Phoenicia Grand Hotel Bucharest
87 Alexandru Serbanescu Blvd Bucharest, 7000, Romania
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Top 5 of Eastern Europe
... interesting sites to visit.
1. Warsaw, Poland: where we got to see the city that has rebuilt itself after being all but demolished by the Nazis in WWII. Places such as the Gestapo torture prison, Warsaw Rising Museum, Warsaw Old Town and the ruins of the Jewish Ghetto really give you an understanding of the devastation this city went through in the 1940's.
2. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sarajevo has it all, the location of the assasination that started WWI, evidence ...
"It Niiiice.........Not!"
... entered Romania, we passed small villages with run-down houses, where the horse and cart appeared to the major form of transport. Gypsy men carried bales of sticks on their backs, dogs and chickens played in yards. The derelict shells of buildings and factories abounded, and rubbish was dumped anywhere and everywhere. One thought crossed our minds - we had entered Borat country. A less cynical mind, however, might have sat back and enjoyed the ...
Inflexible palace guards
... to get to the Palace and confirming with Linda that she had the necessary ID, we made reservations at the ticket window for the required tour. We paid 50 leu for the tour which was to begin in 45 minutes. When it was finally our tour’s turn, we present our tickets and show our ID---but wait a minute, Linda can’t find her ID. No tour for us. Probably the only thing worthwhile to do in Bucharest and ...
City vibes
... Romania is building again up again, like so often in its history. And it is much better than its crippled reputation.
My expat friend there over dinner on the balcony of a posh French restaurant complains about this and that, rather poor museums, some lack of diversity and entertainment, a provincial attitude of the locals, no real highlights but confirms that in the end this city of 2 Million is not such a bad place to ...
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