Traveling with Ellen

Parliament building, the third largest building in the world. Today, with perfect weather (high temp was about 77 degrees with a light breeze and all sun), we left the hotel at 9:00 a.m. on a tour of Bucharest. Our first stop was in the parking lot across the street from the third largest building in the world. This is their Parliament building. The first largest is the Pentagon and the second building is in Thailand. While we didn't go inside it was interesting to stand across the street and see the immenseness of this building. Interesting streetlight and the iron work Across the street from the Parliament is a pretty street with 44 water fountains running down the middle of the street. From there we went to the "Dimitrie Gusti" National Village Museum.  The outdoor museum is  devoted to Romanian village life, with hundreds of peasant farms & homes. The fence is so intricately woven  Typical entrance to a farmhouse.  The opening on the left is for people, the o...

  Any port in a storm. Wayne found someone to push him.   Wayne's on the right.  Wayne took advantage of every ride he could get. We made it to Bucharest. It's 8 pm here and we're having a little dinner. It's our first meal of the day since I passed on breakfast option on the plane.   It's 10 am back in Phoenix. It's been 24 hours since we boarded the plane in Phoenix. We'll sleep well tonight! Breakfast starts at 6:30 tomorrow morning and then a bus tour of Bucharest before boarding the ship tomorrow afternoon.  And now for a decent night's sleep. Travel from the airport to the hotel.  The Romanian Arc de Triumph.  Half the size of the one in Paris France. 27-m high granite arch built in memory of WWI troops, with internal stairs for city views. These are the sights I snapped on the way to the hotel from the airport.