My work causes me to travel a great deal. With that kind of load, I don’t seek things out; however, things just happen along the way.
One of the best instances of that occurred several years back when I made my first visit to Iasi, Romania. My hosts insisted that we make some time to visit the nearby Painted Monasteries of Southern Bucovina. This was all new to me, so I was intrigued - and these turned out to be one of the world’s greatest (yet still little-known) cultural gems.
Now, when I’m in Iasi, *I* insist that we make some time to visit the monasteries. So that’s what we did on Saturday - and if you’ve never seen or heard of these monasteries, you are in for a real treat.
I’ll do my best with some words and many photos below the fold.
