Bucharest

Romania June 2017

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June 23rd 2017
I arrived in Bucharest on a sweltering hot afternoon in June. My guidebook had said there was a bus from the airport to the city where my cousin Lynn had rented an apartment in the old quarter. After paying a modest 9 Lei, I boarded the bus with my suitcase, hoping that it would become obvious where I was to alight. A young man gave up his seat for me and I asked him where the old quarter was. The ... read more

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The principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia - for centuries under the suzerainty of the Turkish Ottoman Empire - secured their autonomy in 1856; they united in 1859 and a few years later adopted the new name of Romania. The country gained recognitio... ... read more