Roads in Moldova

Especially South of the capital, there's again nowhere to turn off to, the small ones are not closed, but only lead to the next field or farm. However, even major E-numbered highways provide enough wrestling with the bike to keep warm in the zero temperature. If they are paved, there are potholes with dimensions that I really wouldn't like to test if my fork can handle at 90. For a large part they are not, or then have drivers created new unsurfaced lanes on the side of the surfaced ones, because it's less bumpy there (first pic). Later when desperately needing a warmup, I did find a nice half-slippery sandy-muddy side trip near Frumoasa, including first snow (second pic). Frequent monasteries provide the only splashes of colour in the overall greyness of the countryside (third pic).