subBucharest

I just waited for few minutes to pass midnight so I can post something also today. Later in the morning I leave for few days for Vienna.

For today thou, here is some underground life in Bucharest: and I mean underground, as in Bucharest subway.

An invasion indeed...

This morning, it was so crowded that I had to wait a little so i can take a photo.

Do a little bit of thinking while you're riding the train. Nice mixture of languages, although I cannot shake the feeling I've seen this before...

morning as usual

The train station at 7.30 AM means silence.

Lines, tracks and shadows.5 minutes later people start pouring. Trains arrive, hectic people go off and on. Sometimes I smile when I see that people visited Vienna, and they carry souvenirs... (Empress Sisi bag, Schloss Schoenbrunn).

Have a great, less hectic, day!

winter

The tea I mentioned yesterday is recommended for its high content in vitamin C. Which vitamin C is higly recommended in winter. Winter as shown below... Pictures taken on the way to Sinaia and in Sinaia, at Cota 1400.

Ooookaaaay... So that actually looks like a lot of snow...

Some people got stuck in the snow, so the jandarms had to come and dig them out. I took this from the car - sorry for the dirty windshield... offroad driving, you know :)...

As a conclusion, as fellow blogger Zsolt mentioned on his blog, we are sooooo amazed at this snow this year, due to the fact that last winter we had so little. The first real snow for Christmas was ... in January (for my Serbian Christmas), as you can see here.

Hagebutte

Short trip yesterday. Multiple seasons in our way. Enjoy a hot tea of Hagebutte (aka rose hip) - it's good for cold weather.

Have a great week everybody!

PS: more Sibiu/Hermannstadt photos always here.

playful: Sibiu in photoshop

Windows in Sibiu.

playful: Sibiu series

So, yes, I discovered photoshop :). Let's see how Sibiu/Hermannstadt looks in photoshop. I particularly like the dary brush and poster edges applied to this photos. This whole city is like a painting...

Leena, thanks for inspiring me to play with the images!

the eye

This is what I found in Piata Mare. Unusual wooden multimedia places. History lessons being displayed inside these things, on digital screens. Wonderful blend of carpentry and technology.

b & w rooftops no. 2

Another photo from Sibiu/Hermannstadt, a b & w again. Some of the most wonderful things to watch in Sibiu/Hermannstadt are the roofs. Thake a look here too.
Lots of photos from Sibiu/Hermannstadt and some other infos about Romanian lessons in Romania (Bucharest and Sibiu/Hermannstadt) here.

b & w rooftops

Apart from its colourful side, Sibiu/Hermannstadt is a city that provides great material for b & w.

If you want to visit Sibiu/Hermannstadt, and to attend some Romanian lessons :), you have an opportunity for next summer, with the Romanian Summer Language School. So feel free to visit also this blog.

Happy Wednesday everyone!

beautiful flags

Romanian flag in foreground, next to the one of the EU (cannot see it in the picture). Still some time till the National Day on December 1st, but the colours were too nice not to capture.

If you scroll down this page a little, you will see a stop-to-shop sign. This is the 'big picture', leading to the Bridge of Lies (Podul Minciunilor) in the background, another wonderful area in Sibiu. Constructed in 1859, this bridge, first named The Iron Bridge, was later nicknamed the Bridge of Lies. Legend has it that if a person tells a lie while standing on it, the iron structure will collapse.

Whant to know more about Sibiu/ Hermannstdt? Please go here .

Enjoy the day!

Sibiu photos in different colours

I never use any kind of program to edit my photos. This time thou, I felt like playing. Adding a touch of vibrant colours to the rainy day.

Sibiu is one of the locations where during summer you can attend Romanian courses during the Romanian Summer Language School.

Have a great week!

propaganda

Funny how symbols of communism, once hated and despised, turn into real fashion icons with the time, and even funnier how they share the space with symbols of the "fierce capitalism" (see the Julius Meinl neon sign to the right). Although almost nobody speaks Russian nowadays in Romania (except for the professional translators and Russian ethnics maybe), one can see lots of Russian-like inscriptions everywhere: from the very popular red CCCP (i.e. USSR in EN) t-shirts, to pub names - like this one - Propaganda - in one of the hidden corners of the main pedestrian area in Sibiu. After all, a hot tea tastes better in a trendy pub, doesn't it? Marketing is the best revenge :).

Clueless on what propaganda meant during the Cold War? Check it out here .
Clueless on what Julius Meinl is? You can find out more here .

stop to shop

Traces of colour in a grey and rainy Sibiu.

Stop to shop - inviting to a cosy shopping-for-souvenirs session, as Sibiu has caught the taste for such things. You can get everything: from fridge magnets, to bags and CDs, from clocks to coffee cups. No kitsch. Just souvenirs.

Have a great weekend!

modern Sibiu/ Hermannstadt

Really exhausting 24h business trip to Sibiu/Hermannstadt, but I've got fresh new captures. A little bit dark because of the heavy rain, but hope interesting nevertheless. This library I discovered while rambling round. Again, an expression of the Sibiu multiculturalism.

Some more from the European Capital of Culture 2007 soon.

Infos about events in Sibiu/Hermannstadt on http://www.sibiu2007.ro

foggy Bucharest

Bucharest in the morning.

fuzzy

a fuzzy view of Poiana Brasov from atop.

friends

Higher and higher is written on the poster on the building.

These are my friends. I was behind the camera. We were all arguing about why the cable car does not work...

I usually don't post pictures of people. But this time I make an exception, as I am negleting all my friends due to work. I still love you, guys :)).

red dot 2

red dot

the red mountain

Muntele Rosu means "the red mountain": due to trees in autumn and some reddish grass present everywhere. beautiful. here is a picture from a distance, a little bit fuzzy due to mist and sun reflections.

back

one entire week without internet. gained at least a dosen new wrinkles. realised that both me and my business are internet addicts. realised also that the "cable guys" have no clue about their job. pfui!...

to bring on the peace, here are some photos from our trekking weekend, from Muntele Rosu to Ciucas.

kurtos kalacs

I have no idea if the spelling is the correct one. but the taste sure is. mmmmmmmmmm, we had wonderful kurtos kalacs in Bran, next to Brasov. our friend C. is the one waiting to get the goodie :).

ps: I owe this explanation to Leena: my best guess is that this kurtos is a sort of plum cake in cilindric shape :). they roast it on rolling devices above the slow fire...

remember Mars?

here is the same picture in January 2007 (http://uproad.blogspot.com/search?q=mars). this is how it looks without snow, as we saw it last weekend.

(Leena, thanks for inspiration in posting photos from two seasons)

motorssssssssssssycle

motorsnake in Villach.

hungry?

Stelze :).

some more beer

hot drinks for cool guys

it's all about the people 2

diese Harley...

" This harley makes the work of three horses" - old advertisment for a bike.

it's all about the people

2042 m

During one of our circuits: Nockalmstrasse.

2042 m and snow, on the 5th of September.

runnin' round

Faaker See - European Bike Week

Back from holidays, and it's time for bike stories. A week on Faaker See, roaring on a Fat Boy of Harley Davidson. Here come the photos.

This first one is one that featured in the movie Easy Rider. Hope it was th original :).

coke

Mamaia, Black Sea. Summer is now over. Enjoy coke, thou... :)