Hi bloggers!

Today we are going to continue to explore Romania. Like you have read in the blog of Lies, we have already visited a part of Bucharest but today we decided to stay another day in Bucharest because it is such a beautiful city.

We were walking through the city when suddenly we thought we were in Paris instead of Bucharest! We saw the well-known Arcul de Triumf, The Triumphal Arch. It looks just like the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. We have read on the internet that some of the buildings in Bucharest are influenced by French architects and therefore the city is once called “Little Paris” or ”The Paris of The East”. Bucharest is also the centre of the Romanian economy and industry.  

Yesterday we were walking in the woods with a guide. He warned us that we could see some animals such as bears and wolfs. We didn’t believe that we would see a bear or a wolf because we thought that this would be a coincidence. Suddenly we heard something rustle in the distance and when we looked, we saw a bear! The guide told us not to panic because he was far away from us.

During the trip in the wood, the guide gave us some information about Romania.
Did you know that the fountain pen and insulin are two famous inventions of Romania? We also got to know that the national drink is a kind of jenever made of prunes. Romania is a member of the European Union but the switching from leu, the current currency, to euro has to take place between 2011 and 2012.

Today we visited Vulturi, a small village situated in the Danube Delta. The delta is the second largest delta in Europe and has about 30 villages. Almost all the inhabitants of these villages are fishermen.

We will stay another day in Romania before we leave for Ukraine.

Thank you for reading our blog!

Delphine Van Vooren

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danube_Delta
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucharest