This Summer I visited Romania again, to see my friend Daniella there and her family.
This time we toured the Northern part, known as Bucovina, in Moldavia. A very Scenic and wonderful area Indeed. The Photos above show how varied it is I think.
We visited around 5 Monastries , which have these paintings on the walls, Inside and outside, painted centuries ago, but still largely visable even today. Many are being restored too.
The detail in the paintings is amazing. I was'nt allowed to walk around these Monastries in my Shorts!.....so I had to wear a skirt type of clothing over them. As they term it "Indecent", to have your knees on view! A bit embarrasing though to wear those.
Anyway we had great weather the whole week, other than one Thunderstorm, which soon passed. We stopped at various stages for breaks, as the distances are very long Inbetween each town. So we had to take water and food with us each day. The Countryside is very nice there and the farming methods are so more Eco Friendly than in Europe. Not many tractors in sight, but mainly scythes and pitchforks, to make Haystacks or load up Horse carts. The people working in the fields all day long, then travelling home on their Horse & Carts.
I was amazed at the Sunflower fields, which were many acres Indeed. A cheerful sight to see.
At the Monastries, the Nuns were seen there working or attending to their daily business,wearing Black clothing. Their balconies were very colourful, decked in pelagoniums all around the walls of the Monastry (Photo above). In fact all the gardens around these places were very colourful indeed and plants seem to thrive well in that area.
In the evenings we found a place to eat, mainly Pizzas and a welcome drink, after a Hot day touring around. So another Interesting holiday spent in Romania.
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