In 2009, College of Charleston research official Natalie Montanaro, moved to the small village of Brusturoasa , Romania  to work as a Peace Corp volunteer. What she has experienced is a far cry from the world she experienced in the South Carolina lowcoutry.

Montanaro tells her story in a photo essay to CNN.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/07/01/volunteering.rural.romania/