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The Great Liberators

Every capital city has its secrets, but Bucharest has a couple of unusual ones. One of them is this monument, currently located in the downtown Cismigiu Park. To understand why it’s there, we have to go back to the dark days of World War 2. Operation Tidal Wave As I’ve written about before, one of the strangest bits of historical trivia is that Romania is … Continue reading The Great Liberators

Sam Cel RomanAugust 16, 201716 Comments

Another Satisfied Visitor

First day in Ploiesti

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Sam Cel RomanFebruary 23, 2016February 23, 2016Leave a comment

Преступление и Наказание

Slippery fish

Wow! It looks like the traffic police in Ploiești had themselves quite an adventure Sunday night when an “aggressive female driver” led them on a lengthy chase. You can see Realitatea’s video report here or read about it in greater length here (all links in Romanian) but it seems like a drunk (or high) female driver, a family doctor by day, was pulled over during … Continue reading Slippery fish

Sam Cel RomanJune 17, 2013June 17, 20134 Comments