Romania is full of oddities and one of the most peculiar we visited was the tiny village of General Berthelot. The story is that a military attaché to the French Embassy in Romania was so helpful at defending the country against intruders that the king ennobled Berthelot and gave him a village with a nice home and some houses. The good gentleman lived out his days in Romania before repatriating himself after a couple of years giving the house and the village bearing his name to the Romanian Academy. And so it remains today!
A shepherd and his 'flock' of a few cattle near General Berthelot - a sight quite often seen in Romania.
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The now Academy, but former residence of the good general.
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The gentleman himself
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Nearby we visited the headquarters of what the Europeans call a geo-park. This one had a dinosaur theme, Ella please note. And here we have the fossil skulls of some fearsome predator.
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A model of something or other in the garden.
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Some art-work and a constellation of local rocks.
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AS
A shepherd and his 'flock' of a few cattle near General Berthelot - a sight quite often seen in Romania.
The now Academy, but former residence of the good general.
The gentleman himself
Nearby we visited the headquarters of what the Europeans call a geo-park. This one had a dinosaur theme, Ella please note. And here we have the fossil skulls of some fearsome predator.
A model of something or other in the garden.
Some art-work and a constellation of local rocks.
AS
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