The city of Iasi

               I arrived in Iasi at 22.36 sharp with train A 1836 Timisoara Nord- Iasi, 12 hours and 9 minutes after leaving Oradea. My friend was waiting on the platform. After hugs and what people do when didn`t see eachother for 10 years, we headed to his place to have a shower. Soon after that, it was party time at some cool beers and then rest. 

              Next morning, we got up early and went to sightseeing the main attractions of the city. He proved to be a real guide and showed me a lot of interesting places in the town. 

              First stop: Bothanical garden. Here, thousands of trees, flowers, bushes, even different types of onions could be seen. The most interesting thing here, was the Rosarium, where they were lots of roses which could be admired.

Rosarium pictures:

Me again...

           
My friend...

Pictures from the botanical garden...

             Second stop: Copou park. A huge, very nice park, famous for the Obelisk, statue of the poet Mihai Eminescu and his also famous tree. As I was here 10 years ago, I didn`t noticed too much changes around. We pass by the monument of cavalry, a statue of a rider and head to the Palace of Culture, where we take some more pictures around. 

            After this, it`s time for some faith and we go to the “Trei Ierarhi” monastery, not far from the palace. But unfortunately, it is closed for renovation, so we postpone the visit to another time. From the “faith” cathegory, we go also to the Metropolitan Church of Moldova region where a famous relic is located. Our last stop is the Iasi city hall, where I stopped also for a picture.

The Obelisk...

Mihai Eminescu statue, in front of the famous linden tree...

The monument of cavalry...

Palace of Culture, Iasi... Here, together with the satue of Stefan the Great and myself... we will encounter Stefan later on also...

"Trei Ierarhi" monastery...

The big church with the relic...Metropolitan Church of Moldova region...also under renovation...

And not the last, the Iasi city hall...

                  After this small sightseeing tour, we went back to his place to rest as at night, i will cross the border into the Republic of Moldova...