Pictures from Dec. 26

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December 26th 2008

Published: December 30th 2008

I recently visited the hottest street in Bucharest of street art. It was, appropriately, named after Arthur Verona, a painter. Though he would not recognize the style of the artwork on his street, I think he would appreciate the gesture. I am not as up on all the obscure Romanian personages as I should be, so I looked him up. He was a turn of the century artist who gave up a military career to pa... Read Full Entry

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Everyone

Has Had (More) Sex Than

The "More" is blacked out, not sure why...the sentance doesn't make any sense without it.

You!

House on Str. Polona

A very nice house on Polona Street, which is very typical of traditional Romanian architecture. Notice the shape of the windows, the stone work on the balcony and the vivid detail paint and steeped roof.

Detail of house

The balcony.

Another house

This is another example of an older form of traditional architecture in Bucharest. There are very few examples left of a once beautiful city.

Detail of second balcony

Two cute guard dogs

Blvd. Dacia

Once you get off the side streets and on Dacia Boulevard, you will soon notice that your sidewalk space begins to slowly get smaller and smaller. All the cars in each neighborhood park on the sidewalk to protect their cars from the traffic since there is no public parking. Something the politicians could get cracking on if they really want to make a difference in Bucharest.

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