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  • Danube River route map from Bucharest to Budapest, with a follow on tour in Prague.

    Danube River route map from Bucharest to Budapest, with a follow on tour in Prague.

  • Streets of the old town in Bucharest, Romania

    Streets of the old town in Bucharest, Romania

  • Typical (beautiful!) building in Bucharest

    Typical (beautiful!) building in Bucharest

  • Restaurant in old town Bucharest

    Restaurant in old town Bucharest

  • The first commercial bank in Bucharest

    The first commercial bank in Bucharest

  • Reflections of style

    Reflections of style

  • Ceausescu's government HQ, where he was jeered at what became his last speech. He was taken away by helicopter, but tried days later and executed on Dec 25, 1989 with his wife Elena

    Ceausescu's government HQ, where he was jeered at what became his last speech. He was taken away by helicopter, but tried days later and executed on Dec 25, 1989 with his wife Elena

  • Egmond Puscasu, youngest member of the  Dec 21 Association 1989, shows cartridge cases from the Securitate's attempted suppression of the revolt against Ceausescu's communist government.

    Egmond Puscasu, youngest member of the Dec 21 Association 1989, shows cartridge cases from the Securitate's attempted suppression of the revolt against Ceausescu's communist government.

  • Hope penetrating black cloud

    Hope penetrating black cloud

  • Ceausescu's grand dream, which he never occupied.  This is the second largest office building in the world (after the Pentagon) and its construction helped drain the country's economy

    Ceausescu's grand dream, which he never occupied. This is the second largest office building in the world (after the Pentagon) and its construction helped drain the country's economy

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  • One of Causescu's failed communikst dreams: the never-completed communications buildings in Bucharest

    One of Causescu's failed communikst dreams: the never-completed communications buildings in Bucharest

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  • Tall ship, in the Black Sea port of Constanta, Romania

    Tall ship, in the Black Sea port of Constanta, Romania

  • Old communist housing, Constanta, Romania

    Old communist housing, Constanta, Romania

  • The casino, under restoration

    The casino, under restoration

  • Roman mosaic floor

    Roman mosaic floor

  • Museum in Constanta

    Museum in Constanta

  • Navigating the first lock on the Danube-Black Sea Canal in Constanta. The communists built the canal with political prisoner labor

    Navigating the first lock on the Danube-Black Sea Canal in Constanta. The communists built the canal with political prisoner labor

  • Communist memorial to the workers of the Danube River canal

    Communist memorial to the workers of the Danube River canal

  • Sailing north on the Danube-Black Sea canal

    Sailing north on the Danube-Black Sea canal

  • Tour guides, dressed in communist youth caps & scarves, relate their families' personal experiences under communism.

    Tour guides, dressed in communist youth caps & scarves, relate their families' personal experiences under communism.

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