Confort Hotel Bucharest

... enjoyed seeing that! <br><br> When Ceausescu was in power, he was welcomed by the west because he sort of stood between them and the Soviet Union but then he went over to communism himself in a big way. He wanted a parliament building that was full of grandeur and glory and started building the Parliament palace in 1982. It was to be finished in 1990 or 1991 but he fell in 1989 so it was never completely finished. My ...

i think that i was there at some point :) I arrived early in moring. And had the most broken sleep possible. Custums woke me twice. And Asked me questions. I actually dont remember Bucuresti. But When I do I will write about it... I am just trying to piece together the last couple of days. Everything is rolling into one. But then again maybe I just dont remember Bucuresti wasnt a city to remember. Only that there was so many street dogs ...

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... left in the street because their owners were forced to move in tiny flats. This resulted in a giant stray dog population which had reached a peak of 400,000 about ten years ago and has now been culled to about 50,000, despite Brigitte Bardot's repeated attempts to ensure the stray dogs' continuing dominion over the city. Furthermore, in a city where there is a marked difference between the rich and the poor, the owners of new houses have ...

... historical core. After the little tour in the heat, I decided not to push myself too much in the afternoon. Instead I stopped for lunch and then tried to telephone Mayu from a call shop up near Piata Romana. Unfortunately, the whole neighborhood was out of power when I arrived, so I was out of luck. So from there I tried to get a hold of my old Brându&#351;a, who's living now in central Bucharest with her partner. We then arranged to meet up in town just off historic Calea ...

... plastic bag. The shadow filled park across from the station is littered with gangs and individuals who looked so wasted that they will at any moment snatch the camera for a fix. A couple walk along cursing each other in Romanian, both clearly smashed, the girl wearing some sort of spandex evening wear from the eighties combo'd with worn grey plimsolls. An older guy walks past heading in the other direction carrying a ...

... called the Romanian Atheneum. The Atheneum is a concert hall that can seat 500. I happened to luck out and get a ticket for tonight's show (I had no idea what I was going to see, I just read the date right). Well the building has beautiful staircases that lead up to the theater which is underneath the dome. This is one of my favorite buildings from the trip. Anyways, the concert was kind of boring, except for two things, which I am still ...

... have not known which station to get off. The train was slow and usually stayed in each station for too long. I got out of Izvor station and arrived at the northside of the Palace. There is a large park right in front of the Palace but not many people walking or cycling around. The surrounding area is like an "urban wasteland" as some article implies. North of the park at distance, there are some ugly old socialist-style buildings. Maybe because the weather was ...

... end of my first adventure to the snow. On Monday I started at Spiru Haret-the school where I have to teach for the next 6 months. I can't say that I am the biggest fan of teaching because the kids are crazy. Yesterday I had two classes in which the kids spent the whole time punching each other and throwing desks around-not really fun. But the teachers have all been nice so far and pretty helpful so I'm hoping that all will be ok or at least manageable. Must go now Luv to you all Amy xxoxxoxx

... take loads of pix and delete bad ones. it took me about 100 snaps before i got the one of lightning...not too bad. i tried for a bit more but couldnt manage it... there are quite a few bars around town. apparently one of the guys was asking the driver, is that a good bar to go to? he replied, "strip club"...."how 'bout that one?" "strip club" "...and this one?" "strip club"....you get the idea. i wont be check those out any day soon. so its approx ...