A little winter in Bucharest

I took most of these photos in December, but since then I have been home to the U.S. for a couple of week, then back here to a very busy 'cold' season (I prefer the term viral upper respiratory infection). I think over the past 3 weeks, I have seen 40% of the Embassy in the health unit.  Wish I had the magic wand to make them all feel instantly better.

I thought of these photos because we just got snow again over the past few days. I was finally thinking it was about time to get back on my bike again because the weather was more mild, we  have even had a partial day of blue sky here and there, but instead I am still driving and sitting in traffic...

Here is lovely Bucharest, and this doesn't even scratch the surface. I need to get out there and take photos of the amazing old buildings, but that will be for the next post.

One of the Christmas markets. There are a few of these at different public spaces all throughout December. The best part was getting a glass of vin fiert (warm spiced wine) and wandering from booth to booth looking at all of the crafts and food.

A beautiful old/old church in the center of the hip pedestrian area (Lipscani), inside it is like a tomb it is so dark.

The park across the street from my house after a fresh dusting of snow.

One of the large traffic circles near my house, we call it the Batman circle. I was trying to get a photo that would show the beauty of the lights, but of course hard to put that in a photo (at least for me).  For December they light up the city with tons of decorations and fancy lighting. It was really beautiful and festive. Since this is a Christian country, Christmas and New Years are big holidays.

This photo is really for me and my memories. This is just outside the gate of my apartment building. This is what I see every day...mostly minus the snow.