On Saturday I went with my host Galina to visit one of her close friends Nadia. Early in the afternoon I watched her make "placinta" which is a favorite Moldovan dish made of filo dough stuffed with cheese or cabbage. Nadia came and picked us up by car. She lives just outside of Stauceni in a rural villa. What a beautiful set up. We would call it a country home. Its built on two levels with the bottom level looking out on to a wonderful garden. The garden has a solar shower and an outhouse but the home does have indoor toilet as well. You see pictures here of both these acomodations as well as a well or "fontana". Notice the door to the left of the well. It goes into an underground fruit cellar. It's walls are made of limestone and keeps an even cool temperature of about 50 degrees year round. At this lovely place several friends came to visit as well and we had a fabulous meal with chicken being grilled by Tudor the domnul of the house. After much food and wine we got some dancing started to Moldovan folk music. I must say I felt right at home.
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