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View from hotel room.

View from hotel room.

This is the view from my hotel room at the Athena Hilton in Bucharest.


The Great Hall of the People

The Great Hall of the People

This was built by the former dictator, Ceaucescu (sp?). Its huge and nearly bankrupted the country.


A wagon

A wagon

These carts are seen everywhere in rural Romania.


A dingy wine cellar.

A dingy wine cellar.

These dirty conditions are a relic of life under communism.