Editor's note: This dispatch comes from Robert Reid (www.reidontravel.com) co-author of Lonely Planet's guidebook to Romania & Moldova. "Communists take ur dirty hands our of our country!' "They can't control Twitter! They can't control Youth!" "Solidarity!" "YES WE CAN! ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Traveling through Moldova's "Twitter Revolution"
Editor's note: This dispatch comes from Robert Reid (www.reidontravel.com) co-author of Lonely Planet's guidebook to Romania & Moldova. "Communists take ur dirty hands our of our country!' "They can't control Twitter! They can't control Youth!" "Solidarity!" "YES WE CAN! ...Indie travel guides - pipe dream or way of the future?
With all due respect to my generous client Lonely Planet, without whom I'd still be an obscure, broke, moonshine junkie in a forlorn corner of Romania, guidebook authors wallowing below the Sushi Line are increasingly probing new "Screw the Man" applications for their ...My Bloody Romania: Hero gloriously returns to zero fanfare
Dateline: Cruising altitude, en route from Minneapolis to JFK I hold in my hands a just-out-of-the-box, mint condition copy of Lonely Planet's Romania and Moldova. This is significant for two reasons: One, I plan to do a fair bit of travel in Romania's Moldavia and ...More Independence Days to Celebrate
August is another Independence Day bonanza. The shifts of power didn't happen all at once, but 1960 was a big year. If you're in any of these countries expect a holiday. Maybe there will be fireworks or a parade or a speech or two.
August 1 - Benin gained independence ...Moldova's Wine Region
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Moldova is one of the only former republics of the Soviet Union I have yet to visit. Sure, it's the poorest country in Europe and has its share of problems, but it is also home to a wonderful wine region that is virtually unknown outside the old borders of the ...
