Bucharest
During 2004 we lived in Bucharest. We fell in love with this city. Most of our friends hate it, would never move there. We also understand their point of view.
Bucharest is beautiful and ugly, sometimes is gentle at times harsh, you can love it and hate it. Probably loving-hating is a lot stronger than just loving or liking. At the end of 19th and at the beginning of the 20th century Bucharest was called "little Paris". It really deserved this name: almost all middle class was speaking French, at times even French was preferred over Romanian. Amazing buildings are all over Bucharest and speak of a time when this city was a pearl. Thanks to the communist rule many old buildings and churcher were destroyed and instead of them block of flats rose like mushrooms. If you look carefully you can still discover the "little Paris", but in decay. The corroding arhitecture of old buildings, the streets transport you in a different time. As one of our American friends put it: "Bucharest is similar to an Indian city."
If you've read the works of Mircea Cartarescu or Mircea Eliade you understand all this.
These pictures weren't taken to give an objective image of Bucharest. This pictures rather serve the purpose of showing a "different" Bucharest with its "different" inhabintants.
If you visit Bucharest as a tourist you might not like it. But if anyway you decide to go there simply write us and we can give some advices.
The pictures above were taken by Ania.
Bucharest is beautiful and ugly, sometimes is gentle at times harsh, you can love it and hate it. Probably loving-hating is a lot stronger than just loving or liking. At the end of 19th and at the beginning of the 20th century Bucharest was called "little Paris". It really deserved this name: almost all middle class was speaking French, at times even French was preferred over Romanian. Amazing buildings are all over Bucharest and speak of a time when this city was a pearl. Thanks to the communist rule many old buildings and churcher were destroyed and instead of them block of flats rose like mushrooms. If you look carefully you can still discover the "little Paris", but in decay. The corroding arhitecture of old buildings, the streets transport you in a different time. As one of our American friends put it: "Bucharest is similar to an Indian city."
If you've read the works of Mircea Cartarescu or Mircea Eliade you understand all this.
These pictures weren't taken to give an objective image of Bucharest. This pictures rather serve the purpose of showing a "different" Bucharest with its "different" inhabintants.
If you visit Bucharest as a tourist you might not like it. But if anyway you decide to go there simply write us and we can give some advices.
The pictures above were taken by Ania.
posted by Ervin at 1:09 PM
1 Comments:
i love these pictures!!!
and you're right, bucharest is a love/hate kind of place. you hate to love it and you love to hate it. there are days when i desparately miss it and others when i thank my lucky stars i'm not there.
i'll miss the christmas lights on the streets this year. of course, i won't have to put up with the snow drifts, ice sink holes or falling icicles either.
i always miss the craziness of the city - especially the people who can scream at you one moment and be your best friend the next. and they mean it!
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