Aug 27 - bonus picture...

Saw this on Facebook somewhere, and could not resist it... too funny!!!

Aug 27

And on the evening I came home (half an hour before I expected to be back), this beauty was in the garden, just to prove she really did exist for real.
She disappeared half an hour later, and has not been seen since. She normally only shows up when I am not home! Time for another trip?

Aug 26

The ivy is winning!!!

Aug 25

The Dambovita river runs through Bucharest

Aug 24

They don't so much paint the yellow lines onto the roads, as glue them on...

Aug 23

This old and new combination is everywhere in Bucharest, but so are the wires!!

Aug 22

Interior of Caru cu Bere where I ate after the walking tour around Bucharest... with dancers providing entertainment!

Aug 21

Aug 20

Mixing and old building with a new one gives an interesting - if unusual - combination:

Aug 19

Aug 18

Russian Orthodox Church... now belongs to the University and the students of Bucharets go there to say a quick prayer before sitting their exams....

Aug 17

Lots and lots of bank buildings everywhere, but this was taken in the Financial District:

Aug 16

A covered walkway between 2 streets... and the only place in town where it is legal to smoke dope! So of course many people sat there with their bongs.... interesting aroma in this alleyway!

Aug 15

Old and new, right alongside each other. It is that way all over town.

Aug 14

And this beautiful building has already been done!

Bucharest was known as "Little Paris" - due to the French building styles used.

Aug 13

This one is awaiting it's turn of restoration...

Aug 12

There is a lot of building and restoration work going on. This is taken in the oldest part of the Town, in the Lipscani Street area.

We would put a skip in the road...

Aug 11

This is right next to the Billa Supermarket!

Aug 10

A city of contrasts... and wires everywhere!!

Aug 9

It rained a bit on one of the days..... :

Aug 8

Front of the Parliament Palace :

Aug 7

The fountains have a beautiful mosaic floor:

Aug 6

Fountains (well, most of them anyway) in Unirii Square, within the distant background just to the right of the main fountain: the Parliament Palace/People's Palace.

Aug 5

Streetlight in Unirii Square:

Aug 4

Well, I have to be honest and say I did not take this on the 4th.... the next few photographs were all taken in Bucharest betwen 7-12th Aug.

This is the side view of the "Casa Poporului" (People's House).. and if you want to know more about it: Palace of Parliament

Aug 3

Sunset over Tilehurst showed some beautiful colours at the end of another hot summer day!

Aug 2

21.5C = 70F... This is very unusual for us here. It normallly cools down quite a bit in the evenings.

But tonight it was warm and a bit humid too. Reminded me of Florida days! :)

Aug 1 -

Montbretia (Crocosmia Lucifer).... lots of them in our garden!