After we were done with the Hop on Hop Off bus ride from a very hot place, we went for a gentle stroll through what we had been told was the Old Town of Bucharest. Frankly the buildings, or at least many of them, did not seem that old. Like an old church.

The town was pleasant and we just walked into old buildings that seemed interesting.

Our first genuine stop was a lunch break.  And guess what we did? We stopped at an Irish pub in Bucharest.  That makes as much sense as stopping at a MacDonald’s restaurant. But we enjoyed it. I particularly appreciated the woman that greeted us when we arrived and the sign on her sweater:  “Chasing Dreams not Deadlines.’  And, “breaking stereotype” and “slaying the game.” Those seemed like worthy goals. Well worth chasing.

I love Romania.

We did get into a mild “Hey Rube” however, when I opened my big mouth.  And people who know me know I have a loud big mouth. I was discussing Donald Trump with my sister-in-law who said he was an ass. I did not disagree with her, but this aroused the attention of a patron at the next table who said we did not know anything about Trump because we had never met him. How could we call him an ass? To this I replied, that Trump was the most famous person in the history of the world.  I said I knew Trump better than almost everyone except my closest friends and relatives because he was constantly within our attention, like it or not.  I had heard him speak on and off the cuff literally thousands of times. I felt qualifed to speak about him. To reinforce my point, I said I knew Trump better than my sister-in-law. Now I had two people mad at me.  The patron left in a huff, clearly thinking we (or at least me) were idiots.

We spotted some Old Coca Cola in Old Town Bucharest. It looked sort of new, not old time.

Finally, we saw some of Old Town of Bucharest. After all, it was not that long ago that Bucharest along with all of Romania was part of the sclerotic Soviet Empire that finally fell a part in 1989.

Now this building looked old. It was a great walk through Old Town.