Opus,
Your accounts was very good. I miss Bucharest. My travels there were for humanitarian purposes and my trips have all been wonderful and warm, even in December.
I can see why some could think of Bucharest as being devoid of spirit but I was fortunate to actually live with people and in an apt reserved for the charity I was volunterring at.
I have a good command of the subways and busses and get around very easily. Romania is a diamond in the rough. I would go back in a heartbeat and this trip report just confirms that fact.
BTW I love Mici, Mamaliga and other foods I cant even remember or pronounce. The little pretzels (couvrige, sic?) near victor gomoiu childrens hospital are delicious.
doa bere te rog!