Out of the Marmures and Into Moldavia

Having seen the high points in the Marmures, we drove on, east basically, into Moldavia, Romania's northeastern province.

Another colorful domicile

Romania entered the EU in 2006 or 2007, but has a very long way to go in 
coming up to EU environmental and other standards; sadly, most of the rivers 
look like this

The Wagon Wheel Restaurant/Hotel/Firetrap (in an unnamed town where we 
stopped for lunch)

Our route took us through a pass at the northern end of the Carpathian Alps, 
showing first snow of the season (the latitude here is about like Newfoundland)

New church at the pass (the people live in hovels, the 
children beg, but God and the priests are doing OK)

Road wash-outs and cave-ins are not uncommon, especially on the secondary 
road we were on

Another beautiful new church in a small town, now in Moldavia

Moldavian bus-stop shelter...we saw scores of these

And when your motor scooter dies, you can always count on Old Bess

Another unfinished building, this one, I think, to have been a ski lodge in the 
Carpathians

Getting the wood in for winter; this man proudly posed (jeez, I am glad I don't 
have to do that anymore!)

And in every yard, a decorated well