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Standing next to the Palace of Parliament makes me seem so small!  
   

Standing next to the Palace of Parliament makes me seem so small!

It's so huge! Apparently it is the second biggest administrative building in the world- after the pentagon.
Bucharest: Get in and get out!

May 18th 2012
Our European travels have quickly come to an end. Mike headed back home a few days ago and I decided to have one last hurrah and spend a few weeks traveling before going back to Canada. The first stop on my trip was Romania. Fortunately I was joined at the last minute by Mike's classmates Aloysious and Fuad, which made traveling in this "Global South" a bit easier. We left London early (as usu ... read more
Europe » Romania » Muntenia » Bucharest

Romanian Flag 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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