Settling in to Chisinau

We walked around the City Center, visiting many of our favorite spots

There are jungle gyms in the courtyard of our new apartment

We also visited one of our favorite parks/playgrounds. Monkey bars are great for stretching after 3 long plane rides/21 hours of travel to get to Chisinau

We discovered children's programming on Naroc TV-- children's music videos -- Peggy loved it!

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The Art Market. We found the artist who made crocheted dolls I bought for Peggy on our last trip!  (We met her through the IWCM)  She'll be making a new ballerina Peggy doll for Peggy (with purple tights and a pink tutu!) and will also do the needlework on a linen shirt for Peggy.  

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And, of course, the zama at the "yellow chair" restaurant on Pushkin Street

Peggy rides a dune buggy in the park around the cathedral

Yes, we went to McDonald's and upstairs to the play area

We can still see ULIM from our apartment, but this time, a different view

We arrived at our apartment around 2 pm local time. I began unpacking the suitcases and settling in to the apartment. Then we decided to walk around the City Center and to visit some of our favorite spots. Of course we walked towards Peggy's favorite park/playground.  We had dinner at Andy's Pizza -- a new one that just opened in Sun City. It is quite nice and has a great view. More upscale than the others we remembered. We also made our first trip to the Nr 1 grocery for supplies.   On Saturday, we did more of the same. After breakfast, we headed out for more adventures in the City Center.  We started at the Orange store, so I could add minutes to my cell phone (THANKS AGAIN, Lorraine!). Then, to the park/playground (we were THRILLED to see my friend and colleague Larisa and her husband in the park!), the Art Market, the book shop (in search of the Russian paper dolls), lunch at the "yellow chair" restaurant, dinner at McDonald's, another trip to the Nr 1 for more supplies.  After we got home, we had a nice long skype session with Ramsay....and then a bath in the spa/whirlpool tub. A great ending to what felt like a long day. Hoping that by tomorrow we'll be feeling more adjusted to the time change and recovered from the journey. It's time for me to get to work!