I’m in a small courtyard just now, on a beautiful morning in east central Romania. Sighisoara isn’t not known for much, save as the birthplace of the Dracula – born here in 1431, says the placard on his house a hundred yards or so down the street. Not much time to write – busy busy trip - but my first to Romania. Beautiful country – lush and green, with the Old Europe charm of tile roofs and cottage-dotted hillsides. Been visiting small villages for Heifer International which as the name implies provides cows – goats, sheep, and other livestock as well – to poor families around the world. They are then able to multiply those animals and earn income from the milk produces – sort of like microcredit with bovines. But it works – pretty amazing, actually, how just a cow can change someones life in such areas of the world.
Here for a few more days, then off to Albania on Sunday. I’ve been there before, but not since 1999, so interested to get back and take another look. Sorry for so short a blog – just not too often you get to hang out in Dracula’s home village…
June 4th, 2009 | by David in Travel
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