10 September 2016

1 Not an unusual sight in Romania, so you want to go to Pitesti? Take your pick!!	2 Gara de Nord, the principal railway station in Bucharest. It is a large place, this being the northend most part of the frontage.	3 More of Gara de Nord and, in front, the memorial to Romanian railwaymen lost in both World Wars.
4	5 CFR - Romanian Railways - emblem on the war memorial.	6 CFR railwayman war memorial at Gara de Nord.
7 Primative buffer stops at Gara de Nord, not likely to stop a train!	8 A variety of front end at Gara de Nord.	9 A diesel unit and Class 65 65 1295 at Gara de Nord.
10 The main entrance to the rather austere Gara de Nord.	11 The buildings in Bucharest are in various states of repair.	12 The infmaous, huge and very impressive parliamentary palace in Bucharest, built in the Ceausescu era.
13 Multiple fountains on Bulevardul Unirii.	14 The paths along the edge Bulevardul Unirii are suitably shaded from the fierce sun.	15 An end building on Bulevardul Unirii.
16 The view down Bulevardul Unirii, past many fountains, to the parliamentary palace.	17 Not all the water features now feature water.....	18 Consumer Bucharest.
19 Everything in concrete.....	20 Communist era concrete, but with a bit more style than is often the case.	21 Someone took some care with the mainhole cover design.
22 Church of the Assumption of Curtea Veche.	23 A bust of Vlad the Impaler and some ancient remains.	24 A very Europen city view.
25 Stavropoleos Monastery, right in the heart of Bucharest.	26 Substantial bars on the windows!	27 Former headquarters building of the state bank.
28 A somewhat crumbling facade.	29 A bust of Eugeniu Carada, a prominent Romania political economist and writer.	30 Nice copper roof.
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