Once we crossed the Prut River, Petru was pointing out all the different types of factories that lined the roads to Sadagura. The small cottages that lined the road into town were brightly colored and decorated. Some completely covered with shiny exterior tiles. We drove up a hill to where the town’s cemeteries were. Sadagura historically had a very large Jewish population and the Jewish cemetery was very old and impressive with it’s massive 6 foot headstones neatly lined row after row. Across the street from the Jewish cemetery was the Ukrainian cemetery. This was a HUGE park with colorful arrangements of flowers covering nearly every marker. But the grounds in the cemeteries here are very unkempt. The weeks are anywhere from knee to waist high and the trees and vines were just overtaking many of the markers creating an almost jungle like setting to walk through. There was just so much to go through at this cemetery and maneuvering through the jungle in the heat was just becoming too much.
After seeing as much as I wanted we got back in the cab and heading back South towards Voloka. Once again we had to pass through the center of Chernivitsi. We drove passed the beautiful Central Train station and the driver told me that the building was built back in the 1890’s. I couldn’t help imagining that when Moshu & Moshica started on their journey to Canada, they must have boarded a train through this very station on their way to Hamburg, Germany. A little farther through town we made a quick stop to snap a picture of the Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. It was a beautiful church but the pink exterior color was a little peculiar to me.
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