Well regardless, meet Artiom!
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As you can see by this picture, I was not joking when I mentioned being offered homemade wine everywhere I go. It is 7:30 am, and although the Wine Festival is now a few hours behind me, the wine is still a few hours ahead of me. But I'm not the only one being wrangled into a glass of grapes...
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Nor was I the only one out late; Irina decided to join us after celebrating her friends' wedding...
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So, after a quick bite to eat and glass of vin for the road, we come to our first stop.... an officially Moldovan farm!
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... with goats...
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and OSTRICHES!
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Aside from being a bit peculiar, and looking at all comers as if THEY are the peculiar ones... these guys are voracious eaters.
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Now THAT'S an egg!
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Of course, never to be outdone...
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And yes, that ostrich was coming over to see just what exactly I had in mind for her eggs...
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But, one more shot... Artiom and his mom.
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...and with a beautiful horse...
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On with the tour. This farm had golden hens...
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...peacocks...
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...and birds of all feathers...
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If you were ever curious, this is what an angry pony looks like...
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As in, I'm amazed we didn't end up with one less excursionist...
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(No, really, don't let that picture fool you. We are standing just outside of the reach of it's chain... and you can see that I am still ready to leap back should that chain fail.)
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Piglets!
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The ever protective mother: "What are you looking at? Nothing to see here; move along, move along..."
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American smiles. :^)
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Now, a few shots of the landscape...
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And with that... it's back on the bus! On to Part II of the excursion....
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To be continued...
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