Next day, I decided to go check out one of the many parks around the city. I walked to the nice Cismigiu park. It was built in the 1800s by the king to provide fresh water to the population, or so I'm told. Water didn't seemed that fresh to me, but hey, who am I to disagree!


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Nice bench! This one had hardly any pigeon poo on it.


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Little arts and crafts market going on inside


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The original "fresh" water pond


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woof


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Nothing say "class" like buying your fur coat from a street side vendor in front of the park!

It was time to head back to the hotel, and get ready to leave...


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communist-era buildings

Went to the historic district, and had a late lunch at Angus Steakhouse. Yes, and american steakhouse, so what? Steak was actually quite good, and the price was the same as any good steakhouse in the US. In front of the restaurant, were ruins of the house of the big dog himself:


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Yep, that's Vlad Dracul and his glorious mustache, being glorious.

One last drink at the lounge, and a picture of the view from the 22nd floor lounge. Yup, that's the People's palace in the distance!


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A short cab ride back to the airport, which came to 30 lei this time due to traffic (around $10). Funny enough, the driver asked me for another 10 lei since he "had to drive all the way back now". I was so stunned that I obliged, and laughed to myself. And then I cried, because I really liked those 10 lei.