A Day in Bucharest, Romania

Old Town, Bucharest, Romaia

 Last night we got our first glimpse of Bucharest with an evening walking tour of the Old Town area and a traditional Romanian meal. The meal was really good. Meatball, an eggplant dish that was good along with a traditional cabbage wrapped meat dish (Sarmale) that was great!  Of course dessert was next, 3 Romanian sweets each from a different region of the country.

Today we did a driving tour of the city. Romania is the first former communist country we have visited  and they are still dealing with the aftermath of the 1989 revolution that resulted in a young democracy.  

Palace of the Parliament

We toured the National Museum of the Village, an open air village where they have moved traditional buildings from all over Romania for about the last 100 years to preserve their heritage and history.

Museum of the Village

Lunch was back to Old Town for a traditional lunch and folk dancing entertainment. 

This part of Europe has been in a severe drought this summer which has resulted in the Danube being at historic, meaning the river is not navigable for our boat.  SO..

After the half day tour, we boarded our bus for the 5 hour drive to Drobeta-Turnu Severin and boarded our boat, the  Viking Eldir (originally was the Vidar).

Palace of the Parliament