After a handwritten bill for speeding in the town of Targu Frumos (towns here stretch endlessly for sometimes 10 kilometers, as the houses all line up along the roadside), we get to the foothills of the Carpathians. But first we cross the Moldava, the river after which Smetana's famous and beautiful music composition was named. So I was very interested to see this river! A rather wild river, somewhat like the Loire, shallow and with a lot of pebbles. Photo to the right.
We are soon caught up by some Roma's who want money, of course, but they also loved their foto's being taken, together with their precious horses! They couldn't write their address (as I wanted to send their pictures to them), but that was no problem, they stopped a truck and the truckdriver wrote down the adress: a valuable piece of paper!
We get to the town of Targu Neamt,and from there we take a very steep dirt road up, along old wooden houses and beautiful fences to the first Monastery, Agapia, where about 200 nuns live and work; we can actualy see them working the fields, and tending the garden. The church is made from carved wood only. When inside, we see to our amazement that people have come up to the church to have their water and schoolbooks (for children) blessed. 
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