Romania Chronicles--Episode 3:in which R discovers that Ceaucescu was crazy
After arriving in Bucharest, a brief wander in the wrong direction, and finding our hostel, R & F venture forth to discover the extent of Ceaucescu’s megalomania.
First stop: The People’s Palace. (See how tiny F looks despite her proximity to the building).
This monstrosity is said to be the second largest building in the world. It is made entirely of Romanian materials & Romanian labor. Ceaucescu demolish 1/6 of Bucharest in order to build it.
R learns that Ceaucescu was a fan of demolishing things in order to uglify Bucharest. Piatas are enormous squares/circles/semicircles that are used primarily as parking lots, homes for ugly statues, and traffic circles. It took R & F 15 minutes to circumnavigate the typical piata – and that’s excluding time spent waiting for traffic lights to change. Luckily, there are many women wearing ugly shoes to distract us.
First stop: The People’s Palace. (See how tiny F looks despite her proximity to the building).
This monstrosity is said to be the second largest building in the world. It is made entirely of Romanian materials & Romanian labor. Ceaucescu demolish 1/6 of Bucharest in order to build it.
R learns that Ceaucescu was a fan of demolishing things in order to uglify Bucharest. Piatas are enormous squares/circles/semicircles that are used primarily as parking lots, homes for ugly statues, and traffic circles. It took R & F 15 minutes to circumnavigate the typical piata – and that’s excluding time spent waiting for traffic lights to change. Luckily, there are many women wearing ugly shoes to distract us.
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