Crane sightings...apparently cranes travel from the Nile Delta to Romania every year in the spring to nest and lay their eggs. The nests are huge and usually built atop power poles. We could often see one parent crane in the nest while the other was out hunting for food.
Voronet Monastery is really a beautiful sight to visit. The dominant color in the fresco is called “Voronet Blue” and dates from the early 1500’s. This fresco shows “The Last Judgment” filling the entire west end wall.
One of the facinating things to see was the many artist's who came to visit and paint the monastery. This kind gentleman, Ihgor, allowed me to take his photo. He took off his cap and straightend his hair first. He was a delight.
And finally no visit can be complete without the obligatory group photo, taken by our guide.
During our road trip our guide asked if we would like to see the Ukraine Border and we, of course, said we would love to. As we approached the border we pulled off the side of the road to take some photos and before we finished snapping our first photos the border guards came charging over to check us out. We almost created an “international incident”…lol. Both the Romania and Ukraine guards came over demanding we turn over our cameras. But our driver guide diffused the situation and we were allowed to keep our cameras, photos, and not be sent to a “Gulag”…quite the adventure! Look carefully at the photo and you can see one of the guards walking towards us.
Tomorrow we are off to the heart of Transylvania...oh yeah, Dracula country. We will post upon our return.
Signing off for now...Catherine and Augusto
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