Bucharest: Village museum (yes) & Dinosaur one (ick)

  1. The Mihai I Park in the outskirts. If you come to the capital for just one day, spend it here.
  2. Cheerful morning.
  3. Rest in peace.
  4. Atmospheric restaurant “Library” with good cuisine right in the middle of the park.
  5. Meow to you.
  6. The open air Village Museum is the pearl of Bucharest. Ethnographic encyclopædia of Romania over several centuries.
  7. There are more than a hundred houses from all over the country, all authentic. Carefully disassembled, transported and reassembled.
  8. You can go into some and admire the interior. Watch your step!
  9. Kitchen, bedroom, dining room, everything is at hand. A typical “studio” of a Transylvanian peasant.
  10. Not only the houses, but also the infrastructure have been recreated!
  11. Monumental gates.
  12. Carved crosses.
  13. A modest cart for various household needs.
  14. Even the trash cans are made with soul and love.
  15. A church from Dragomirești erected in 1722 on the ashes after the Turkish invasion. The tombstone under the fir is from the Merry Cemetery.
  16. A wealthy house from the village of Chereluș in western Romania. Stone foundation, oak beams, daub, whitewash, reed.
  17. The unfocused mother seems to be out of business, but she’s vigilant, actually.
  18. Southern dugouts were built not by the poor, but by the smart ones, as protection from strong winds, temperature changes and Turkish raids.
  19. A modest mill. Protected by a kitty.
  20. Back to civilisation.
  21. A pompous mound in honour of the European Union.
  22. Surrounded by the dimensionless heads of European bureaucrats. Looks creepy.
  23. A cosy bench invites you to meditate.
  24. Bronze animals scattered throughout the park.
  25. Caryatids vary in poses.
  26. This is the general! Plaza of Charles de Gaulle suddenly.
  27. And lastly, I went to the so-called Dinosaur Museum, which turned out to be a poor plastic squalor. Don’t go there.
  28. “If only adults like poetry, it probably isn’t children’s poetry. But if only children like poetry, it’s not poetry at all.”
  29. Even the Toothless Dragon is of very dubious authenticity. Where did he get his teeth from?
  30. The children of the underground wish you good night.