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Boat Trip, Last Day

[This is Bucharest International Airport, located in Otopeni about 10 miles north of Bucharest city center.  The speediest and most civil airport I have ever been in!  We took a TAROM (Transport Air ROManian) flight to Amsterdam, and then a … Continue reading →

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Boat Trip, Day Thirteen (Part II)

[The Palace of the People, a/k/a, the Parliament.  There is no way to describe this place other than to say it’s worth your while to look it up.  Construction began in 1983 under the brutal dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu, and was … Continue reading →

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Boat Trip, Day Thirteen (Part I)

[As you’ll recall, “last night” we merely crossed the river from Rousse, Bulgaria, to Giurgiu, Romania.  We have now deplaned de boat for the last time and are on a one and a half hour bus ride to the capital city of … Continue reading →

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Boat Trip, Day Twelve

On the previous day’s bus ride, we listened to these 10-year old Bulgarians.  She won the European equivalent of “America’s Got Talent,” and the twin boy piano players ain’t too shabby either: *** [Uffda, I guess even in a Cyrillic … Continue reading →

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