Bucharest, Romania

Strada Schitul Magureanu. The little church next to the park. We looked for the rooster in the back, but didnt see it this time.




















Strada Stirbei Voda (every week day between 8am and 6pm)

Happening in June: The World Parking Symposium VII (who knew there were such things)
http://worldparkingsymposium.ca/ . Bucharest could use a World Parking Symposium. In Europe, one of the technologies that is popular in many congested cities is robotic parking. Sort of like an automated Self Storage for cars. Here are some of the videos for them, they're actually quite impressive. I like the music on the first one:
Robotic Parking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh7NoBxdih4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E8ea5-20lI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtEHE6xk2bU

Despite the current chaos that is parking and driving in Bucharest, one of the advantages of places like Bucharest, is that there tends to be a leap in technologies directly to the state of the art; no need to try various intermediate steps, just go directly to the state of the art. So, maybe one day not too far in the future, a slew of U-Park-Its will suddenly pop up as a very attractive solution for everyone that wants a safe, clean parking spot. Maybe there will be U-Park-It Club memberships and VIPs, maybe with coffee lounges and concierge services. Coming soon, direct from Switzerland, at 15 locations around Bucharest, the U-Park-It Cafes and Hyper-U-Park-its.




















Parcul Izvor, Bucuresti

It seems that the guardians (meanies) have been removed from the parks, and that Izvor Park is once again a Place for Play. Febe will be really glad of this over the weekend. A recent article in the Nine Oclock News was referring to the guardians being removed from the parks; apparently tens of thousands of people didnt like their presence in the parks.
Nine Oclock News: article on the parks