Bucharest

Romanian flag	Romanian license plate from Bucharest	Someone added an eagle to their Bucharest license plate	Dacia, a Romanian-built car brand
I happened to be in Bucharest during Francophone 2006	Tourist sights of Bucharest	Blvd Unirii, formerly Boulevard of the Victory of Socialism, looking west to the Casa Poporului, the House of the People	Ceauşescu's Casa Poporului, the House of the People, now Palatul Parlamentului - Palace of the Parliament
Casa Poporului, Bucharest - 2nd largest office building in the world 3.8 million sq ft	The Romanian Palace of the Parliament is also the heaviest building in the world	Supposedly the lowest levels are deeper than the building is high	Casa Poporului, the House of the People, construction began in 1984
Constitution Square, at the end of Blvd Unirii	Hmmm...EU as communists?	Bulevardul Regina Elisabeta, Bucharest	Romanian taxis, Piata Unirii, Bucharest
Motorway sign for Constanţa (Constanta)	Piata Unirii - Centrul Civic, Bucharest	Piata Unirii - Centrul Civic, Bucharest	Fountain, Piata Unirii - Centrul Civic, Bucharest
Fountain, Piata Unirii - Centrul Civic, Bucharest	Piata Unirii - Centrul Civic, Bucharest	Advertising now covers the "North Korean Inspired" civic center, Bucharest	Bucuresti Mall, Romania
Bucharest Mall?	Piata Unirii	Credo quia absurdum est - looks like Bush	Near Curtea Veche
Old Princely Court Church, Curtea Veche, Bucharest	Centrul Cultural Palatele Brancovenesti, Curtea Veche, Bucharest	Centrul Cultural Petre Tutea, Bucharest	Vlad Tepes Prince of Wallachia 1456-1462
Vlad Tepes (the Impaler) better known as Dracula	Romanian Palace of Justice, Dambovita River, Bucharest	Palatul de Justitie - Palace of Justice 1890-1895	Romanian Ursus Beer
Calea Victoriei, Bucharest Sector 3	The police presence in Bucharest during the Francophone Conference gave non-paricipants a good feeling of the bad-old-days	Casa de Depuneri Consemnatiuni si Economie (CEC) Bucharest	Hotel Capitol, Bucharest
Cercul Militar National - the Army Club - Constantin Mille St, Bucharest	Cercul Militar National - the Army Club	Teatrul Odeon (Theater) Bucharest	Novotel Bucharest
Central University Library and the 1989 Revolution Monument, Calea Victoriei, Bucharest	Central University Library, Calea Victoriei	Cretulescu Church 1722	Piata Revolutiei, Bucharest
Monument to the heros of the December 1989 Revolution	Heroes martyred in the Revolution of December 1989	Biblioteca Centrala Universitara, Bucharest	Biblioteca Centrala Universitara, Bucharest
Romanian Atheneum, Bucharest - 1888 concert hall	Romanian Athenaeum - Ateneul Romān	Vasilie Lupu (1595-1661) Prince of Moldova	Neagoe Basarab Voevod (= Prince) of Wallachia 1512-1521
Alexandru cel Bun - Alexander the kind - Prince of Moldavia 1400-1432	Restaurant Hollywood, Occidentului Street, Bucharest	Marilyn Monroe's Last Supper - Restaurant Hollywood, Bucharest	BuhIstSep06 103.jpg
Ion I.C. Bratianu (1864-1927), president of the National Liberal Party	Museum of Romanian Literature, Bucharest	Ursus - "The King of Beer in Romania"	Piata Romana, Bucharest
Piata Romana, Bucharest	The Romanians love their Latin heritage - Romulus & Remus	Church on Strada Visarion, Bucharest Sector 1	Madonna and Child mosaic, Strada Visarion, Bucharest Sector 1
Mosaic with Romanian inscription dated 1913	Muzeul National Al Hartilor Si Cartii Vechi (old maps and charts)	Piata Victoriei	Bucharest Metro Piata Victoriei Station
Buchaest map	Arcul de Triumf - the Romanian Arch of Triomph, Bucharest	Kiseleff Road, Bucharest	Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Arcul de Triumf commemorates the reunification of Romania in 1918	Press House - Casa Presei Libere, Bucharest's Stalinist Wedding Cake 1956	Bucharest World Trade Center and Sofitel Hotel	Mom and Dad dancing in Bucharest
I popped in for a quick visit after their Danube Cruise	Romania Jul18 327.jpg