Wednesday, August 1, 2007

One Moldovan for three

Chiara is really interested in Moldovan people who have relatives working the EU. She came from Bologna sitting next to a woman working as a help to an old Italian, while her parents were lying sick back in Moldova. I embarked with Chiara today in a photographic journey of tens of people in the central market, while also talking to them about their relatives abroad. One, Claudia, was the mother of a young man living for seven years in Portugal. Others had mothers, sisters, brothers, sons in Italy. We passed by Strada Bucuresti and out of curiosity, we went to see the Romanian consulate. A rather boring house, but with a hundred people or more waiting in front of it. One guy came to me and gave me a card with his name, saying that he wil help me get a Romanian visa faster, by taking me to Odessa. I played his game, and asked further, and he assured me that my dream of getting to Romania will become true.
A young man was watching me and Chiara, and approached us. We started talking.

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