Balkanethnoexp. Part X. Romania. CitiesMap
June Romania is full of surprising discoveries. ![]() BucharestMap
Bucharest resembles a cross between Paris, Kharkiv and Saint Petersburg. The street signs are exact clones of the ones in Paris (and it becomes clear where Saint Petersburg gets its inspiration from). ![]() Buildings the size of an entire block are something Bucharest shares with Kharkiv. ![]() The suburbs look like Saint Petersburg. ![]() There are lots of complicated gas pipes everywhere. ![]() Strange little yellow pipes stick out of the ground where buildings connect to the gas main (like in Veliko Tarnovo). ![]() There are also strange vent mushrooms of some sort growing out of the ground. ![]() The buildings are covered with air conditioners. ![]() All the air conditioners drip right on the sidewalk. ![]() Trash dumpsters. ![]() Phone booths. ![]() A pedestrian crossing light. ![]() A taxi stand. ![]() A bus stop sign with a list of bus route numbers. ![]() There are regulations all throughout the city prohibiting drivers from entering an intersection before the cars in front of them have cleared it. ![]() The orange crisscrossing lines are actually painted directly on the pavement at intersections. ![]() Romanian radar. ![]() Please maintain a distance of 12 meters. ![]() A vending machine in the street that sells prepaid mobile phone cards. ![]() A typical street trash can. ![]() A rare post box, also being used as a trash can. ![]() Quintessential Bucharest. ![]() * * * Romania is lucky that at the end of the 19th century the Irish writer Bram Stoker wrote the novel Dracula, whose title character lives in Transylvania. There were never any actual vampires here, of course, but it sure makes it sound enticing. ![]() The only thing of any real interest in these parts is the snug little villages with houses whose façades all have two dormer windows and display the year they were built. ![]() SighişoaraMapA charming town. ![]() A parking diagram. ![]() For some reason, elderly Germans comprise the main bulk of tourists here. ![]() And even they aren’t that numerous. ![]() The local houses have inventory numbers. ![]() A fire hydrant location marker. ![]() There are many antique insurance plaques on the buildings. ![]() The street cleaner’s corner. ![]() Just as the old woman had laid out her wooden spoons, a policeman showed up and chased her away. ![]() MediaşMapOne of the many little towns with a medieval center. ![]() And a medieval payphone. ![]() The Mediaş taxi logo. ![]() A button to trigger the green crossing light for pedestrians. ![]() HunedoaraMapThe only interesting thing about this city is that the TV antennas on the roofs look like upside-down Mercedes logos. ![]() TimişoaraMapA quiet place. A sort of Romanian Serpukhov. ![]() A tram stop. ![]() A Timişoaran hydrant location marker. ![]() * * * To sum up: a wonderful country that merits an in-depth visit. ![]() |
june
|
june
|
june 2012
Balkanethnoexp. Part X. Romania. Cities
← Ctrl →
|
june
|
june–july
|
© 19952025 Artemy Lebedev |