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About Moldova Short description: Moldova is often called a green country because it has a lot of forests, orchards and corn fields. If you visit a city or a village you can remark that around the streets are planted different kind of trees which give a lively look to the city. Moldova is very interesting by its historical sites (Saharna, Soroca, Orheiul Vechi, Tipova), its diverse relief (hilly steppes in the north & center, Codru, plain in the south-Bugeac Plain). Beside this you can admire Moldova’s many monasteries spread all around the country. Location: Central-Eastern Europe Area: 33,843 sq. km Climate: The winter in Moldova is moderate, with a mean temperature in January of –5 to -3 0C. Some days it can fall to –15 to -20 0C, and during an intrusion of the arctic air mass even to –35 0C. The spring has very different temperature. March is the most instable month, because it can be hot, but some days it can have temperature in minus. Ay way, beginning with the second half of April is starting to get warmer. The summer is hot and long, with long periods of drought. The summer rains are in most cases heavy and of short duration, sometimes causing local flooding. The temperature can achieve +35 0C The autumn is warm and long, a so-called “Indian summer”. In November the mean temperature falls to +5 to +3 0C and may bring the first snowfalls and frosts. Economy: Currency: Governement: Coat of arms - Moldova’s coat of arms consist of a shield divided horizontally into two parts: the upper part is red, and the lower part is blue with a superimposed auroch’s head showing, between its horns an eight-pointed star. On its right the auroch’s head is flanked by a five –petalled rose, and on its left by a slightly rotated crescent. All heraldic elements present on the shield are of golden (yellow) colour. The shield is laid on the breast of a natural eagle holding in its break a golden cross, in its right claw a green olive-tree branch and in its left claw a golden sceptre. Languages: Food and Drinks: Moldovan cuisine is based on traditional food, made according to special, old recipes. Any way, the national cuisine has incorporated Romanian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Gagauzian and Russian cuisine, as well as elements taken some centuries ago from Greek and Turkish food. The traditional meals have as basic ingredients a variety of vegetables: tomatoes, green peppers, aubergines, white cabbage, beans, onions, garlic, etc. These vegetables are used for salads and sauces; they are baked, pickled, salted, and canned, turning the process of cooking in a real art. The maize and maize flour give a specific color to the traditional meals, like soups, biscuits, flakes, alcohol free drinks, etc. The most common is “mamaliga” – a maize porridge or polenta with a fine and delicious taste. "Mamaliga" is served together with diced meat, cheese, fried meat, cream, etc. From meat meals the most common are chicken soup, goulash, roast meat, grilled minced meat rolls, etc. A lot of meat courses are grilled over charcoal. But before the grilling procedure the meat is properly picked. There is not a holiday without cabbage rolls, meat jelly, noodles, etc. The traditional table is not complete without biscuits, pies, cake. In different parts of Moldova there are local cuisines. In the East the Ukrainians prefer borsch, in the south the Bulgarians can offer a delicious chicken sauce – mangea, and the Gagauzians may serve you shorpa – a spicy ram soup, and the Russians will offer you their traditional pelmeni – a kind of roll stuffed with meat. The Moldovan cuisine is served with a variety of traditional drinks: stewed fruits, juices, as well as alcoholic drinks like: wine, brandy, "tuica" – plum brandy, etc. Wine growing in Moldova is a century-old tradition. The famous Moldovan wines are well known and appreciated at home and far beyond the country borders. The wines can be dry, sweet and strong, they have a varied bouquet of flavours and colours. For wine producing European vines are used such as: Sauvignon, Cabernet, Muscat, etc., as well as Moldovan varieties: Feteasca, Black Rara, Moldova, etc.
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