Life in Bucharest

I gave my lecture/artist talk yesterday at the university's gallery. The room was filled with friends, colleagues, and many many eager young student artists. The talk went well, the best part being when I extracted many giggles from the women in the audience during the "Rituals of Convention" portion of the slide show. Those of you who know my work will remember the shoes pierced with pins, as well as the thong underwear.

Afterwards we were invited to tea at a colleagues lovely home.  Stela is an accomplished artist and we enjoyed seeing her work. She also has a kitty. I really miss my kitty and it served to remind me that she is probably very lonesome without me. (She is one of those cats that has affection for only one person, and has been unable to get close to my mom).

After our visit with Stela, we visited the Museum of Villages. It is a living museum, very much like our own Sturbridge Village and Plymouth Plantation. The museum showcases traditional Romanian village life.

The only problem was, I guess the "living" part of this only happens on the weekends.  We were content, however, to walk the grounds and peek in the windows of the buildings. There were a few places open for inspection, namely, a few cotteges, barns, and a beautiful church, which was magnificant.  The museum was assembled from traditional houses, barns, and various other out-buildings from farms and villages all over Romania in 1936. It is beautifully preserved and I enjoyed our visit very much.




Grain Shed



Cottege Interior

Cottege Interior

Cottege Interior

Cottege

Barn

Out-Building (Purpose?)

Out-Buiding

Church

Church Interior

Church Interior

Water Wheel

Architectural detail in a Gateway

Architectural Molding Detail in Gateway

After the museum, as Daniela and I were walking to the Metro, we happened upon the (Arcul de Triumf) . It is a duplicate of the structure in Paris. How strange to see this in Romania!