http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Romania/Suceava/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Romania , Suceava en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:54:03 BST Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:54:03 BST 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Romania/Suceava/blog-183533.html 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 Romania http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Romania/Suceava/blog-183158.html 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 didnrsquot get to it just checked my email. Couldnrsquot 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 clothe http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Romania/Suceava/blog-132832.html 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 wil http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Romania/Suceava/blog-15461.html