Went on a tour to the 4 painted monastaries in Moldovia....and today is St. Elijah's day!..big thing for the Orthodox.. They are very nice! There are paintings from the outside to the inside.. Using plants..painted on plaster.....Surprised how long they last actually!! These are all very old! They have many Christian stories painted on it and some are even in unique Romanian style!! The hostel I was in the owner was ta licenced guide so she gave us a lot of information about them!!! Very interesting and I learned a lot more about Christianity indeed! Each of these Unesco Monastaries [View Full Entry]

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Suceava, the captial of the moldvia county... its big! but the part I am in is SO laid back!!!! The hostel is very nice!, its in the outskirts, but easily accessible. Farms and very friendly people around! They have cows and chickens in their little farm here and have fresh milk and eggs everyday!!!!!! YUM!! I arrived today and they served me breakfast as well!!! So nice!!!!!! They make Romanian dinners here...traditional kind! was watching the girl make it today....ying!!!! so wanna eat...its 25 lei though...kinda expensive...but I think I will have it...just to give myself a little luxury...before I [View Full Entry]

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In the morning their offsider arrived and she spoke good English, sorted out money and things. I was going to go for a walk around but didn’t get to it, just checked my email. Couldn’t see the big dog that they had, well I assume he was big going by the barking he had been doing last night when I turned up. Before I had left Australia Monica has said to make sure I had some warm clothes and good shoes as it was minus 15 the night before and they had a foot of snow. Well not today… yes it [View Full Entry]

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It seems that I exist in a time vacuum, having no concept of the days of the week, or the uncanny ability that time has to fly by. Really it's unbelievable to me that it is now August, another month is gone, and another country awaits. However, the next stop will not be reached without a considerable amount of suffering as my train trip from where I am now in Suceava, Romania to Kiev, Ukraine will take me roughly 23 hours. I can't say that I'm very much looking forward to this one, especially considering the last few trips I've taken [View Full Entry]

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