Hotel Marshal Bucharest

Ajung la Bucuresti pentru treburi la Ministerul Justitiei. Si daca tot sunt aici, ma hotarasc sa vizitez Targul Imobiliar National care se desfasoara in 24-27 septembrie in Piata Constitutiei.

Atat de pompos numitul “Targ National” ocupa scuarul din fata Casei Poporului, in zona interzisa circulatiei, pe o suprafata de cateva sute de metri patrati. Intru in zona ingradita in care se desfasoara manifestatia si constat ca de data asta ofertele ...

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The next day, we set out to find Ceașescu's grave (the hostel worker asked, "Why do you want to go there?"). It is not really centrally located, but given that we had already had some troubles with the public transport here (more on that later), we decided to walk, knowing we would have a total of about 10km of walking ahead of us. Ghencea cemetery was somewhat small and his tombstone was not hard to find. For those who do not know, Nicolae Ceașescu was the dictator of ...

Romania April 23-27, 2009 Romania is the hospitality capital of the world. We know this to be true through our experience in Bucharest, where over a 24 hour period of time we were dined, chauffeured, and toured around the city, all by people we have never met before. Our Neighbours in Saskatoon, Vali and Mihei and their two children Maria and Stephan have been regulars at our block parties, and skating parties. Our block is very special. We know most ...

... my rounds I was approached by a police officer just after I'd taken a photo of an interesting building. In the bottom corner of the shot was one of many of the parking control gate checkpoints manned by cops. You see them throughout the city and I have no idea why cops run the things. A car comes along and they open the gate, that's it. In what were shades of a bygone era I guess you can't take pictures of the cops or these gates or something ...

... a continuation of our head-ever-souther plan to get warmer temperatures - was the coldest day yet (thankfully not soul destroyingly windy like Poland though). I got confused looking at the weather reports online (surely its colder?) until I figured that the minus three figure was the daily high at noon. Minus six to minus ten was the ballpark, and a delightful minus twenty overnight, which I got to experience firsthand by falling asleep in front of the ...

... so I was quickly on my way. After switching to new lodgings, I spent most of yesterday wandering around the historic center of Bucharest and then down into Piata Unirii once more. I made it a point to find all the old monasteries and churches lurking in the backstreets and corners of the latter. Although I had explored the area several times before, I had never managed to locate two religious sites in particular: the monastery of Radu Voda and the little Church of Bucur ...

... The problem is what you do after Grandma is dead. You come into an inheritance that sometimes becomes a burden. You cannot keep all the objects, words, gestures, smells... At least put some of the memories in a safe place." Very odd. I had a bit more time to kill and went to the Natural History museum to check out a reptile exhibit. It was terrible. The animals didn't look well taken care off and the cages were dirty. It was really quite sad ...

... her-name who were also from DC, a couple British guys, some Australian girls and another girl who subsequently came with me to Snagov and continued with me to Brasov and Sighisoara. Snagov - Dracula's Tomb - was one of the worst people experiences I've had. The tomb is in this monastery on an island in the middle of a lake in the middle of a sleepy town where the traffic consisted of Gypsies travelling in covered wagons. It's a day trip from Bucharest and ...

... her in her room, she had her head in her hands and was crying! She apologised, and said she was just very sad that I was leaving. The next thing I knew, I was bawling my eyes out too and giving my host Mum the first proper hug I had given her. Soon Dan came in looking quite forlorn and told me "Exist very upset that you not going returning." I had no idea they liked me so much!!! Raluca, ofcourse, had no idea what was going on, and was busily mopping the floor and ...

... itself is very photogenic and I'm looking forward to attaching pictures to show you. The organizations I will be working with center on youth activities and development and I know the vice-mayor is already interested in having me conduct some human resource development seminars with the city employees. Anyway, in a nutshell, I have my work cut out for me! I will tell you more about my job after I get to site and my objectives become clearer. Back to the town and region...I will be ...