Moldova
"The poorest country in Europe!" is a tagline that made me and my friend Christofer the only tourists in the capital Chișinău in Moldova. At first I was a bit disappointed because I thought it looked richer than other poor countries like Serbia and Kosovo, and I had hoped to see the worst place I've ever seen yet. We arrived at the Moldovan airport with a flight from Istanbul in Turkey when we took a bus into town for 2 Moldovan leu (which equals 1 Swedish krona), probably the cheapest bus ride ever. I had heard that almost no one could speak English in Moldova so I tried to signal to the ticket seller on the bus that we wanted two tickets, as if he was deaf. He replied by asking in perfect English "do you speak English?" and I felt so ashamed for assuming he wouldn't be able to speak any other language than Moldovan. I tried hard to see the gates of Chișinău but we arrived late in the evening so I just saw darkness outside. When we flew over Istanbul i...