Old House

Bucharest day - today!

In 1459, september 20-th, Bucharest was first mentioned in an official document by Vlad Tepes (Vlad the Impaler), the ruler of Valachia. This is a picture of an old market in Bucharest in 1900.

House

Old house

Back in Bucharest....

I moved in Turkey - Istanbul, first week

History

Some repairs...

Greek temple, near the greek embassy

St George Church and the monument that marks the center of Bucharest

This is a sample of religious christian-orthodox music

Manuc's inn, view from Unirii square

Manuc's Inn, view from Piata Unirii, picture taken from the car, and a piece of traditional inn music sung by gipsy bands in old Bucharest...

Street in old part of town

Old Court - former Voevodal Palace

And the statue (modern) of Vlad The Impaler. In 1459, september 20-th, Bucharest was first mentioned in writing, during Vlad the Impaler rule.

Is there anybody in there?

A gang on the French Street. Useless to say that it is an abandoned and dirty place, another dirty spot on the beautiful Bucharest...
LATER EDIT - THIS IS THE POST NUMBER 100. :D

Manuc's inn

In the old part of town, in Piata Unirii, this is a place where you can stay and eat. Here, in 1812, the turks signed a peace treaty with the russians.

French street part 2

And here are some signs of an medieval civilasation. French, I presume...

French street (part 1)

As you can see, it's a mess on this street, they found underground ruins of and old guest house. Don't ask me why it is called French street, because on it you can find italian chamber of commerce (the flag up on the right) and a hungarian restaurant (across the - hmmm, street).

Glassmakers courtyard - since 1857

A spot in thee old part of town where glass objects are made. The air conditioners are from this century...

Firemen's tower

St. Dumitru church

In the very old part of town, just close to Comedy theatre

St Athony church

The church in the Village Museum

It is a church from Maramures, north of Romania, transported in Bucharest for this museum (someday I'll take a tour of it...)

Coltei church

Boteanu church

Italian church

On Nicolae Balcescu blv, in the center of Bucharest

"Perla" block

Statue of Tudor Vladimirescu

Phote made from the Skoda Octavia car. Tudor Vladimirescu was a romanian hero, led the revolution in 1821 and used for the first time the romanian flag colours - red, yellow and blue.

Rainy day in Bucharest

well, that is how it looks my street seen from my apartment, in a rainy ugly day...

Melik House, oldest in Bucharest

On Spatarului street, at number 22, it is the oldest house in Bucharest, called Melik House, built at 1760. Now, there is a museum dedicated to the romanian painter Theodor Pallady.

Something green

Cismigiu park

Saturday in the park

Herastrau park

Lunch time!

The 4 long things are "mici" (pronounced "mitch") and are made from meat, put on the grill. Delicious! They say is romanian traditional meal, but it's not, you can see this sort of meal in all the countries in Balkans (Croatia too, I eat there some, thiner).
This one at this size cost less than 1 euro a piece and a big fellow like me can be pleased with 4. And something sweet - pancakes with chocolate. Enjoy

Smoking city

Caragiale's house

Here lived at about 1900 a great romanian writer, I.L. Caragiale

Traffic and who's blocking it...

Garda de Mediu si peluza din fata garzii

Dupa cum se stie, mare sef la garda de mediu e dl Silvian Ionescu, fost agent DIE...

Arcul de triumf

Constantin Brancoveanu statue