[We visited four monasteries--Humor, Voronet, Moldovita, and Sucevita. They were all built between 1488 and 1601, and they are stunning with their top to bottom paintings.]
Sucevita Monastery Exterior
Nuns at Sucevita Trading Candy
Monastery Detail
I love the representation of cherubim (the red, winged figure in the middle) in this painting style. We also saw them in Meteora.
I think this graffiti is really fascinating, because some of it's dated 1890. People have always been jerks.
This tree is at Sucevita and it was covered in bees. I think it suits the monastery. It looks very Biblical to me.
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Hello from Holland
How is Guernsey?
Shmammit, shmammit, shmammit. This is why I haven't heard from you lately. You've changed your blog. I knew that, I knew that. I'm a moron. I have so much to catch up on, but no worries, I'll be feeling jealous of you in no time flat.
Oh Guernsey!! Have you met your own Dawsey?
Ann-Marie--Guernsey is lovely. You should have come.
Rebekah--Aaah, at last you've found me.
Heidi--We do not speak of such things on the blog.
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