"Helooooo, Budapest!"

I’ll say just one thing – Romania rocks!!! Yesterday was just great. Bukuresht is an amazing town. We first visited Nicolae Ceauşescu’s palace. Our guide said it’s the second biggest building in the world after the Pentagon, and if we don’t count Pentagon’s secret premises, it is the biggest. We entered some of the halls for press conferences, including the tallest hall there. From it we went out on the balcony that has a front view towards their square which they call the Romanian Champs-Élysées. The guide told us it’s probably bigger than the French one. He also told us not to tell that to any French. Speaking of the guide, he was veery cute and one of my friends really liked him and wanted to take a picture with him. After the tour he wanted us to write our e-mail addresses so we can send him the photo. Back to the balcony - Nicolae Ceauşescu never went out on it, but the only celebrity that did was Michael Jackson. He went out, looked down at the crowd, took his hat off, and said: Hello, Budapest! The crowd began to hoot at him and he went in immediately. After that little story no famous person has ever shown their face on the balcony. The tour lasted one hour and for that time we could only visit this part of the palace:




A few years ago some kid got lost there and they couldn’t find him 3 days.

The next stop was the Museum of the village. Again we had just one hour to look around and again it wasn’t enough. Then we had some free time – if 4 hours is considered ‘some’. So we went to the mall. Believe me, it’s really hard to order something to eat if no one there speaks at leaast a little English. Still, we managed to get some pizza. And then we went home. I skipped some annoying parts where we waited for some people of the group more than the appointed time, or where I almost got sunstroke. But it really was a nice trip. After I saw Romania, I came to the conclusion that – non-patriotic or not – Bulgaria is not more beautiful or more advanced. Now I’m even more ready to leave it. Here’s some pictures from Bukuresht. The order is as it follows: The beautiful blue Danube (1), The view from the palace (2,3), The palace itself (4), A little ducky swimming in the lake in the Museum of the Village. (5,6)