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Post Report of the Day

Chisinau, Moldova

Are preschools available? Day care? Are these expensive? What has been your experience with them, if any? Do the schools provide before- and/or after-school care?

Although I do not have children, the school seems adequate for younger children but is lacking a lot for high school aged children.

Is this a good city for single people? For couples? For families? Why or why not?

The people with families and couple seem to enjoy their time here. The men who are single REALLY enjoy their time here and try to extend at post. Single women don’t appear to have the...