Not the first and more than likely not the last snow of this winter.
Happy New Year to all my friends. I wish you a great 2011 filled with wonderful moments.
The last two days have brough blue skies and relatively warm weather for beginning of December. You could think spring is about to come.
A restaurant window on Academiei Street bears a sign that reads “We have must (slightly fermented grape juice)”, a sure sign that fall is here.
An old sign that reads “Lighters” at the corner of Calea Victoriei and Ioan Filitti Street.
Last year Bucharest’s city hall approved a contract to buy 10 golden clocks that apparently would make our city look much much nicer. I can think of many things that need fixing in Bucharest and probably the 915.000 euros payed for the clocks could have been put to better use by the ones in charge. But as now is too late to change anything, one has to try to make the best of any given situation 
a thought I always try to keep in mind when passing by the Palace of Parliament At the present time many of the clocks have already been installed – I’m not sure if all of them have been installed, I only saw 6 of them so far. They seem to be of two types, a bulkier and a slimmer version. They all have the year 1459 written on it, the year Bucharest was founded. Today’s photo shows the clock in University Square.
Summer is the time for outdoor music concerts, with more and more being announced every year. As you can see from today’s photo the citizens of Bucharest seem to be enjoying this cultural activity.
The Bookfest International Book Fair is taking place these days at Romexpo Exhibition Center. Already at its fifth edition the fair is a good occasion to stock up on books as most publishing houses offer discounts of 5% up to 20 %. Going on until the 13th of June. There’s also plenty of events to choose from. This edition has Spain as special guest.
