Saturday, April 28, 2007

The Mayor of Mosna

In case you hadn't guessed, I'm in the land of buffalo milk and honey again ( Romania) .I spent most of yesterday with the Mayor of Mosna ( Roba Eugen by name) and his advisor Vassily.We drank about 4 ltrs of wine. BUT by the end of it we had sorted out what we were looking for.
The Mayor is a most interesting man. He is forward looking with a fine twinkle in his eye. He is, in a certain sense, dragging his town into the 21st century, kicking and screaming. But drag it he will and to it's enormous benefit. Mosna has one of the finest Saxon churches in the world. Prince Charles visited it when he was here. Together with Biertan, which is better known, and Malancrav, which is a Hungarian Church, these three make up a heritage which is irreplaceable. Even Sibiu, this year's European City of Culture, does not boast as beautiful a structure.
What else have I been doing? Today was Honey Man day. My driver and translator got stung. Mrs. Honey Man laughed, pulled the sting out and told him to behave himself - his jumping about was annoying the bees.
The honey is utterly delicious. It is 100% organic, as certified both by the Romanian Ministry of Ecological Endeavour, and the same Swiss body, which is the No.1 in Europe. He specialises in acacia and sunflower, as well as PolyFlora. How much does he get for it? Last year most of it was sold for 1 Euro per kilo. Compare that with your supermarket price which is about 25 Euros per kilogramme. Makes the milk people look lucky. We sat in the sun, drank coffee and ate their home made cakes, from their own organic flower, honey and walnuts.
And on the way back, we spotted a perfect industrial building in a perfect location.
What more could one ask?

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