Old Orhei: In the Cliff.

Finally, the reason most people even want to visit Old Orhei — cells in the cliffs. If you’re able, I definitely recommend that you climb inside them, though you do need to be careful, especially if the weather is wet, as it had been during my visit. I actually nearly fell down, because I slipped on the mud. Thankfully one of the uni mates grabbed my hand before I rolled all the way down. Nearly dragged the poor thing down with me. I’m still so sorry about that!

Some of the pictures posted here are blurry, but I still wanted to put them up to give you at least a bit of an impression of what to expect.

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Old Orhei: Raut River Valley.

After we’ve explored the churches, we took a path down the cliffs to the river valley.  Below is a bunch of pictures of stones, trees, grass, and water.

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