I had the chance this weekend to just browse Bucharest’s book shops. It was a pity that I do not have enough money to buy everything I want, because time to read, I’ll definitely find 
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Anyway, related to Bucharest, I saw on Magheru blvd a huge poster/ billboard introducing a collection of books about Bucharest in 1900. I also found two of those books in the book shop later that day, anyway, this is on my wish list for the next months to Christmas, here it is, sharing it with you.
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It’s been some time since I searched more about Bucharest. I was in vacation and I’m happy to be back. I was this evening to Caru cu Bere – it was such a pleasant surprise, it felt soo … other times. I almost saw the people from the beginning of the last century sitting at the tables, discussing passionatelly about politics, about literature, about future …
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One potpouri about books and writers, about Bucharest and the 19th century; even if it’s fiction or it’s journal, chronicles or memories, the flavor is the same. Enjoy
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Reading more about Bucharest and more, about Romania in the 19th century,
thank you Dia
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‘pasi pierduti prin Bucuresti’
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Sharing here a gallery of photos from old Bucharest.
I was reading some time ago Mihail Sebastian, “De doua mii de ani” , and while walking around Bucharest I was so happy to still identify the buildings, the streets, the parks, the alleys … how is to walk on the same street where hundred years ago my favourite novelist walked, how is to watch the same statues, to enjoy the shade of the same old limes and to listen that always young waltz in Cismigiu garden.
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I love Bucharest in the interwar period. I would have loved to live in that period of time. I feel I would have had a big contribution to what was built and what was created. I started to read books about Bucharest. What I read now is ‘Povesti ale Doamnelor din Bucuresti‘ de Victoria Dragu Dimitriu. With each page I read I feel the need to just start walking around old Bucharest an trying to identify the buildings, the streets an the houses she describes so naturally in the book. It is the first book I do not stress to finish. I take my time and enjoy every page. For example, I did not know that the National Theatre in Bucharest was located on Calea Victoriei initially. I want to know how did it look like, what were the surroundings. Other times while reading I identify the house she is referring to, and this makes me so happy. To just quote the author from the description she did to the book: “Bucurestenii au nevoie de mitologie. Trecutul, pur si simplu, nu este suficient de puternic ca sa poata apara cetatea de prezentul ei. Ii mai trebuie duhul vietilor traite in veac, lumina si constiita lor de sine. In calea navalirilor barbare, niciodata incheiate cu adevarat, iubirea, sopta si speranta au fost intotdeauna cu mult mai puternice decat fortificatiile, armele si disperarea. Poate ca veti gasi, in aceste pagini, in lumina trecutelor vieti, cateva soapte de iubire si de speranta pentru Bucuresti.”
I just love it, and I can not wait to just find out more.
