BUCHAREST ROMANIA – HAVE THIS PLACE ALL TO MYSELF

BUCHAREST ROMANIA – HAVE THIS PLACE ALL TO MYSELF

my wings to Romania. It’s raining as we approach the Bucharest airport. Just landed in my parents’ homeland. Well, I made it to downtown Bookucharest and I just have to go and find my Airbnb, which is pretty close. And there’s these hot dog stands everywhere. That’s why I’m Luca. I’ve seen a few of them there. I’m excited to see what this city has to offer. Well, after a couple of phone calls, I finally gained entry to my little studio apartment that I will call home for two nights, just as it showed in the pictures. And there’s my little private bathroom. I had this place all to myself.

ROMANIA – IN SEARCH OF FAMILY ROOTS
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Bucharest is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 2.3 million residents, which makes Bucharest the 8th most-populous city in the European Union. Bucharest is a major cultural, political and economic hub, the country’s seat of government, and the capital of the Muntenia region.

Bucharest was first mentioned in documents in 1459. The city became the capital in 1862 and is the centre of Romanian media, culture, and art. Its architecture is a mix of historical (mostly Eclectic, but also Neoclassical and Art Nouveau), interbellum (Bauhaus, Art Deco, and Romanian Revival architecture), socialist era, and modern. In the period between the two World Wars, the city’s elegant architecture and the sophistication of its elite earned Bucharest the nicknames of Little Paris or Paris of the East. Although buildings and districts in the historic city centre were heavily damaged or destroyed by war, earthquakes, and even Nicolae Ceaușescu’s program of systematization, many survived and have been renovated. In recent years, the city has been experiencing an economic and cultural boom. It is one of the fastest-growing high-tech cities in Europe, the historical city centre was listed as “endangered” by the World Monuments Watch.