What I can do for you
I thank "Uncle Pasha" for the setting up this site and his continued
support of this domain. Visit Pasha's sites
Main index: www.unclepasha.com
Accommodation
in Moscow:
www.cheap-moscow.com
Horse rides & trips: www.russian-horse-rides.com
Errands & "serious" business services: www.oldmanfriday.com
Small towns & villages between Moscow &
St. Petersburg: www.staritsa.info
and others.
Contributions of materials welcomed.
Thank your homestay host by sending me a hint.
Quality materials related to Moldovan travel, work, and living are invited.
- Marisha
"Your Friends in Moldova"
LONELY PLANET RECOMENDED: Marisha and her services are recomended in LP guide to Europe on a Shoestring, guide to Eastern Europe, guide to Romania&Moldova, 2007 edition
Welcome to Marisha's and her friends' site about Moldova and Transdniestr, with particular emphasis on rural travel and travel hits and tips . Of course we will do boring traveler and business support work, eg. information searches, logistics, running errands, buying tickets etc. Of course contact us about accommodation in Kishinev. To humble backpackers we can offer a spare room in our flats in Kishinev / Chisinau or Tiraspol or even rent out the whole place when out on holidays; to others we will recommend a suitable hotel.
Please, note that my
hubby Kris and our doughter Lisa and I are currently living in the UK
and you can only meet us in Manchester. My family and friends in Moldova
are looking after our guests in Chisinau, Tiraspol and Ivancea. I am back
in Moldova now and will be here till August 2008 and am available as English
speaking guide and assistant in Moldova & Transdniestr.
Enjoy Moldova and its people!!!
News, announcements, changes, updates
June, 2009
"2
seats are available in my car in the route to Chisinau. I'll ride in 4th
of July. Route: Gliwice (POLAND) - Cieszyn - Zilina (SLOVAKIA)
- Kosice - Satu Mare - Iasi - Chisinau. Anyone interested, please,
email to Grzesiek on kowal.grzegorz@gmail.com."
4
places available in a car travelling from Germany to Moldova on friday
19th of June: Hamburg, Berlin, Krakow, Lviv, Mamaliga, Balti,
Chisinau and back on Thursday, June 25: Chisinau, Balti,
Mamaliga, Lviv, Krakow, Berlin, Hamburg. Please, email
Oliver if interested
Photos
of our 4 bedroom apartment have been added to
its page
Found
some articles about Moldova: one is in Czech language Nepolibene
Moldavsko by Ian Plesinger
and the other is a story in English about a short journey from Chisinau
to Balti and back on ILIUSHIN
18D aircraft.
May, 2009
4
room apartment in Ciocana, Chisinau is added to our list of properties
to let in Chisinau. Private single and double rooms, as well as beds,
are available for short term and long term rentals. Photos are coming
soon
Timetable
of buses to/from Odessa that go via Palanca/Tudora borders avoiding Transdniestr
and also of buses from Chisinau to Suceava was updated here
Happy Victory Day to all those who fighted in the IIWW and their families!!!
March, 2009
Links
page was updated with a link to www.teech.org a UK based charity who are
focusing this year on a small village
of Falesti in Northern Moldova to help repair and decorate the village
school and orphanage.
Our
team page was updated with the photo and details of our new guide
Elena
"Recommendations
on how to travel from Poland to Chisinau" are added to our Transportation
to/from Moldova pageTimes
and ticket costs updated for the train
Chisinau-Kiev.
Happy
Martisor Day! We celebrate the first day of spring on the first day of
March and the week after and give each other red and white amulets to
each other. Read more about Martisor
Happy Women's
day to all the female readers of our webpage! We celebrate it on the 8th
March and it's a very popular holiday in Moldova. It's common to give
flowers/presents or a special treat for your beloved woman on this day
and many families will have a festive dinner in the evening.
February, 2009
Times of the buses/minibuses that depart from Chisinau to Ivancea, the home of Katherine's guesthouse
January, 2009
Despite of the gas war between Russia and Ukraine, we are somehow getting gas and heating in our flat in Chisinau. And the water in shower is heated in an electric boiler, so no inconveniences for our guests so far.
October, 2008
"Welcome To Moldova !" a cautionary Tale by Eddie Barton : the story of a 12 day visit to Moldova and Transnistria (DMR/PMR) in May 2005 & return visit April 2006. See also, Russian and Romanian translations of the tale.
Our Train Station flat is closed with the end of the season and no bookings available here. For accommodation near the Train Station check out Virginia's flat in Chisinau.
September, 2008
WE ARE MOVING THE HOST AND THE SITE, AS WELL AS MY EMAIL ON INBOX@MARISHA.NET MAY NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY UNTILL THE END OF SEPTEMBER. PLEASE, EMAIL ME ON MARISHA@ENGLISHMOLDOVA.COM INSTEAD OR CONTACT NATALIA, MY ASSISTANT IN CHISINAU ON +373 69155753 IF YOUR EMAIL IS NOT ANSWERED FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. SORRY FOR THE INCONVINIENCE. (UPDATE: ALL IS WORKING NOW, INCLUDING THE EMAIL AT INBOX@MARISHA.NET)
July, 2008
I've got this recommendation by email and thought it would be a nice add to the site and, hopefully, a support to the project: "www.neohumanist.org. If you will look under " projects- Castania tourist pension" you'll get a good idea about how it looks. Also this website gives nice information about the sunrise and rainbow. I think it deserves a bit of support and it is a great place for tourists to stay. The houses are cozy and well kept. They have a shower and food is available or you can cook yourself. Still pretty close to Chisinau but also to other nice places, like Capriani"
Back to rainy Manchester at the end of July and missing the Moldovan summer :(
June-July, 2008
The summer 2008 is brilliant in Moldova and we are welcoming everyone visiting Chisinau and Moldova. For updates on our availability and tours check out the add on top of the page or email me
June 18-31, 2008
My computer has broken when I was working at my mum's in Ivancea during the storm with lightning and it took about 2 weeks to revive my hard disc and come back to normal work. Anyone who wrote between June 18 and 31 and to whom I didn't reply, please, send it again, as it's more likely that your email was lost. Sorry for the inconvenience!May, 2008
Milestii
Mici winery is the largest underground winery in the world and has
the largest wine collection in Europe. Tours need to be booked few days
in advance. Please, contact us to arrange your
tour to this winery.
New photos added and directions updated of our Train
Station studio flat and hostel-flat
in Chisinau
Meet
our team , people who are contributing to this site and will look
after our guests in Moldova
New photos of Lena's flat in Tiraspol downtown added to her
page
March, 2008
Address, map and directions added to our Train
Station studio flat
Address, map and directions added to our hostel
page
Timetable
of buses Odessa - Chisinau via Palanca border (does not cross Transdniestr)
All
offers of accommodation in Moldova & Tiraspol are moving to a new
website http://www.moldovahostel.com
. We are inviting owners of apartments/houses in Chisinau, Tiraspol, Soroca,
Balti and other town and villages of Moldova and Transdniestr to place
their properties on our site. Please, email
me with the details of your property.
February, 2008
Finally,
we've got a flat to rent in the center of Chisinau. It's a 1room
apartment near the Train Station that will be ideal for a couple or
2 friends looking for something private and in the center. From 15 Euro
per person per night. Minimum stay: 3 nights.
Also,
we've re-opened our hostel
in Ciocana. Double + single + 4 bed dorm in a spacious flat in Chisinau.
Nice atmosphere and travel support.
Car
rental page added. Rent our driver Boris or arrange a van hire with
us for your tours around Moldova and Transdniestr.
January, 2008
Kris,
Lisa and I went to visit my relatives in Moldova for the Orthodox New
Year, January, 14. The flight was a big challenge for us and our baby,
but seeing my mother Katherine and my cousin Lena with her family and
all of my friends and relatives was a big delight. Besides, there was
a lot of snow in Ivancea when we came and Lisa went on sleigh for the
first time in her life. Read more about our trip and see some photos on
Kris's
travelblog
November, 2007
Oxford
Educational Center in Chisinau has English learning materials and English
literature for sale. Read Bookstore
guide for more bookstores around Europe. It is an amateur guide to
book shopping throughout Europe and its aim is to list all the cool independent
bookstores in Europe selling books in English to make things easier for
all the book-lovers on the road.
Books about Moldova : Michael Palin is
visiting Moldova and Transdniestr among all the other countries of New
Europe
Marriage in Moldova : From March
2007 Moldova is recognizing Apostille Stamps, so the Apostille stamps
on your docs for the marriage will do.
Our
guest Eddie has updated his travel story about Moldova and Transdniestr
and its people. The Word version of the story is here
. Russian and Romanian
translation of the story are also available.
April - October, 2007
Back to Moldova to open a new travel season 2007 in Moldova and Transdniestr. Please, check out for the updates within the webpage or email me your questions, suggestions or concerns at inbox@marisha.net
Kris's travel to Moldova, May 2007 , including the photos from the 9th of May parade celebration in Tiraspol when we visited Lena over there.
February, 2007
HOSTEL LIKE ACCOMMODATION IN CHISINAU
: 2 double rooms and a private room big flat in Chisinau. 10 Euro per
person per night. Can accommodate 5 people freely and up to 8 if needed.
Besarabka
page : Thousands of Germans from Russia forced to flee their homes
during W.W.II. Many left Europe for the US, a lot of them relocating in
North Dakota. Our guest Otto Gienger was one of them. He and his daughter
stayed with Lena at Besarabka in
October 2006 visiting the hometown of Otto Neudorf, now called Karmanova.
More photos of Besarabka and Karmanova
find at: http://www.bismarcktribune.com/photos/homeagain/
Private
flats in Chisinau : added a 2 rooms flat in Ryshkani area. Can sleep
freely up to 3 people. 20 EURO per night for the whole thing
Russian/Romanian
lessons : new links added - Learn Russian online, English-Russian
dictionaries, Russian literature in English language.
New link added at Links.page: Maps of Moldova political, ethnic, etc plus of the other Soviet Republics
January, 2007
Private
flats in Chisinau : added a 2 rooms flat in the downtown with 500
EURO a month
Russian/Romanian lessons : Svetlana,
private teacher of Russian ; links on learning online websites
Odds 'n' ends
CIA facts on Moldova, with my comments
***Marisha's guide to Kishinev / Chisinau***
I recommend
Valuable links related to Moldova
Recommended by:
LONELY PLANET guide to Europe on a Shoestring, 2007 edition
LP Romania & Moldova Editor 2006-2007
"Morning Star", March, 06
"Esquire" UK magazine, June, 05
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