GRPS internet only – pictures are pretty much out from here on in…
We’re out of Romania, we have just now to get into Moldova. The issue, apart from our leaving the EU with all the custom troubles it brings, is that we have had to declare the sports and craft equipment we have brought from the UK.
Our friends, Silvia and her son Horia are gallantly defending us to the border officials as ‘friends of Moldova’, and to some degree the officials are happy about our entering the country – once they have catalogued exactly what we have brought into their country. The bureaucracy is a huge factor here, although the officials do seem impressed by our multi-stamped and stickered letters which are quasi-official at best!
After this is the three hour drive to Soroca, and the orphanage, in convoy with our new friends. The roads have got dramatically worse since Cluj Napoca (the main town near last night’s campsite), so much so that I was awakened by the bumping before noon, a first for several days. Sadly, we do not expect any better from here on in.
The internet could drop out at any point. If and when we lose a connection, I will update you on the return journey.
We arrive at the orphanage tonight (hopefully!) and we leave Saturday.
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