DAY 3 - Monday 10th August 2013
A day spent preparing and ensuring we had all the resources and food for our planned sessions with the children. This required a trip to Chişinău with Igor, Veronica and Crina.
Chişinău is Moldova's capital city and the largest and main industrial and commercial centre. It's a place with a very high concentration of people and commercial buildings; outside of this city the areas are less developed and rural, most people in these rural communities simply survive on what they can grow.
At the city centre we stopped off to see some of the sights of the capital which included a browse through a market selling Moldovan souvenirs, Beth succumbed to buying a set of Russian dolls, Anna a fridge magnet and Caroline decided to go for something unique bought a catapult
We also stopped off at Andy's Pizza to meet up with Rob & Jo who treated us to a pizza and drinks. It was really good to see them and their young team The added bonus was that Nicu Bocaneala, founder of Agape - a Moldovan Christian charity serving and working with young underprivileged people in the local community, was also there. It was good to catch up.
Thereafter, onto the Metro, a huge cash'n'carry place, to buy the food, we ended up filling up 3 trolley loads. Their trolleys are just as bad as our UK supermarket ones - having a mind of their own, albeit a Moldovan one, and so difficult to steer!
