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May 7th 2009

Published: June 3rd 2009

May 7th, Thursday....Oh Bucharest, where do I begin? Let's start with our celebratory drinks on Sky Europe flight #NE3208 to Bucharest. We were celebrating for many reasons. We had not slept in over 36 hours, we had stayed all night in Amsterdam at the Centraal Station and then at Schipol Airport. Our flight from Amsterdam to Vienna included an 8 hour layover. We even had to exit the airport and r... Read Full Entry

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Bucharest

you literally were walking on planks of wood that made up the "sidewalks" to get around this part of town between piata unirii and piata universitatii.

Girls rapping for God in Bucharest

dogs outside of Carrefour Supermarket

metro station

The metro stations are underground but also like little shopping areas with little places like this.

Metro in Bucharest

Gara De Nord train station

apt bldg in Bucharest

Piata Revolutiei

The scene of Ceausescu's infamous last speech was on the balcony of the former Central Committee of the Communist Party building on 21 December 1989.

Rebirth Memorial or Potato on a Stick

Piata Revolutiei

remembering those who fought in the revolution of 1989.

Bucharest

Feminist Grafitti

It says, "In a normal country, women aren't touched on the street"

more cool stuff on the street

Dambovita River

Bucharest

Palace of Parliament or Palace of the People

Second Largest Building in the world, built in 1984 by Ceausescu as a symbol of his communist vision.

awesome flea market

we stumbled upon this festival while looking at the parliament. there was someone famous visiting (we were told probably a high up government official) b/c cameras and people were swarming around them. i was sad to find out it wasn't Romanian Royalty.

yum candy apple

8th June 2009

Kristy
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Drama.
Damn dudes... I was holding my breath reading this. I can only imagine how scary adjusting to this place was, but it sounds like you were smart and pulled through just fine. I'm so glad! Thank goodness for meeting some great people! Your hair looks awesome Emily!

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