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8th May 2011

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Start of the Romanian Postings Me and the family went to Romania recently for a road trip. This is a country that makes you realise just how diverse the European Union is. A bit like Azerbaijan being in the Eurovision song contest, one can’t help feeling that it’s a bit of a stretch. I mean, why not Chad as well? Or the Dominican Republic? Anyway, we had a little bit of trepidation at first, after all this a country famous for, in no particular order: Mistreating Orphans horribly The worst recent dictator this side of Pol Pot Gangsters, corruption and criminal Gypsy gangs The worst drivers in the Western Hemisphere As it turned out the Romanians are very friendly, hospitable and everyone under the age of 30 speaks English. They do have some shocking drivers though. Never mind people overtaking on blind corners, this is a place where  you’d often have people overtaking the people who were overtaking on the blind bends. This might date from the fairly recent time when one bought a license rather than going through the rigmarole of lessons, etc. The poverty was startling at times but at no time did we feel unsafe on the streets apart from the occasional threat from packs of stray dogs. (Top Tip: they are generally OK but be very careful not to wake them if they are asleep). Of course, being in the church business I had to drag the wife and kids into a few places of worship. This church here is in the Northern village of Vishki, a place where Prince Charles, no less, has ‘property’. He has been quoted as saying he would like ‘ordinary people’ to live a life similar to that of the Vishkians. Having seen the unpaved roads of mud, the pigs chasing the children with the running sores away from the street water pump (indoor taps are a luxury here) and mutilated animals lurching about I’m not sure what this tells us about our future King. I loved the church. It is possibly my favourite ever in terms of atmosphere and fittings. Approximately 700 years old it used to be the ‘German’ church from when the area was mostly German speaking. (One comes across memorials to the thousands of ethnic Germans who were shipped off by the Russians to be killed by lack of food and overwork. Tit for Tat I suppose.) Note the Gallery benching arrangement where you a) Have to be small to fit and b) have to be careful not to tip over the balcony onto the floor below

Start of the Romanian Postings

Me and the family went to Romania recently for a road trip. This is a country that makes you realise just how diverse the European Union is. A bit like Azerbaijan being in the Eurovision song contest, one can’t help feeling that it’s a bit of a stretch. I mean, why not Chad as well? Or the Dominican Republic? Anyway, we had a little bit of trepidation at first, after all this a country famous for, in no particular order:

Mistreating Orphans horribly

The worst recent dictator this side of Pol Pot

Gangsters, corruption and criminal Gypsy gangs

The worst drivers in the Western Hemisphere

As it turned out the Romanians are very friendly, hospitable and everyone under the age of 30 speaks English. They do have some shocking drivers though. Never mind people overtaking on blind corners, this is a place where  you’d often have people overtaking the people who were overtaking on the blind bends. This might date from the fairly recent time when one bought a license rather than going through the rigmarole of lessons, etc. The poverty was startling at times but at no time did we feel unsafe on the streets apart from the occasional threat from packs of stray dogs. (Top Tip: they are generally OK but be very careful not to wake them if they are asleep).

Of course, being in the church business I had to drag the wife and kids into a few places of worship. This church here is in the Northern village of Vishki, a place where Prince Charles, no less, has ‘property’. He has been quoted as saying he would like ‘ordinary people’ to live a life similar to that of the Vishkians. Having seen the unpaved roads of mud, the pigs chasing the children with the running sores away from the street water pump (indoor taps are a luxury here) and mutilated animals lurching about I’m not sure what this tells us about our future King.

I loved the church. It is possibly my favourite ever in terms of atmosphere and fittings. Approximately 700 years old it used to be the ‘German’ church from when the area was mostly German speaking. (One comes across memorials to the thousands of ethnic Germans who were shipped off by the Russians to be killed by lack of food and overwork. Tit for Tat I suppose.) Note the Gallery benching arrangement where you a) Have to be small to fit and b) have to be careful not to tip over the balcony onto the floor below

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