Bucharest in photos. The city by night

The night.


With love,

melum52. no difference

And the rest is silence.

Bucharest in photos

So the authorities decided to build a new passage, at Mihai Bravu intersection, over the Dâmboviţa river.

Not a long time ago, they inaugurated another passage over the river, and the new national stadium - called, in a rather kitschy manner, National Arena instead of Stadionul Naţional - was opened last Saturday.

I would say this is good, but I cannot help but to see that our Mair goes for very visible projects - the sort of projects people cannot ignore for obvious reasons (and the picture above is an example) - and also expensive projects, with costs of several hundreds of millions of euros. They also bring votes during the elections, true...

I don't say that building passages over passages inside the first ring of Bucharest is bad. My point is that more can be done with much less money, for instance remodeling the center of the city so that it becomes more walking friendly and encouraging bicycles (even if, true, it is difficult to use a bicycle in Bucharest: it's really warm from June to October and dangerous during the winter. But still.).

And if we were to speak about big projects, the first priority would be to finish the third ring, allowing cars transiting Bucharest to avoid the city itself - which is definitely not the case now.

Like this, I only get the impression that someone is running for easy votes. And I also get the feeling that the city becomes more impersonal.

Bucharest in photos. The city by night

As I have a free day today, last night I went swimming to the spa nearby... The water was very warm and I felt great. I really enjoy a little swim. As far as I can remember, this is the very first time I ever swam at 1 o'clock in the morning.

Besides that, it is quite nice to have the entire pool just for yourself.... :)

Bucharest in photos

I love the colour of that sky.

Bucharest in photos

Ada Milea, celebrating her 36th anniversary, yesterday, at Muzeul Ţăranului Român, in Bucharest. It was an amazing concert.

Happy birthday, Ada. And - off the record - you are not, nor cannot ever be, old.

On the Oslo events

You know, this summer I intended to visit Norway. I still do, and even more now. It's not going to realize this year, but it is a personal project I cherish. I deeply admire that country and I wish Romania was more like it. On a really personal note, I like it when Romanian and Norwegian handball teams meet.

What happened there on Friday punched me just like a fist thrown straight up to my face. Some lonely right extremist killed about one hundred people. I sort of feel embarrassed for that, I am a rightist myself, but not an extremist and I am not gonna kill anybody because of my political views. You cannot create life, than why take it from others? This, I cannot understand and accept. This is illogical, and bad. As far as I can explain, and as far as I understand, the inspiration for these acts came from the Unabomber.

My deepest condolences to Norway and its people. It is a shame that things like this may occur.

For more info in English about current events in Norway, you can go to www.newsinenglish.no

Personal

It is over.

My heart is broken.


I do not know when I will start posting again. It will definitely happen sometimes, the sooner the better.

I need a long break, to set things straight, inside.


With love,


PS. Oh, and a song to go with my state.