Pictures of the week – Snow Woman and Chisinau Birds

Here are some images from what I have been shooting lately. Some of my favorite things and shots:

~ It’s about -7 C outside this evening, but it feels like -13C. BRRRRRR. I’m glad to be inside and hope no one has to stay outside these days.

~ MPF

 

 

Postal Service – Something to Get Used To

If you are in Chisinau as an expat and if you can easily send and receive letters and packages from your home country through your job,

be happy!

Be very Very Happy!

Drink a bottle of wine to that pleasure!

Drink another bottle of wine for being happy about it!

Hell, invite me over and we’ll drink three bottles of wine, because you should be very happy about that and I should try to forget that I don’t have that!

Because today, I spent about an hour and a half to spend a tiny box to Belgium and a letter to the US. I went to a wrapping table in the Sun City so my little gifts could be nicely wrapped. And then I watched the postal lady nicely unwrap every single gift to see what was in it. She untied each gift and weighed things inside, looked at it thoroughly  to try to figure out what to write for description of it. Once all the things were untied and then tied back again, she put the gifts in a box and deconstructed the box to try to wrap it tightly around the gifts. Once it was done, she wrapped another paper around it. Then when the box was done, I was given two forms to fill out, and told that the box will get there in three weeks with airway. She asked me if I wanted to send it with a train. I gently declined.

I wasn’t too happy about all the untying and the wait, but I guess I should be happy that there wasn’t anybody else before me doing the same thing, because such situation would turn into an all-day affair. And I should be happy that postal service exist.

ok, fine. I don’t have to be happy about it. I’ll just try to get used to it.

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It’s 41F outside. It’s not getting colder, and it’s not snowing. It’s an odd winter, people say. But, I’m just fine with that.

~ MPF

Delice d’Ange – has got it all!

I had lunch with my husband at Delice d’Ange today and I think I may have fallen in-love with this place. It seems that it was created for all my needs.

Delicious pastries? CHECK!

More delicious pastries? CHECK!

Quiche? CHECK!

Croissants? CHECK!  And wait to see this…

 

Tataaaa – I present you, the Almighty PLAYGROUND on the second floor! For my kids, of course.  DOUBLE CHECK!

Internet so I can do school work? CHECK!

Everything else I need right next to me when times get tough? CHECK!

I even like how the building looks. It looks like it was exported here from modern Germany or Denmark or something. What I’m saying is, it has lots of windows!

Oh, I’ll be back you little flying girl. I only tried five different things this time and you have so many more different things to eat. I’ll be back.

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It’s 36F in Chisinau tonight (10:12PM); it supposed to rain tonight. Today was such beautiful day outside! My online school started today so there are lots of writing coming my way. I hope it won’t stop me continuing this blog. Some comments would definitely motivate me more!

~ MPF