Tsipovo, part two.

(This post has a Russian version.)

I’m not going to disrupt the photographs with my words in this post. Just want you to look at the views and take in the beauty of this country.

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Before coming down to the river, I wanted to step into the church, to light a few candles and say a few hasty prayers. I will never pretend to be a good Christian, but I do have faith, and what I’ve got of it I try to keep.

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The church in Tsipovo is small. This is pretty much all of it.

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After exiting the church, we rushed to our boat to go to our next stop – Saharna.

Coming right up!

Old Orhei: Leaving the Churches.

These black holes that you can see in the mountain are more cliff monasteries.  I would love to go and explore those, but I think it’s prohibited.

Continue reading Old Orhei: Leaving the Churches.