Bucharest

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Another Aeroflot flight, aboard a Tuploev 134, brought us from Moscow to Bucharest and the beginning of travels though the Eastern Bloc countries.

I primarily recall walking in a pleasant park in Bucharest, though we did see the Curtea Veche (Old Court) and many of the historic churches of the city, including the Old Court Church and the Metropolitan Church. Both had been royal churches. We stayed at the Hotel Bucharest InterContinental, opened only in 1971 and the tallest structure in Bucharest by far. It was located across from the university and afforded a view all over the city.

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Photos

Mausoleul din Parcul Carol
Mausoleul din Parcul Carol. Known in 1975 as the Monument of the Heroes for the Freedom of the People and of the Motherland, for Socialism.
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