The last time Peggy and I traveled to Chisinau, we flew out of Orlando. From Orlando we could fly non-stop to Germany, and then to Chisinau: one layover. From Tampa, in order to get to Europe, one must fly first to a "US Gateway airport" and then on to Europe. Last time we drove to ORL and then had a mini-holiday at Walt Disney World before our Moldovan adventures. This time, we had special birthday celebrations for Ramsay in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine immediate prior to our trip, so we decided to fly out of Tampa, even though it meant a 2nd layover/3rd flight each way. The travel time is still the same. We had/will have 2 short layovers instead of one long one.
Our journey was about 21 hours, from the front door of our little beach bungalow to our apartment in Chisinau's City Center.
As our journey was coming to an end, and we were heading up the 4 flights of stairs to our apartment, I had to laugh when after we opened the door to our apartment, we were greeted by our own private/interior staircase as well. Our 4th floor walk-up is actually a 5th floor walk up in disguise. This provides a good (and much-needed) workout, especially when carrying groceries.
A few photos from the travel to KIV
Peggy riding the luggage cart in TPA
The gate announcing Chisinau flight in MUC
The view of Moldova as we approached our descent into KIV
The stairs that greeted us inside our new apartment
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