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A classical Romanian Tale

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A classical tale through Bucharest in Romania Bucharest – the capital of Romania is a city at the juxtaposition of old , classical , with neo and contemporary. From the architecture to the people to the food, just about everything can be described in the above phrase. Of course, Romania if far more than Bucharest and the actual traditional Romania , with all its beautiful landscapes and world famous castles and Shrines. Unfortunately my trip being more of a work trip, took me to only Bucharest leaving me no time to explore other parts. Here is a bit about my experience of Bucharest. As you land you see vast fields and agricultural lands with orchards and plantations, a testimony to the fact that Bucharest Is still largely agro driven economically. In between are fairy tale like hamlets with red roof tops and chimneys with smoke billowing. Henri Coanda airport at Otopeni is one of the probably smallest international airports I’ve seen. With just one terminal and 4 baggage belts ,...