend, Nadja, to spend a couple of days in her small town, Anenii Noi. She lived there in a typical countryside house with her parents. The food she prepared using vegetables directly from their garden, fresh goat milk and other local produce was amazing. It seemed that we were eating almost all the time, but a peek in the cellar assured us that we wouldn't be making a too big hole in their stocks for the winter.

We also went for a small cycling trip in the surroundings, and on the way back got an introduction to bike repair in Moldovan style. We got a flat tyre in one of the bikes and noticed that the valve was faulty. New tubes didn't seem to be available in the stores: the local way was to find a "vulcanizare" shop and have the old one fixed there. They cut out the old valve and made two attempts to glue in a new one while erte was gently fixing the rim to prevent new punctures. The second attempt almost worked, we installed the tube inside the tyre, pumped in some air, pumped a bit more — and had a flat tyre again. Oh well, maybe a picnic nearby with more wine would be a better idea... :-)

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