Bucharest, Romania

Near Piata Revolutiei, in Bucharest. an area in the center of town..... the area of the Palace/Museum of Art, the Atheneum (concert hall), near the University, not far from the park, along Calea Victoriei, a place of culture and history and interesting history. A beautiful place for sketching buildings with histories.

The Atheneum was originally built by public subscription, sort of a public university, for lectures, concerts, and art exhibits. On sunny days, this is a good place for sketching with a little sketchbook, on the grass next to the tree...... and also because just around the corner is a good coffee shop...... and Fornetti.















Atheneum, Bucuresti
















A True Friend of the Atheneum, Bucuresti
















Athenee Palace Hilton, Bucuresti

Now, it's the Bucharest Hilton, but in World War II, the Athenee Palace Hotel (just down from the Atheneum) was renowned as a den of spies.... a place where the gestapo resided together with british spies, where every room and phone was monitored, and where all of the employees and housecleaning worked for the secretest secret police..... underneath the gold chandeliers and decorated ceilings, was a world of intrigue, deceit, and suspicion....... now it's a place for wedding parties and middle-age rock stars.

It's kind of a difficult place for making a drawing though, because the whole area in front is a huge parking lot, with traffic on Calea Victoriei.

http://www.jurnalul.ro/camere_video/21/hotel-hilton