Tag Archives: Bucharest
Euro 24 Match Day 4 – Ukraine v Romania
In 2011 I undertook a rail holiday taking in Hungary, Romania, Moldova & Ukraine, so I will focus on our departure point into Moldova from Bucharest, and our entry point into Ukraine, Odesa. Romania Growing up, Romania was synonymous with Communism and the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu. The fall of the Iron Curtain predicated on […]
Euro 2020 Rest Day 2 – Non-Qualifying Nations – Iceland, Romania & Albania
24 nations qualified for Euro 2020 and according to whose list you consider as accurate, there are between 44 (United Nations figure) and 51 (Wikipedia) countries in Europe. Here are three more that didn’t make it to the finals. Iceland The tiny nation of less than 5 million people qualified last time and actually knocked […]
My European Capital Ranking – 20 to 16
In to the top twenty in my ratings. To be honest there is a very thin line between them and a great time is pretty much assured in all of these fine cities. 20 Bucharest Bucharest scores great points for the huge municipal building (Palace of the Parliament), the worlds second biggest public building after the […]
My Forthcoming Book Extract Five – Going Large In Bucharest
In 2011 I visited Bucharest for a day at the start of the journey to Moldova, Crimea and Northern Ukraine. Whilst there we visited a big building…….. The Palace of the Parliament in central Bucharest is the world’s largest civilian building with an administrative function and the second largest building in the world after the Pentagon in Washington DC. It is […]
