Things That Make Me Happy! – Holy Cow! Happy New Year!

holycow

 

This is one of my favorite photos of all time.  It may not be the best, technically…but it brings with it good feelings and a good memory.  Really, that’s what photography is all about.  Cows are synonymous with India.  They are everywhere: in the streets, in the pastures, in the villages, even in the houses.  Everywhere.  This cow came up to us and was like a lap dog.  Seriously, she would have climbed up if she could have figured out how.  She followed us around for some time.  We took tons of pictures of and with her, we [...]

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Happy New Year! Milestii Mici (Moldovan Wine)

Wine Cave MM

One of the other major sights in Moldova is the Milestii Mici wine cellars.  The Moldovans were very proud of the fact that it is in the 2007 World Book of Records for having the most underground wine caves.  The caves were impressive. There are 207 kilometers of caves, but today they are only using 55 kilometers for wine storage.  55 Kilometers! That’s a lot of wine!

When I hear the word “cave” I’m expecting a rough interior; this was not rough at all.  Well, at least not the parts that we visited which, of course, was only a fraction [...]

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