Soroca
Nistru River at Soroca
Home of the King of the Roma, better known as gypsies. The city is odd with huge
homes for the Roma leadership. The past king died and was buried with his phone,
fax machine, and computer so he could communicate with his people after this death.
The Roma are basically a culture which encourages begging and not working, however
the culture is better organized than I had thought and the money that is received
from begging moves up the chain to Roma leadership. The houses here are mansions,
at least 4,000 square feet each and architecture unlike anything I've ever seen.
The taxi driver told my friend Elizabeth that when he takes her around the houses,
the doors must be locked at all times. She is Bolivian and due to her darker complexion,
the taxi driver said she would make a perfect Roma wife and would be kidnapped and
sold if the doors weren't locked.
The city also has a decent castle overlooking the river, across from which is Ukraine.