Has anyone read Molvania: A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry? Saw it in one of the Smithsonians on Friday and laughed out loud! A small European country land of the Polka and the Whopping Cough. Some good light reading for your next trip to someplace better!!! Is there really such a place?

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Geez, girl... of course there is! You haven't been there? We are ALL so much better traveled than you! Molvania is so "been there, done that". We all went there on one of our first twenty trips to Europe.



Best wishes,

Rex

We (Travelers in the know) have tried to keep Molvania Our Little Secret, lest it become over run with tourists in fanny packs and tennies.
Because , you do know, don't you? that there is a Black Market in Molvania for tennies and fanny packs?
My Dentist went there on holiday, he never returned..no one ever heard from him again..

Absolutely hilarious.

Check the website Molvania.com and listen to the entry in the Eurovision Song Contest.

I can't wait for the rest of the books in the series to be published.

They are actually planning to open a dental college there in the near future. I heard somewhere..maybe CNN..that they are asking for donations of pliers, small hammers, screwdrivers, balls of twine, and barbed wire. So check your tool sheds and see what you can come up with. All donations can be sent through your local Red Cross chapter.

Hi g,

>Saw it in one of the Smithsonians on Friday ....<

Well, there goes another unspoiled destination.

Well if Molvania becomes overrun with tourists, perhaps we can go just across the river to its twin. Like Buda and Pest, Molvania and its reverse image twin Ainavlom are both interesting.

Patrick,
Do they still celebrate the Virginal HairSplitting in Ainavlom?

Thanks Scarlett, that is a hilarious post!! I bought the book today at Barnes and Noble. I can not resist the sexy man with bad teeth on the cover. I am going to get a root canal tomorrow, should I give a copy to my dentist? LOL!!

I've heard worse songs in the actual Eurovision contest

The country's melody is pretty horrible!!!LOL I just listened to the music at molvania.com. This is just too funny.
I think some of my husband's relatives might have been from Molvania......

gironthego, you can tell if they are Molvanian. Look at their fillings in their teeth..the dentists usually sign their work.

Yes, Scarlett they do, but it's changed a bit. Entrants used to be required to be virgins, but since most virgins have been ravaged by the randy Molvanians, there are so few of them left, that it is now open to anyone with "virgin hair" rather than requiring them to be virgins themselves.

Molvania is so passe. Every time I go there, that famous travel writer, Rick something or other, is whooping it up with the locals at some hole-in-the-wall local eatery.

I agree. Molvania is so yesterday. Right after the book came out those in the know stopped going.

>Molvania is so yesterday.<

Jaded traveler's syndrom.

We have been to Molvania 3 times.
Even after the book came out we did not feel that the people or the country had significantly changed.

Our favorite driver, with his charming donkey cart, is still there to meet us as we pull into the station on our specially-chartered private draisine.

Did anyone catch Rachael Ray's episode of $40/day in Molvania? I don't think she liked Molvanian food since all she talked about was the large portions and the interesting decor and smell of the restaurants. Most people don't know this, but Molvanians were the first to enjoy the raw food diet. I learned when I studied abroad in Molvania that they were the pioneers of the pureed potato, and soon started to puree all veggies. Naturally, soft foods have always been popular there since cheweing is such a challenge for most Molvanians. If you want a good laugh, give your Molvanian friends an ear of corn on the cob. That'll keep you entertained for hours.

I saw that P_M and was surprised that they have Molvanian EVOO!

But hey Fodorites, what I want to know is it OK for guys to wear shorts in Molvania. And how about vest over tanks for the gals? I mean I worry, worry, worry that ThinG and NYCFS will have a fit and a half if we are not dressed properly in Molvania. So do tell, what is your opinion?