Iasi Stories


Catching my flight at 6:45

Although it seemed like I was waking up just about on the hour, every hour all night, I felt refreshed and rested when I finally got out of bed this morning at 4:30 a.m. It was still dark outside and a little chilly so I closed the window I had left open in my hotel room and hopped in the shower to get ready to go to the Iasi Airport. I was all set an...


Taking the train to Suceava

As feared, I woke up just before 5 a.m. I knew if I hurried, there was no way for me to catch the first train to Suceava. So I got my butt in gear to get everything packed and downstairs so I wouldn’t miss the 2nd and last train at 6:05. It only took me maybe 15 minutes before I was down in the lobby where the same lady from last night’s check-in was...


Found a hotel and spent the night in Iasi

We landed in Iaºi just before 10 p.m., boarded more shuttles to the terminal and waited in a small room for the baggage to arrive and be handed, piece by piece, to each person waiting for it. From there, I exited through the tiny terminal to the outside street where there were a line of small cabs waiting for hire. I stood around on the sidewalk for a...


Spending the night in Iasi

It was about a two hour drive through some beautiful farm country from Suceava to Iasi. One thing that you couldn’t help but notice were the sheer number of peasant farmers driving around on the roads, carrying various things off their fields in horse drawn wagons. In some places, the wagons outnumbered the cars on the road. As we pulled into Iasi, a...