a trip to the republic of moldova. just over six hundred kilometers east of moscow it's home to around one hundred thousand people must be some of the fittest in the country. and maybe when it comes to school it's definitely a major player. holiday are more likely to head to the beach. but you can't really travel around without at least having a go at some winter sports and at least with this one i do get to see some stuff. every day dozens of people head out to the tracks here some shooting and cross country skiing from experts to absolute beginners. i finally got the right equipment but it has been a very long time since i've struck on some skis. and there was always the promise of some place to look for. no one told me that i was going to trek through the forest to reach it. still may be the hardest thing. scandinavian. well. for this one month. but finally i made it over the top right down to the top it's. just about. ok. we've got through the. season range. and it was time for a noise relaxing light out. proposed

the artsy team as they continue to discover central russia it's time they travel to the republic of moldova home to some of the russians most accomplished artists. prospect. plunges well below zero the snow seems to come up to your waist. coats. a trip to the republican view. just over six hundred kilometers east of moscow it's home to around nine hundred thousand people must be some of the fittest in the country. maybe small when it comes to sports it's definitely a major player. say that if i'm going on holiday i'm more likely to head to the beach. but you can't really travel around without at least having a go at some winter sports. i do get to suit some stuff. every day dozens of people head out to the tracks here some shooting in cross-country skiing from experts to absolute beginners. i finally got the right equipment but i have been a very long time since i've struck on some skis. and it was always the promise of some places. no one told me that i was going to have to trek through the forest to reach it. still may be the hardest thing. scandinavian. i read this for a month. and final

more of a cultural buff than a fitness fanatic there's still plenty to see in moldova. and i began my journey with a visit to one of its oldest and most important religious sentence. this is the st john the evangelist smaller stream which houses churches dating back to the beginning of the eighteenth century but it also doubles as a spiritual and physical rehabilitation center. of the ruffian his early in his mid twenty. yes but he's already lived here for several years. his day begins with early morning prayers but his most important tosk is to supervise the late brothers come to live and work in the ministry. you two gentlemen go to the hotel's backyard your help is needed there grab the garbage police as for you go and bring some water skis. many of the helpers here are planning to take monastic found us but others like so gay are looking for a different kind of redemption. i joined this monastery because i was an alcoholic and a drug addict people get subsidies for medical assistance people suffering from all kinds of addictions stay here for long periods of time. t

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but if you are looking for a real drink the moldova and council surrounds has plenty of the people should. be slow but it is the life and this place as well as me. somewhere or me. already. most simple is going to get on the banks i want to swarm of brooklyn goodness. i'm a little nuts carry. some stuff. i'm feeling much more confident i made my way over to d.j. all shiftlessness listen. believe me miss d.j. could you show me a few tricks. everything's legit on st crispin's disc in this club so there were no actual records to mix but they were about fifty three the insignificant don't. disappoint her and their instructions for the six this last. month. when the singles in exactly seamless i needed a guaranteed fulfill a clear. cut to my list so she could get an adult to take up a comfortable position. thank you. mom. i thought you thought it was like last time a part. i guess it. was raised on. the surface. it turns out the joy was an aspiring doctor who'd come all the way from sea don't study and surrender. and the next day we met up for a walk around the city. of twelve. as i'm an only

myself included, began wondering maybe the actual impact wasn't publicizing what was happening in moldova and getting it on the front page of the "new york times," which happened -- and that that happened because of the computer because it was still a very new technology. it seemed like a very noble event and you fast forward and you see what's happening in tunisia also being widely covered on twitter but it took the "new york times" to run a story in part because twitter is no longer in the news. so it's very hard to think about what a twitter revolution is when we have this very constantly changing definition. and you look at iran and the twitter revolution and the initial premise again it was instrumental in mobilizing people. that's almost a direct quote from andrew sullivan who made a lot from those events and he publicized them on his blog and he basically shaped the coverage of the events to a great extent, you know, later, of course, many people just like in the case of moldova mobilized their positions but it helped to generate headlines and it made it to cnn. again it was 2009.