Here and There Blog

  The cruise group arrived last night and after a week traveling solo it was strange to be with so many people. The advantages of course were someone to go to with to enjoy a couple pints of Guinness!  The next day was slightly off-kilter since we had to check out of one hotel and into the hotel next door where the cruise ship was putting us up for the night since the ship couldn't make it in with the ever decreasing water levels. So far the rain isn't helping the the river continues to shrink in depth. Time to explore some different streets so yes, today's images are statues and churches. This monument marks the 1989 Romanian Revolution. Base of the monument. The map labeled this as "White Church" and that's what you get. Some of the others are "Brick Church" of which there were plenty. Tomorrow brings the long bus trip to Vidin.

This is the last day to myself and it's been raining off and on. Not too bad except for the thunder that warns you when to head inside for a bit. There was still plenty of time to walk around Old Town Bucharest and some of the surrounding areas before the heavier rain came down. This area needs tourism and I can tell the last two years without tourists have been hard. More places are out of business and if possible, Old Town is even more run down that 4 years ago. Side street looking down at the restaurants. This short tunnel was actually fairly clean. Quite a few people were out cleaning up and getting rid of trash. It's not like the city isn't trying.  Shortly after the tunnel I went down a side street that I didn't recall going down before and looked over and saw an old orthodox church. Music started up, a choir was singing and I remembered it was Sunday. The mass was going on outside, not in the church and suddenly it clicked in my brain about the taxi driver tellin...