Snow in Chisinau

Well we have had our first major snow in the city. It is really quite nice. Out at the Academy of Public Administration, on Str. Ialovini on a hill at the edge of Chisinau it's been snow covered for over a week. However, here in centru all we had before this was a couple of snow flurry events that produced no accumulation. The night it began snowing in earnest, we met the other Fulbrighters at Symposium restaurant for a knowledge sharing session and also a farewell to Valery Mock, who was leaving at the end of the week. After dinner and discussion about conference papers and so forth with the group, Chrisna and I went for a long walk in the middle of the snowy night. It's got to be one of the great urban pleasures -- walking alone down the middle of the street late at night -- and when it's all covered with fresh powdery snow it's an even greater pleasure. It's cold, no doubt about it, but no more cold the Washington D.C. or New York or Cincinnati in winter. Below is a slide show of snowy Chisinau.