by Conor Clyne | Apr 9, 2015 | English, Travel
Moldova – Polyglot’s Paradise? Moldova is a country of 3.5 million people landlocked between Romania and Ukraine. The country in its present de jure borders was part of the Soviet Union from 1945-1991 after which it became independent upon the collapse of...
by Conor Clyne | Apr 15, 2014 | English, Travel
Bucharest, Romania – First of Six Cities Our trip began in the capital of Romania, Bucharest, a sprawling metropolis (largest city in south-west Europe with a population of 2 million) where the romantic charm of the Centrul Vechi (‘old town’) sits awkwardly in...
by Conor Clyne | Apr 15, 2014 | English, Travel
How to combine travel with language learning (12-day trip to Romania, Moldova & Ukraine) I recently completed a fantastic 2-week trip to Romania, Moldova and Ukraine, which allowed me not just to combine many of the tourist attractions of these 3 European...
by Conor Clyne | Aug 29, 2013 | English, Travel
Travel to Transnistria, Moldova: what is it really like to cross the border? Transnistria is a de facto independent territory within Moldova that is not internationally legally recognized. It declared independence from Moldova in 1990 and after a limited military...
