Palace of the Parliament

Today we are moving from the north of Romania to the south, right to the Bucharest -  the capital of this beautiful country. As we can see on the map Bucharest is situated on the south near bulgarian border.

This year during my trip to Romania in july I visited all of the most interesting cities in Romania and definitely Bucharest is one of them. At first I went to see Calea Victoriei  "Victory Avenue" the main avenue in the city and I walked around the market where I bought some souvenirs for my family and friends. On the way to the main atraction of this city I saw a lot of monuments and interesting buildings like The Palace of Justice or the Triumphal Arch. Despite the fact that in Bucharest is still a lot of the buildings created in communist period, there are also well developed zones.

From the beggining I couldn't wait to visit the second largest administrative building in the world  - the Palace of the Parliament. Only the Pentagon in United States is bigger so the Palace in Romania really makes a big impression.

 

When I finally entered I saw a big queue of turists and I have to wait about one hour to start visiting. During this time I bought a book which describes the history of the palace and contains a lot of photos taken in various rooms like the room of human rights or union room. I bought it because taking photos is not allowed for the tourists and if somebody wants to take a few photos he has to pay a large amount of money. I also bought a souvenir for myself. A bag with the image of famous Drakula "Vlad the Impaler" and his castle. During this trip I also saw the president of Romania - Klaus Iohannis.

Below one of the amazing rooms in the Palace of the Parliment

At night the Palace is even more impressive than during the day