Anyway, Kishinev. Not much to do, in truth. Not unpleasant, and it's a decent place to practice Russian, but it's what I imagine somewhere like Krasnodar or Omsk to be like.

Don't think I've been at an airport where the sound alert for an announcement has been a pan pipe Or whatever the equivalent in Moldova is

Military museum in Chisinau. I think I've seen someone from the Minoborony in Russia looking around it wondering if it still works

I will always have an apprehension using public toilets in Eastern European bus stations

For those who have ever watched Bald and Bankrupt on YouTube...

For information: I am 125 miles or so away from Odessa and 250 miles from Kiev. Or London-Birmingham and London-Manchester...

Right now, I am literally one country away from being in a warzone

You can tell when a tea brand isn't from the UK/Ireland, because it goes over the top on the "tea culture"/royalty thing. This is a Russian brand (and tastes quite nice, to be fair)

Ереван - вчера/ночь

And another year older...

Not quite the pre Birthday present I would have liked, but I'll take it

The Armenian language looks like a printer that is malfunctioning

And here's a picture of some good old Soviet architecture

Черный Саббав

A place I didn't expect to ever come back to...

Back in Yerevan, where having an Azerbaijan stamp in your passport still elicits suspicion

Haven't flown Wizz Air in about 20 or so years. Just about to do exactly that...

Anyway, very much needed...

Somewhat embarrassingly, I can barely remember any words of German – at Bönningstedt, Deutschland