Attractions in Bucharest

 "Caru cu bere" restaurant

"Grigore Antipa" History Museum

"National Arena" Stadium

Chinese garden in Herastrau Park

"Afi Palace Cotroceni" Mall

Palace of the Parliament or The People's Palace in Bucharest

Palace of the Parliament or The People's Palace

This great structure was built by Nicolae Ceaușescu in the 1980's and was intended to house the Parliament and to be his residence.

            It is the world's largest and most expensive non-military building, and also the heaviest building in the world.

The tour only covers a few rooms. The twin marble staircases (rebuilt 3 times until the steps were exactly the height where Ceaușescu could descend the stairs without turning his head down), the room with traditional Romanian costumes, and the balcony with view to the avenue (where Michael Jackson greeted the public with "Hello Budapest!") are very interesting.

The Palace measures 270 m by 240 m, 86 m high, and 92 m underground. It has 1100 rooms, from which 440 offices, 30 halls, 4 restaurants, 3 libraries and a concert hall.

Estimated cost of building (until 2006): 3 billion EUR.

Sam Cooke - Wonderful World

An immortal song

Halloween party - photos

Costumes, preparation, drawings and lots of sweets, the perfect combination for a good Halloween party.

Halloween Party

We're having a Halloween party at school.
I'm dressed up like Dracula. Man, I look cool!
I dyed my hair black and I cut off my bangs.
I'm wearing a cape and some fake plastic fangs.

I put on some makeup to paint my face white
like creatures that only come out in the night.
My fingernails, too, are all pointed and red.
There's no doubt I look like the evil undead.

My mom drops me off and I run into school
and suddenly feel like the world's biggest fool.
The other kids stare like I'm some kind of freak.
The Halloween party is not till next week.

--Kenn Nesbitt

GLEE- The Scientist with lyrics

Halloween story

Hello guys,
Looking forward to having you on the blog! This is a nice activity I found, let´s see what can come out from our imagination.

Fill-in Story: A Scary Halloween

DIRECTIONS:  Fill in the blanks below with your own words and phrases. Then complete the story.
It was a dark and ____________ Halloween night. Patrick and his ____________ friend, Zach,
were out trick-or-treating. Patrick was wearing a ____________ costume. Zach was dressed as a
____________. They had already gone to ____________ houses. They had collected lots of
____________ for their ____________ bags. They came to the ____________ house at the
____________ end of ____________ Street.
“I don’t want to go to that ____________ house,” said Zach. “It’s too ____________.”
“C’mon,” insisted Patrick. “Don’t be such a ____________.” Patrick walked up the ____________
path. Zach followed ____________ behind. They came to the ____________ door. It was
____________ and ____________. On the door was hanging a ____________. Above the doorbell was
a sign that read, “____________.”
“Let’s ____________,” said Zach in a ____________ voice.
But Patrick rang the ____________ bell. A ____________ sound filled the air.
“Let’s go,” begged Zach. “This place is too ____________.”
At that moment, the door opened with a ____________ sound. A ___________old woman
appeared. Her hair was ____________ and ____________. Her eyes were like ____________. Her
nose was shaped like a ____________. She was wearing a long ____________. On her head was a
____________. “What do you want?” she asked in a ____________ voice.
Zach was too ____________ to talk. Patrick managed to say, “____________”
The woman’s ____________ eyes ____________ like ____________. “I’ll give you ____________
kids a fine ____________,” she said in a voice like a ____________. She held out one of her
____________ hands. In it was ____________. Now, finish the story in your own
words.