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More Russia, this time Irkutsk! Wikipedia posted:Irkutsk (/ɪərˈkutsk/ eer-KOOTSK; Russian: Иркутск, IPA: [ɪrˈkutsk]; Buryat and Mongolian: Эрхүү, Erhüü, [ɛrˈxuː]) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 617,473 as of the 2010 Census, Irkutsk is the 25th largest city in Russia by population, the 5th largest in the Siberian Federal District, and one of the largest cities in Siberia. If sitting in an train carriage for 5 days while reading books and eating supermarket cup noodles in silence while endless birch forests roll outside sounds like a good time to you, I can heartily suggest taking a train from Moscow all the way to Irkutsk. It's seriously very nice. You can also continue to Mongolia and China by train! Speaking Russian is not really necessary, Russians are generally very helpful and just repeat whatever they said louder if you say that you don't speak Russian, staring at you until you accept whatever they said. (Learning Cyrillic alphabet is helpful, but you can spent some of the train ride doing that.) Some pics from Irkutsk:          Rassol'nik, their gimmick is soviet nostalgia:         Uzbekistan restaurant (I think all Uzbek restaurants outside of Uzbekistan are just named "Uzbekistan restaurant"):     
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A twenty-something Irkutskian, seen here quote:can confirm, would absolutely demolish
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following the Eurovision finals I wanted to explore some of the countries I hadn't ever given much thought Moldova. Uploads from google reviews at a wedding venue/restaurant in a town to the north          Some of the non-wedding photos from the same place    
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May 15, 2022 20:23
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various other pics from the same town as the above, Edineț       kool public park        lol 
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May 15, 2022 20:41
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and one last place since I finally found some classic Unidentifiable Foreign Foods™     
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May 15, 2022 20:55
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Sexy AF Hmmm, what country am I in again? Better check the jug Hello wedding spy, thank you for the marriage bread Ah, to be young again like this lady Fuckin sexy BEAST quote:Some of the non-wedding photos from the same place Yeah I would, why not
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May 17, 2022 13:05
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I dig thisquote:quote:What is going on here? Are those mattresses?
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May 17, 2022 13:09
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I believe that is a car on its side
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May 17, 2022 13:14
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AARD VARKMAN posted:and one last place since I finally found some classic Unidentifiable Foreign Foods™ Loaches....? Smelts....? I would, btw Hell yeah, I love "family style", honestly I should do more of that. It would be super easy to be fat if not careful School lunch in Moldova not so bad
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May 17, 2022 13:15
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AARD VARKMAN posted:I believe that is a car on its side Holy poo poo I see it now What a time to be alive
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May 17, 2022 13:16
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i'm tryna party in moldova
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May 17, 2022 16:29
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Deep Glove Bruno posted:i'm tryna party in moldova
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May 17, 2022 19:55
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Yes, I'll have the Simpson Titty Platter, please, with inverted nips.
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May 17, 2022 20:31
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McGavin posted:Yes, I'll have the Simpson Titty Platter, please, with inverted nips. Very good, sir, would you like to include TruMeet™ bits and shaved coconut as well?
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May 17, 2022 20:42
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i was served Plate Full Of Small Fish in mexico once, was incredible
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May 17, 2022 20:57
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My wife's family is from Slovakia (on her mother's side) and I've been interested in thier small town Krasny Brod Krásny Brod (Rusyn: Красный Брід; Ukrainian: Красний Брід) is a village and municipality in the Medzilaborce District in the Prešov Region of far north-eastern Slovakia. In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1557. The municipality lies at an altitude of 301 metres and covers an area of 15.113 km˛. It has a population of about 425 people. Krasny Brod website http://oukrasnybrod.sk/ I HIGHLY recommend you check out the photo galery on the official website for some sweet babushka action Some food:         Cellar?  the only thing the town is known for  Shopping  ???????????????? 
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May 17, 2022 21:52
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i just can't get enough of these Moldovan weddings for some reason.        and finally heres a video of an actual wedding. i've timestamped to where the dancing starts getting more and more insane  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlMKBVbmpVk&t=42s
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May 17, 2022 21:53
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lol holy poo poo I started at the photos (Mask, I'm looking at you) and holy poo poo did it ramp up with that video. *clicks button* *music plays* bladadadadadadadadadadadadadadadadadap bladadadadadadadadadadadadadadadap HEY
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May 17, 2022 22:05
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This is the good poo poo. they must get hyperbored at western european style weddings.
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holy poo poo that shreds. guess there's some overlap with romanian brass music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM4Djxm9DaU random rear end weddings knocking riverdance out the loving box edit: forgot to mention nude sandals hookah guy. we are all out here looking like squares. get your rear end to moldova
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Moldova seems like a perfectly nice place to spend a couple of weeks while you look for your Eastern European bride.
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Moldova has quite the metal scene https://www.metal-archives.com/lists/MD Not listed, Infected Rain, a more popular Moldovan band  https://www.infectedrain.com/
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Picture Center: band frontperson, Lena Scissorhands
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May 18, 2022 13:32
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ilovebeersooomuch posted:Moldova has quite the metal scene Wait gently caress I've seen those people live - they opened for Eluveitie in Oslo sometime before the pandemic. IIRC it was a fun concert. 
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Computer viking posted:Wait gently caress I've seen those people live - they opened for Eluveitie in Oslo sometime before the pandemic. IIRC it was a fun concert. Lol this is awesome Side question, have you ever been to a Moldovan wedding?
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Doll House Ghost posted:Thanks OP, I've been waiting for someone to do this thread!! Hell yeah, I visited Chiloé once twenty-odd years ago and I'm pretty sure I've been inside this church. My dad combined a job trip [1] with a family vacation, we spent a good amount of time with the main people he worked with there and their families, and one of their kids got baptized while we were there so we got invited to the baptism. Cool as heck wooden church architecture, and ALL OF THE FOOD afterwards. [1] From Norway, he worked in fish farming, his employer invested heavily in Chilean aquaculture, he did a bunch of trips to coordinate and exchange competence and such.
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Groke posted:Hell yeah, I visited Chiloé once twenty-odd years ago and I'm pretty sure I've been inside this church. My dad combined a job trip [1] with a family vacation, we spent a good amount of time with the main people he worked with there and their families, and one of their kids got baptized while we were there so we got invited to the baptism. Cool as heck wooden church architecture, and ALL OF THE FOOD afterwards. Totally unrelated but your dad's job sounds rad as hell
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MEIN RAVEN posted:Totally unrelated but your dad's job sounds rad as hell Pretty much was, yeah. Retired now, still loves messing around with boats and stuff.
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Yakuza 0 got me looking at Dotonbori, Osaka, Japan          the above sign actually moves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXYDRZOFRYg  
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Right when I saw that, all I could think of was Trump's dumb angry face. edit: probably this one 
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Apparently this running guy ad is so famous it almost represents Osaka (??? Wikipedia) so I better post it Now I was curious about the crab restaurant          
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Osaka's super chill, hung out there a few years back. Between cheap booze, watching street performers breakdancing to the beats from their pimped out cars and delicious food, there was expo park with this giant loving statue. I was walking towards the park and it was visible from the distance, like some kinda giant monster looming over the lands waiting to give me a hug. It was pretty wild seeing the thing up close.  The park itself was also pretty chill.
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Dope AF I would love to visit Japan but I feel like I would miss so much that's right in front of my face because of the significant differences in cultures and I am not subtle enough
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