Europe - December 2019


The National Cathedral is under construction	The city's most famous landmark is the Parliament building
	The 2nd largest building in the world (after the Pentagon) Built by the dictator Ceausescu as "The People's Palace" It was from here in 1989 that he and his wife temporarily escaped the revolution by helicopter after the fall of Communism. They were soon apprehended tried and executed

Although this is our 3rd visit to Bucharest, it is the first time we were allowed to take pictures inside the Parliament building
We toured the vast generally empty, high ceilinged rooms and corridors All constructed of the most expensive materials Officially this is the home of Romania's Parliament


Nikolai and Elena Ceausescu each had their own marble staircase facing each other to make the most dramatic entrance The steps were specially contructed to the measurement of their feet but they did not live to see the building completed
The Building can also be rented for other events

A conference room is equipped with translation booths

This chandelier in the concert hall is so massive that no one will sit under it








There are occasional historical sculptures	Exhibits of traditional Romanian Dress

This is the balcony where Michael Jackson once yelled to the crowd "Hello Budapest" Sometimes people confuse Bucharest with the capital of Hungary

The Christmas Market