Construction

Just like the Chinese! There are torn up streets all over the place in this town, some holes dug in the ground and left that way for what clearly is a long time. Everything is done wearing flip-flops while wielding pick axes and jackhammers with no protective equipment. Vive le progres!

Bucharest Day 2: Redemption & Imperialism

September 7th 2007
Redeeming Bucharest Just as our first day in Budapest was not a fair means of judging the city, neither was our first in Bucharest arriving exhausted from a noisy, cold, smoky train only to be greeted by intransigent taxis plying their rip-off tactics. Romania, like China, seems to be a place where the only way to thoroughly enjoy it is to have at least a fundamental understanding of th ... 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

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