Who's Who in the Zoo?

 Yesterday, we drove to a town named Radauti and visited a small local zoo with a number of of animals from around the world.  Enjoy the pictures.

We could walk right up to the cages.  Not much of a barrier at all.  Closest I've ever gotten to the animals in any zoo.

The second half of the day was spent seeing to of the most popular monastaries in Romania.  The importance of the one monastary is that the great king Stefan I was buried there.  There were many tourists there when we went to visit.  When we went inside, it only had a narthex and combination nave/sanctuary.  Large residences housing cloisters of monks surrounded both of these monastaries. These were the most elaborate monastaries we have seen since we have been here in Romania. They are very well maintained and look very new.  We were told that the government and the Romania Orthodox Church work closely together and the government helps them with the expense to build and maintain the buildings and landscapes. By the way, we found ourselves only eight miles away from the Ukrainian boarder.  Still very far away from the war out in east Ukraine. Enjoy the pics!

"Where's Pastor?!"

Luther Quote of the Day

“I frankly confess that even if it were possible I should not wish to have free choice given to me, or to have anything left in my own hands by which I might strive for salvation.”