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Cyclefrance · 10-22-2008, 02:39 PM

They do a great line in steaks -- I had a fair sized (overlapped the plate!) rib steak with trimmings for the equivalent of £10!. The building is actually a converted church and the interior has been more or less preserved with fine painted, vaulted ceilings and a raised lectern complete with its spiral staircase - just visble in this photo of the bar that's set up in front of a fine pair of stained-glass windows:

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Cyclefrance · 10-22-2008, 02:43 PM

We found this place, eventually, after a lot of foot slogging around the district on our first day (you've seen some of the photos already), and managed to catch this christening, complete with proud grandmother!

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Cyclefrance · 10-22-2008, 02:45 PM

EU investment was starting to show - a number of the old streets were undergoing renovation - we caught this one at what might be termed 'stage one':

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Cyclefrance · 10-22-2008, 02:48 PM

A lot of the French baroque style buildings had deteriorated during the communist years - many had lost their lead and copper domes, but these are slowly being replaced as the two photos below of the same building evidence:

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Cyclefrance · 10-22-2008, 02:51 PM

Bucharest stands on the Dambovita River, a section of which is shown below:

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Cyclefrance · 10-22-2008, 02:54 PM

and the city also boasts the world's second largest building (the first being the Pentagon) in the People's Palace of Ceausescu's days - now known as the Parliament Palace:

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Cyclefrance · 10-22-2008, 02:57 PM

Back nearer the centre of town, there's the university district, which is adjacent to Lipscani, and this has a number of fine buildings, most noticeably the Romanian Athenaeum, apparently as grand on the inside as it is on the outside (we couldn't gain access to the inside unfortunately) - and if you're wondering who that idiot is with a stupid grin on his face, that's my pal Geoff, with whom I made the trip:

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glatt · 10-22-2008, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Cyclefrance

EU investment was starting to show - a number of the old stereets were undergoing renovation - we caught this one at what might be termed 'stage one':

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I love construction shots like this.

10-22-2008, 02:39 PM	#1
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	They do a great line in steaks -- I had a fair sized (overlapped the plate!) rib steak with trimmings for the equivalent of £10!. The building is actually a converted church and the interior has been more or less preserved with fine painted, vaulted ceilings and a raised lectern complete with its spiral staircase - just visble in this photo of the bar that's set up in front of a fine pair of stained-glass windows: . Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

10-22-2008, 02:43 PM	#2
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	We found this place, eventually, after a lot of foot slogging around the district on our first day (you've seen some of the photos already), and managed to catch this christening, complete with proud grandmother! . Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

10-22-2008, 02:45 PM	#3
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	EU investment was starting to show - a number of the old streets were undergoing renovation - we caught this one at what might be termed 'stage one': . Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears Last edited by Cyclefrance; 10-22-2008 at 03:02 PM.

10-22-2008, 02:48 PM	#4
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	A lot of the French baroque style buildings had deteriorated during the communist years - many had lost their lead and copper domes, but these are slowly being replaced as the two photos below of the same building evidence: . Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

10-22-2008, 02:51 PM	#5
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Bucharest stands on the Dambovita River, a section of which is shown below: . Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

10-22-2008, 02:54 PM	#6
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	and the city also boasts the world's second largest building (the first being the Pentagon) in the People's Palace of Ceausescu's days - now known as the Parliament Palace: . Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

10-22-2008, 02:57 PM	#7
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Back nearer the centre of town, there's the university district, which is adjacent to Lipscani, and this has a number of fine buildings, most noticeably the Romanian Athenaeum, apparently as grand on the inside as it is on the outside (we couldn't gain access to the inside unfortunately) - and if you're wondering who that idiot is with a stupid grin on his face, that's my pal Geoff, with whom I made the trip: . Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears Last edited by Cyclefrance; 10-22-2008 at 03:22 PM.

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