Seeing how I am writing this almost a month later, it’s clear that the day by day coverage of our trip was untenable to begin with. I sort of knew that all along, but tried to keep it up as long as I could. It would even be a shame if I were to keep up with it all the time. Just think of all the time I would spend typing on my phone instead of actually experiencing the trip. It’s sort of like the stereotypical Japanese tourists walking around with their cameras, seeing the world through a tiny LCD (OLED if they’re advanced) screen instead of enjoying it in all it’s greatness through their own eyes. Immerse yourself in the moment first, record just enough to keep the sands of time from eroding the memories, that’s my travel philosophy.
I won’t get into any more detailed descriptions and rather give you some photos which you’ve been clamoring for.
Passage in the centre of Bucarest, home of numerous middle eastern coffe & nargile places, thus a nice chillout place.
How a city as large and as important doesn't manage to get it's electricity cables underground is beyond me. It's like this all over the place.
Police union on strike in front of the Romanian Ministry of interior (ex-communist central commitee building). Who's watching the police when they go on strike. Well the gendarmerie of course.
Currency exchange at the Bucarest train station ripping off IBM's logo. You'd trust IBM with your money why not us? Or is it more like: "We only rip off the big guys!"?
What Ceaucescu lacked in taste and compassion he certainly made up in scale.
Conversations beyond what this blog is able to handle.
Impersonating the Japanese at the location of Ceaucescu's last pre-shotinthehead speech.
EU seems to be promoting marijuana together with Pepsi in Romania. Strange bedfellows.
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