Ceaucescu's Megalomania

The palace that Ceaucescu built, now known as Casa Popului (people's house), photographed from the 15th floor of the BCR building on Calea Victoriei

Liszt Ferenc tér on a Summer Morning

One of the nicest places in Budapest to have a quiet brunch and good coffee is Liszt Ferenc tér. In good weather, terrasses welcome the tourists

Mures (Maros) Valley Sunset

The main road between Arad and Deva follows the Mures (Maros, Mieresch), a river running from the Carpathians (Gyergyó range in Székely country) to the Tisa in Szeged.

The scenery along this road is some of the nicest in Central Europe: nature as it was. The road is busy, trucks going from the Romanian heartland direction Western Europe. It runs through some nice villages such as Savarsin, where the royal family had a castle.

The area the Mures runs through is typical of Central Europe and specifically Transylvania: multi-ethnic, multi-cultured. The Mures springs in Székelyföld, runs through Hungarian and Saxon areas with a lot of Romanian villages on its banks.

Hard Work in the CFR in Pitesti

Men eating pumpkin seeds - the joys of work in Central Europe

King Albert II of the Belgians: visit to Romania

The King and Queen of the Belgians honoured us, Belgians, with a large reception in the "Cercul Militar": the place to be for a royal reception on a sweltering July day in Bucharest

Coming down the stairs of the Cercul Militar

marketplace in Chitila on Saturday morning

in a suburb of Bucharest, farmers come to sell their products. Closest to a souk you will get without leaving Europe. Fresh products, good prices!

diversified shop in Sibiu

This shop on one of the main streets in Sibiu (Hermannstadt/Nagyszeben) bets on several horses: Lenjeri (women's underwear) and Xerox (copies). Way out of the crisis?