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Bucharest is in the middle of a huge, very flat valley created by the Danube River. The valley is almost 100 miles wide and several hundred miles long. The Danube River itself is actually about 40 miles away. From the airplane, a lot of farm land is visible.
On the ground, more mundane things are visible -- road construction and Ikea in this view.
An interesting building. I don't know what it is. The top is visible in the distance in the sunset pictures I took the next day. Addendum: someone told me that this was the communist propaganda center and is now used as a newspaper headquarters.
Some of the main roads are quite park-like. Here we can see Bucharest's mini Arc de Triomphe.
An interesting building!
The first of many pictures I took of this building. This is one of the largest buildings in the world. It was built by Nicolae Ceauşescu, who in typical Communist double-speak called it the House of the People (Casa Poporului), but he lived there. It was renamed (in the post-Communist era) as the Palace of the Parliament. There is an interesting description of it at http://www.answers.com/topic/palace-of-the-parliament.
Palace of the Parliament (again).
At left is the wall surrounding the Palace of the Parliament. Across the street are typical Communist-era apartment buildings.
The hotel where we stayed. Built in the same style as above, it was meant to house dignitaries coming to visit the Palace of the Parliament.
View of the Palace from the 7th floor of the hotel. Note the apartment buildings in the distance.
Another view of the Palace from the hotel. |
