This year the Peace Corps celebrates 20 years of service here in Moldova. One of the ways we celebrate that is to walk across the country!!! For the last two weeks of June there were Peace Corps Volunteers on the march from the north and from the south. They met in the capital, Chisinau, on June 30th for a grand celebration. Along the way, the Peace Corps volunteers stopped in villages and towns where volunteers have made a contribution over the past 20 yrs. When we stopped, community people welcomed us with Moldovan hospitality. At each stopping point there was some social event and volunteer action. Above you see some of the final group in Chisinau. The second picture of a woman in blue and a man in yellow is our Peace Corps Country Director Janet Utech and the US Ambassador to Moldova, William Moser. The rest of the pictures are from Peresecina which is near Orhei. We had a grand time playing with children at a community center, enjoyed some picnic supper with a group of teenagers, and had time for making some new friends at a school for children with disabilities. Turul Moldolvei, which mean Tour of Moldova, was a big success. I've included a link here to news report about it. You may not understand the Romanian, but watch the video. I'm caught on a few background shots.
Very very cool video! Can't blink or we'll miss you! So... did you do part of this walk from North or South to Chisinau? I was very impressed with the PCVs speaking Moldovan! Can't wait to hear you chatting away, just like those lovely young women in the yellow shirts.
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