What it's like to be the only tourist in Moldova, Europe's least visited country

Re:What it's like to be the only tourist in Moldova, Europe'... by ludwigschubert on Thursday July 18, 2024 @07:25PM (#41000692)

I imagine your friend is genuine. During undergrad/before 2014 I attended a summer school (https://www.jass.school) in St. Peterburg. I found the city to be welcoming, almost European in ambiance, with friendly university students. It never felt too foreign or unsafe. In my experience, St. Peterburg is as distinct from how I imagine Moscow as San Francisco is from Dallas, Texas.

(edit: I have no idea how it’d feel nowadays, and won’t visit Russia atm either.)

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Re:What it's like to be the only tourist in Moldova, Europe'... by throwaway2037 on Thursday July 18, 2024 @08:38PM (#41001065)

    > almost European in ambiance

It should. SPB is in the European part of Russia.

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Re:What it's like to be the only tourist in Moldova, Europe'... by dragonwriter on Thursday July 18, 2024 @08:51PM (#41001151)

So is Moscow. So is the vast majority of the population of Russia.

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Re:What it's like to be the only tourist in Moldova, Europe'... by imp0cat on Friday July 19, 2024 @12:45AM (#41002061)

I'd skip Russia and Ukraine right now for obvious reasons. But I have a friend who managed to visit St. Peterburg before the current war and was quite impressed.

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