Crossing Romania. Part IMapAugust 30 ... September 2, 2015 Welcome! ![]() Romania is a very colourful and somewhat sloppy country. Look here: a man in a cart crossing the highway by bridge. ![]() And here’s a bridge that’s seen better days. ![]() Perhaps an overloaded timber lorry drove over it? ![]() You can judge the level of orderliness in any given country by its “roadworks” signs. A Romanian workman with no hands is doing some digging, holding the shovel handle in place with his stomach. ![]() Important historical dig of some sort. ![]() There’s no reason to cover this street with asphalt. ![]() Utility poles dating back to the first half of the 20th century. ![]() The drainage channels around this highway, financed by the European Union, are very well thought out. ![]() Meanwhile, this is how Romanians build roads and drains for their own use: ![]() The design of this tower block is very cosy. These ten storeys look a hundred times more heartwarming than ordinary buildings with the same number of storeys in Russia, for instance. ![]() Overall, the roof design really helps create a feeling of cosiness; the same can be said of the low-rise buildings. Romanians are ill at ease under a flat roof, and I can totally understand why. ![]() The carved and painted gates in the villages deserve special mention and admiration. ![]() It looks beautiful even when the owners didn’t have the money for carvings or a paint job. ![]() So you relax and start believing that you’re in Europe. But as soon as you do, they serve you butter for your toast at the hotel breakfast— half of an entire block of butter, wrapper still on, cut in half with a knife. ![]() |
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