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December 23rd 2008 by RokiaontheRun
I know its been a long time (if anyone is counting) but I have some new pictures of the city.
Some of you may know that Bucharest just won the Guinness World Record for having the most Santa Clauses in one town. They all gathered in front of the Parliament Building. Wish I had seen that, but I am a late riser. But I got a glimpse of a couple.
I guess this was on the heels of the attempt to make the world's biggest sausage, which I'm pretty sure was called off after the toxic Irish pork scare.
Anyway, this is like the holiday special with some random things thrown in. I hope its going to snow but I doubt it.
Happy Holidays everyone.
Santa Claus Competition 2
Another view of the contestants. I'll tell you, life around here is anything but quiet.
"Tara lui Mos Craciun"
"Santa Claus Land", where the Santa Clauses are going? Actually, it was the weirdest, trippiest place. It was way too creepy for little kids and had this blaring techno music going. In Tineretului Par... [more]
Curtains
Okay, so Bucharest is never going to win any records for Christmas decorations. Most of the main streets are strung with these curtains of lights. The ones you see here are subtle, but they get weirde... [more]
Best mall in the city?
In case you're out of ideas for Christmas presents, ta-da the Erotica Shopping Mall.
Piata Unirii
The center square in the city. As you can see, its really busy and full of advertisements. There is another mall right here (not nearly as good as the Erotica). Everyone had these bunny balloons, not ... [more]
Sheriff's
Okay, this sign always cracked me up. It's for a burger joint in the center of town. I have never gone there but the sign is a rather enticing piece of Americana gone strange.
Anti-smoking campaign
The sign says "Is smoking really your only pleasure?" Everyone here smokes, so the whole city stinks. While I am a fan of anti-smoking campaigns, does it really take a mostly naked woman to accomplish... [more]
Urban improvement
I am not convinced that these new additions are doing much to beautify the city. But at least cars aren't parked there (see lower down the street). What would be really helpful is public parking that ... [more]
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