Tiraspol surrounding and Bender

It was a bit of a heavy morning I had after the short night yesterday but the expectations of the day let the headache pass quickly.

The house cat and the house dog were already active in my room so it was a good start in the morning

We started out with Andrej to the city centre of Triaspol with the big square were the parades take place

The city centre of Tiraspol with the poster rembering the 24th yearr anniversary of the PMR - the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic

Lenin waiting at the pedestrian walkway

Tiraspol has the the river Dnjestr the wine grape and the gear-wheel for industry in its city symbol

On the daily market between the flowering trees

Tank facing to the west from the Second World War 

The memorial for the 804 people died in the war1992 between Transnistria and Moldova 

Flowers in the gun 

In the main park of Tiraspol

The theater were the republic was announced in 1990 and only 102 km to Odessa 

Abbey road in Tiraspol 

Inside the university of Tiraspol - the future is now with the old apple symbol

Juri Gagarin and his alley 

Dom soviet - the city hall with a good looking fellow in front 

This is what the Transnistrian Rubel is worth - only exchangeable in Transnistria

Car ferry across the Dnjestr

Andrey with his car 

Breaking the car ferry with a wooden pole on the other end of the river

Back streets on Transnistria 

Memorial of the second word war when the Russian troups fought the nazi troups in Moldova 

View from the memorial back to monestary New-Neamtz and Tiraspol

Glory pictures at the memorial

Goat traffic

The monastery Noul Neamt

Andrey

City limits at Bender 

The ship station on the Dnjestr

Tank remembering the war in 1992

Entrance to fort bender - this was off the limits for 500 years since it was military zone - the entrance still looks like the entrance to a factory rather than to a tourist sight

No dogs allowed - anyhow not necessary since the local dogs running around will steal the show 

The appealing road to the fort bender 

Mr Muenchhausen actually has been riding the canon ball into the bender fortress - see below - a Russian one in and a Turkish one out - again something new I learned about this remote part of the world 

Back to Tiraspol - the city limits 

Praising the big history of Tiraspol