Vice President Joe Biden visits Moldova

It was a beautiful day, almost warm.  There was excitement in the air.  The Moldovan TV station was all Biden.  We had VIP tickets from the American Embassy.   Vice President Biden was greeted by hundreds lining the street waving small US and Moldovan flags.   There were huge crowds and the estimate we heard was about 10,000 people came to the area and also lined the streets.    There were "politzia" everywhere wearing florescent green colored jackets.   Well,  we were able to use the VIP tickets to enter the overflow area.  There was a large screen that we watched a little bit.  Everyone was listening to his speech.  I don't think they could understand too much especially if they couldn't see the translation on the jumbotron screen.

Our view of Vice President Biden.

My VIP view during Biden's speech.  We have discovered that the Moldovan people are pretty tall, generally.

The visit and speech were for the Moldovan people and we were fortunate to take part.  An excellent day.  Got back to the apartment, took ibuprofen and put my feet up.