Happy Holidays from Bucharest

I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday season. I had hoped to post these photos earlier, but the weather was super foggy for most of December making it difficult to take photos.

The weekend before Christmas, we ventured out to downtown Bucharest and attended the outdoor Christmas Market. Voices of Romanian children singing on a stage provided the soundtrack to our venture as we sipped on pipping hot wine. There were things for sale in little huts. Had my first taste of cozonac, traditional Romanian sweet bread. We ended up purchasing a few items at the market, to include a hand painted vase and matching bowl. It was below freezing but we still enjoyed the festivities.

Shopping for Christmas goods at the market

Not the safest of ideas, but look pretty

He would make balloon animals for the children then charge the parents afterwards. Nice.

A projector displayed various imagery onto the building.

Another projection for the building

It was hard, but I only bought one.

You purchase the entire roll with sugar sprinkled on. It was pretty good!

Next up, foggy photos of Christmas lights.

Electronic door. For my Doctor Who fans we call it “Romanian TARDIS” though I think it looks more like a Dalek!

Arch in the Fog

Happy New Year everyone! I’m backlogged on planned blog posts so expect to hear from me again in the near future.