We left Iasi and headed west on road 28A for about 75km and north on E85 for 300km up to Falticeni, which is where my grandfather's on my mom's side was born and lived until he was 1919 when he was 18.. The house was still there, though renovated much later in the 50's...
Next, we continued up north another 25km and passed through a tiny little town (of which there are many in Romania) by the name of Suceava. From there we headed west to Vatra Dornei some 115km passing through another little town called Gura Humorului and a couple of km further we visited a monastery called Voronet. The driver from Voronet to Vatra Dornei was very pretty and we had a bit of a picnic stop shortly after Voronet, where we had among other things one of, my now famous, salads The last segment of the drive (about 30km) was a bit difficult due to serious road construction. In fact, it appears the entire country road system is under construction.
A few words about Vatra Dronei - It is a resort town similar in that respect to Sinaia. My dad spent two years working there early on ('59-'61) and had loads of fun.
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