Eastern Europe Trip

Had a short trip to Eastern Europe countries in early March. Was attending a conference in Bucharest. So decided to tour some of the interesting places around Bucharest and Sofia, Bulgaria. After all, the whole region is huge. With a limited time and budget, so just settled with Bucharest and Sofia.

Landed in Bucharest airport on 6 March afternoon, after a 12-hour flight from Singapore to Zurich. Was surprised to find out snow all over the places. Kinda late winter. Expected the next few days to get warmer. So the first place headed to was the conference hotel for check in.

It was foggy when landed.

Bucharest Airport. Quite a small size airport.

Walking street along the Union Boulevald

I guess that is the National Library

Photos taken with iPhone 6s

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