Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Bucharest Below Ground

I lived for 5 incredible years in Bucharest Romania (from 1999-2004)and saw a lot of interesting but often painful things. One of these things was the horrific scale of the problem with orphans and institutionalised children. Take a look at this powerful web documentary when you have time. As they say, this is Romania's lost generation.

2 comments:

Lynda said...

Heartbreaking.

GMG said...

Hi Kim! Thanks for having been so kind to comment on Blogtrotter while I was absent! I’m back and trying to catch up with your posts!
First, it seems that no Albanians are answering to your request to translate the singing; that’s a shame… ;) Anyhow, it’s amazing to see Albania on CNN…
The Fashion show looks great; I wonder whether they made it in the room where they use to store all the busts of Enver they made disappear from the show rooms… ;)
The Belvedere, with Klimt, Kokoschka and Schiele, is a must and I’m glad to read that you think that art should disturb you…
Fast food in Dürres? This world is getting crazy!!
And to end Vienna a great Max Ernst at the Albertina! Lucky girl!!! (Did you manage to see the Dürer(s) there?) And the Imperial Torte (not the Sacher); how many did you bring with you?... ;))
The Earth Day and the Lost Generation posts are quite impressive. Incredible how dirty people can be…
Hope you have a great week!