Hot here. Around 30ºC again. We aren't complaining. This morning we enjoyed a 'Bucharest Highlights' walking tour with Daniel, a most knowledgeable guide who navigated us through a period from the Middle Ages in an hour and a half, before offering his take on the recent Communist period for a further hour.
Here are a few pictures from this tour. (Captions later, perhaps.)
After rehydration and lunch at a nearby café we joined a 'Palace of Parliament' tour of Ceauşescu's monstrosity. This was another guided tour - only guided visitors are allowed past security that would be of credit to an airport. It's hard to grasp some of the statistics of the building. Our tour of over an hour covered about 6% of the building, which has 1100 rooms, and there was no mention of the underground part of the building that is alleged to match that which is seen above ground.
Here are a few pictures from this most memorable tour of a building that is only surpassed in largesse by the Pentagon.
After a quick shower back at the apartment, which is in a conveniently central location, we wandered along to one of Collett's recommended restaurants, the oldest in Bucharest, Caru' cu bere, for a lovely meal in front of passers-by from the Jehovas Witness convention that was being attended by two girls we met on the train yesterday.
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