Bucharest, Romania

The race to the stoplight



















Strada Stirbei Voda, Bucuresti

The traffic seemed to be heavy in Bucharest today; maybe it was the rain which seems to make people crazy, or maybe there was cleaning on several critical intersections, or maybe it was just Monday after a long weekend. Anyway, for some reason people needed to blow horns and hurry to get in line at the red light. One car in particular blew the horn all the way up the hill, only to find himself sitting in line for several minutes with all the neighbors he blew the horn at. Inadvertently, when this happens, people come to a halt and look around nonchalantly and pretend it wasnt them driving like a maniac to be the 4th car back at the redlight.

The containers on the side there look like recycling containers. Strangely enough, they're also red, yellow, and green (in order to match the stoplight), so they may be some form of wheeled semafore...... or maybe they're just some attractive recycling containers.

Hats



















Some guys sitting in the park this morning. Two of them have hats. Some styles here are still popular with the older gentlemen, such as the nice hat with the brim, like from about 1950. Maybe it's just that they like the hat, or maybe it's that generation. When my dad was here about a year ago, he remarked "makes me think of my dad..... he always wore a hat."