Passing Through Hincesti

 Hincesti is a small town and county seat about half an hour from our house.  Population is maybe twenty thousand.  No large department store, no large grocery store.  There's a street lined with several smaller shops.  

The park is on a slope, topped by a typical-looking Soviet monument.  This one's different, though, because it's not honoring someone from the Soviet era.  It's of a World War I hero from the town.  The monument itself is in desperate need of repair.  There are fist sized holes from rust in all of the statues.  Kind of sad.  He still keeps guard over the town, though.