Romanian flag |
Romanian license plate from Bucharest |
Someone added an eagle to their Bucharest license plate |
Dacia, a Romanian-built car brand |
I happened to be in Bucharest during Francophone 2006 |
Tourist sights of Bucharest |
Blvd Unirii, formerly Boulevard of the Victory of Socialism, looking west to the Casa Poporului, the House of the People |
Ceauşescu's Casa Poporului, the House of the People, now Palatul Parlamentului - Palace of the Parliament |
Casa Poporului, Bucharest - 2nd largest office building in the world 3.8 million sq ft |
The Romanian Palace of the Parliament is also the heaviest building in the world |
Supposedly the lowest levels are deeper than the building is high |
Casa Poporului, the House of the People, construction began in 1984 |
Constitution Square, at the end of Blvd Unirii |
Hmmm...EU as communists? |
Bulevardul Regina Elisabeta, Bucharest |
Romanian taxis, Piata Unirii, Bucharest |
Motorway sign for Constanţa (Constanta) |
Piata Unirii - Centrul Civic, Bucharest |
Piata Unirii - Centrul Civic, Bucharest |
Fountain, Piata Unirii - Centrul Civic, Bucharest |
Fountain, Piata Unirii - Centrul Civic, Bucharest |
Piata Unirii - Centrul Civic, Bucharest |
Advertising now covers the "North Korean Inspired" civic center, Bucharest |
Bucuresti Mall, Romania |
Bucharest Mall? |
Piata Unirii |
Credo quia absurdum est - looks like Bush |
Near Curtea Veche |
Old Princely Court Church, Curtea Veche, Bucharest |
Centrul Cultural Palatele Brancovenesti, Curtea Veche, Bucharest |
Centrul Cultural Petre Tutea, Bucharest |
Vlad Tepes Prince of Wallachia 1456-1462 |
Vlad Tepes (the Impaler) better known as Dracula |
Romanian Palace of Justice, Dambovita River, Bucharest |
Palatul de Justitie - Palace of Justice 1890-1895 |
Romanian Ursus Beer |
Calea Victoriei, Bucharest Sector 3 |
The police presence in Bucharest during the Francophone Conference gave non-paricipants a good feeling of the bad-old-days |
Casa de Depuneri Consemnatiuni si Economie (CEC) Bucharest |
Hotel Capitol, Bucharest |
Cercul Militar National - the Army Club - Constantin Mille St, Bucharest |
Cercul Militar National - the Army Club |
Teatrul Odeon (Theater) Bucharest |
Novotel Bucharest |
Central University Library and the 1989 Revolution Monument, Calea Victoriei, Bucharest |
Central University Library, Calea Victoriei |
Cretulescu Church 1722 |
Piata Revolutiei, Bucharest |
Monument to the heros of the December 1989 Revolution |
Heroes martyred in the Revolution of December 1989 |
Biblioteca Centrala Universitara, Bucharest |
Biblioteca Centrala Universitara, Bucharest |
Romanian Atheneum, Bucharest - 1888 concert hall |
Romanian Athenaeum - Ateneul Romān |
Vasilie Lupu (1595-1661) Prince of Moldova |
Neagoe Basarab Voevod (= Prince) of Wallachia 1512-1521 |
Alexandru cel Bun - Alexander the kind - Prince of Moldavia 1400-1432 |
Restaurant Hollywood, Occidentului Street, Bucharest |
Marilyn Monroe's Last Supper - Restaurant Hollywood, Bucharest |
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Ion I.C. Bratianu (1864-1927), president of the National Liberal Party |
Museum of Romanian Literature, Bucharest |
Ursus - "The King of Beer in Romania" |
Piata Romana, Bucharest |
Piata Romana, Bucharest |
The Romanians love their Latin heritage - Romulus & Remus |
Church on Strada Visarion, Bucharest Sector 1 |
Madonna and Child mosaic, Strada Visarion, Bucharest Sector 1 |
Mosaic with Romanian inscription dated 1913 |
Muzeul National Al Hartilor Si Cartii Vechi (old maps and charts) |
Piata Victoriei |
Bucharest Metro Piata Victoriei Station |
Buchaest map |
Arcul de Triumf - the Romanian Arch of Triomph, Bucharest |
Kiseleff Road, Bucharest |
Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest |
Arcul de Triumf commemorates the reunification of Romania in 1918 |
Press House - Casa Presei Libere, Bucharest's Stalinist Wedding Cake 1956 |
Bucharest World Trade Center and Sofitel Hotel |
Mom and Dad dancing in Bucharest |
I popped in for a quick visit after their Danube Cruise |
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