#budapest to bucharest

[egnaroo]

Bucharest capital of Romania best 5 things you can do

Bucharest capital of Romania best 5 things you can do

(Ultimate European city tour guide part 02) Romanian Capital city that located in the southeast of the country banks of the Dambovita River less than 50Km north of the Bulgarian border. The city is the most populated city and Romania’s finance, and industrial center. Bucharest was first mentioned in documents in European history in 1459. The city became the capital of Romania in 1862. The city…

[lebesyej]

I'm back and our Louis too, I literally lost this entire work so I got in a hurry to finish this all again, I hope you guys like it 🩶

it's worth it... All this time

FITFWT • Sofia, Athens, Ljubljana, Vienna, Bucharest, Budapest

[castelnou]

[merulast]

Overland to Tokyo Day 3

Hello everyone. After just four hours of sleep I arrived at Budapest yesterday. Even thought the Flixbus did arrive in the end. You still feel like people feel after they arrived in the city.

The next stupid thing was, that the ATM took my "no" as "yes" and transformed 100€ into money that I now had to spend. Without me demanding anything for money. Needless to say that I payd 17€ just as booking fee. Now thats a way to start!

(stockphoto that I totally own)

I took a cap to the area round the Train station. The Keleti Station itself is amazing and got an modern basement layer that connects smoothly to everything around of it. Also the underground. The people are friendly and so far there was no trouble ahead.

In the end I wasted another 18k for lock up my bags. Thats insane expensive but. Too tiered to bargain... Keleti should have an public shower. But that one was out of order. Urgs.

(one of the Budapest Keleti entrace Halls. Fancy!)

So I started to kill alooot of time. The smal coffee shops near the station are an nice place to do so. I also walked around till my injured left food told me, that If I continue, I would not fit into the shoe anymore.

I decided to get rid of the remaining Money by changing it back. In Keleti was an Terminal. But before I could speak to them, an young guy asked me if I would like to buy euro. And well. I did. He had by far the best rate in the entire city and since I grew up with euro I was able to be pretty sure, its real money. And if not - I would had to waste it anyway. So I got 40€ of my euros back. Thank you, unknown money laundry man! Too bad he also had no shower to offer :/

Back on track

(Klumpi in action!)

SO. 4 more Hours till the Train would arrive. I booked my ticket online on the MÀV homepage for bout 35€ with the result that I had not known a Track number. So where to get this number? Well. You can camp in front of the HUGE display and wait till your connection popps up. But I wanted to nap on the right track. Another thing is, that the tracks have ticket-terminals that also allow you to display when trains arrive and depart. And they have an (hidden?) touch feature that allows you to scroll down. It was Track 1. I was even able to see that the train will arrive 2 hours later.

So I went to that track. Yes. It came 2 hours early. But you cannot get into it right now, because they need to change the segments from [locomotive][sitting wagons][sleeping ones] into an order with the locomotive beeing the last one. This took time. So long I tried to find my Wagon by number. Let say, that the sleeping wagons DO have different numbering. You can (or cannot) find it in the windows. It has the size of an Post-it. I decided to take an lower bed in a 4 ppl apartment and seeing how narrow the 6ppl ones are .. Pfew. You did well, past me. You did well!

On board!

I hope you printed the tickets. Sure they have an QR Code and you can see them in the MAV App. But that means nothing. They want, they demand to collect the ticket as a paper. It is generally an good Idea to always print the tickets. Just because an mobile could fail you. Or get stolen.

There are plenty of different Night-Trains from Budapest to Bucharest every day. At least 3. I took this one because I liked the time schedule most, and to my surprise it was a bit cheaper.

NOW I should find out WHY.

This was not the Night Train from Vienna (Wien) to Bucharest. That one with the dining Wagon. The Showers and new Toilets. That one from all the youtube videos.

No this one was an different one. The older ones ;) So no food Wagon. No water dispensers. No new Toilets. No usb. No Wifi. Not even power plugs and not even light. Yes. Not even light. The 40 years old pulp on the ceiling was illuminating nothing but itself.

Ever had to reject border-policemen asking for more light? No? This is a one in a lifetime chance to get away with it - lol.

But there was Air-Conditioning. It was loud like an main road in the rush hour and you could NOT switch it off. Remarkably there was almost now air coming out of it.

BUT whatever. The first thing all of us did was taking an 3h nap. Looks like really everyone that a rough night before. Then I met Alex. An nice Englishman that lived in Budapest. Since the 3th person, from Poland, was not able to communicate with us, we decided that on night we would open the window, and sleep head on to the opened door. Hopefully having enough air.

We did not. Because it started to rain and blow so hard, that you had to close the window. The tracks got significant worse in Romania. May times the whole train got hit SO hard by something on the ground, that you wake up and believe that this will be the end.

And it was so fucking noisy. Ive seen a v-tuber that complained that suddenly THIS train he took (in Kaszachstan) was very loud and he don't knew why. Okay. Now I understand him.

Still love sleeping trains. In ear headphones ftw. Oh an, the mobile network never went down for longer than minutes. Unbeliveable. In germany you are offline after what? 10 Minutes on track? Gotta love this.

Still alive

(Still had no cake)

Anyway. I'm on schedule. I'm alive. An little bit exhausted but still not fed up with being on the tracks. Lets hope ill find a shower soon <.<

Oh and, I spend 50€ yesterday (ticket plus foods) this money also could get you an Lego Stitch 43249.

(cute but stupidly expensive)

[lowryinbohemia]

Leaving Bratislava, Slovakia 🇸🇰 ➡️ Carnuntum, Austria 🇦🇹 ➡️ Gyor, Hungary 🇭🇺 ➡️ Budapest, Hungary 🇭🇺 ➡️ Bucharest, Romania 🇷🇴

So in the space of 48 hours I have now set four in four separate countries: Slovakia, Austria, Hungary & Romania! This post concerns those past 48 hours as much has happened in such a short amount of time!

Yesterday morning we left Bratislava early, and made the shorty jaunt across the border into Austria. We then got a chance to visit the location of some partially restored Roman ruins, part of the northernmost outpost of the Roman Empire. We got to tour the ruins, and learn about the inter workings of the outpost, as well as how the Roman Legion lived and trained in this small village. We got to also step into some restored Roman baths as well as see a full reconstruction of the home of a village noble.

After touring the ruins, we hopped on the bus again and made our way across the border into Hungary. Our first stop in this country was Gyor, a small town which is famous for the ancient (and now UNSECO protected) craft of blue-printing on fabrics. The technique involves a wooden stamp print, then the fabric is dipped into the indigo dye, and then treated with acid or vinegar so the white print shows up against the blue. We got to visit a family owned business who still make their crafts by hand and got some handmade blueprinted fabrics.

We made our way then into the busy streets of Budapest, and got to go to the top of the hotel roof where we got a brilliant view of the whole city. We were able to get some photos which some of the tour members who we had grown close to during our travels, which was nice because the three of us would be leaving the tour a day early tomorrow to make our way to Romania for our next tour.

This morning we woke up early and were able to take a tour of the city with a brilliant local tour guide Daniel, who took us to Freedom Square where we got to see the statutes of the seven tribes which “founded” this area. We also learned first hand the brilliant snarky sarcasm of the Hungarians, which Mom, Pat & I got a big kick out of. We got to go up to the top of city to the castle, and Mom and I toured around the cathedral. Lunch we got to try some handmade strudel, before we all bid farewell to the rest of the tour, and Johanka got us to our cab for the airport.

I will say this for the Budapest airport that it was the quickest I have ever been through both security & Border Patrol, with it only taking roughly 5 minutes to get through both (interpret that as you will as not many people appeared to be flying out from Budapest). The three of us picked up a few snackies at Duty Free as it was the only place that would take Euros, so “dinner” consisted of Pringles and bottled water this evening.

When we got through the gate, we took a short bus to the plane which turned out to be a propeller plane; Mom and Pat both remarked that neither of them had been on a prop-plane in 25 years so it did give us three a bit of pause. As you can now surmise, we did survive the flight but I would be lying if a few prayers & requests to The Almighty occurred during take-off and landing. However, I reminded Mom & Pat that they should not fear because as the great Malcom Reynolds from “Firefly” once said; “We are not going to die tonight. You wanna know why? Because we are too damn pretty”. There was another moment of slight panic after we landed as the three of us were concerned if our bags actually made it to Bucharest, but thank the heavens for AirTags as we were able to see they DID make it, it was just that Air Tarom was taking it’s sweet time getting them to the baggage claim. Nevertheless, all four of our checked bags did make it to Romania 😎

Thankfully Atlas Obscura had arranged a car to pick us up at the airport and drive us right to the hotel, because it was 10:00 at night by the time we had all our bags together. Once we got to the hotel and checked in, we were able to grab some food at the bar in the hotel, which put us all in better spirits. It felt like after the day we had had that we had been traveling for days instead of hours, so all three of us looked forward to crawling into bed and sleeping in tomorrow.

Tomorrow our adventure with Atlas Obscura begins so we will have a new tour leader & a new group of fellow travelers.

Until tomorrow then my friends, I bid you farewell.

Lowry💜

[tobiaskarnbach]

Reisebericht Istanbul:  WOW der Blog wird besser ;; Zeichenbegrenzung bei Tumblr D

Reisebericht Istanbul: 

Seite: Ziele an denen sich die Architektur ausrichtet - Nutzen/Funktion/Abläufe - Mensch/Menschgefällig/Lebendig/Seele…/ Gemeinschaft - Technik/Struktur/ Oberfläche - Ideal/Kultur Das Bauhaus verbindet bereits Mensch und Technik durch das Medium der Kunst. Daraus entsteht jedoch eine überwiegend technisch/Materialorientierte Formensprache. Die Schmuckform des Menschen kann nicht nur das Material sein. Neue Künste zB digitale Medien, Lichtkunst, erlebende Künste, Strukturformen, Parametrische/Neofuturistische Architektur, Textile, transluzente Elemente Unsere Aufgabe: Lebensraum zu gestalten. 

Seite: Diese Sammlung an Beobachtungen wird keinen Narrativ haben. Dafür ist das Erlebte zu spontan. Ein spätes Herbsttagwetter am Mittwoch vor Weihnachten hat die Reiselust in mir geweckt und bis zum Sonnenuntergang waren die Tickets nach Istanbul gebucht, ein paar Bücher gekauft sowie Stifte. Leicht angeschlagen bin ich dann in diese Weltreise gestartet. Nach der Reise stellte sich heraus, dass es höchstwahrscheinlich Corona war. Jetzt sitze ich in Salzburg im Mc Donalds und warte auf meinen Anschluss. Der Morgen war perfekt. Ich ziehe durch die dünnen Passagen, welche die offenen und plastischen Verkaufsräume der Stadt bespielen, dann der Fluss mit massiven klassischen Fassaden, dies formt das Stadtgesicht. Durchlaufen von halb Asien und nicht ganz so hübschen Europäern. Überall Mozart, der einzige wirkliche Bewohner der Stadt. Die Sonne erinnert mich an meine Osterreise und der Geruch von frischen Regen auf dem Pflaster, stimuliert meine Munderinnerungen. 

[bluewinnerangel]

FITF Tour exit songs

- NA LEG - Uncasville: Tina Turner - The Best

Gilford: The Smiths - This Charming Man

Laval: Petula Clark - Downtown

Toronto: Bryan Adams - Summer Of '69

Cuyahoga Falls: The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony

Sterling Heights: Shed Seven - Chasing Rainbows

Cincinnati: The Killers - All These Things That I've Done

Columbus: R.E.M. - The One I Love

Indianapolis: Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

Maryland Heights (St. Louis): Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode

Kansas City: Van Morrison - Moondance

Milwaukee: Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now

Chicago: Earth, Wind & Fire - September

Minneapolis: Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U

Council Bluffs: Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)

Sioux Falls: Don McLean - American Pie

Seattle: The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

Vancouver: The Police - King Of Pain

Troutdale: Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind

Berkeley: INXS - Never Tear Us Apart

Los Angeles: 2Pac - California Love

Las Vegas: The Killers - Human

Phoenix: Spear Of Destiny - Liberator

Irving: The Doors - Hello, I Love You

Austin: Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag

Houston The Woodlands: The Police - Walking On The Moon

St. Augustine: The Police - Every Breath You Take

Hollywood: Elton John - Your Song

Tampa: Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Atlanta: The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

Nashville: Duran Duran - Hold Back The Rain

Charlotte: Lou Reed - Perfect Day

Raleigh: Van Morrison - Moondance

Columbia: Commodores - Easy

Boston 1: Boston - More Than A Feeling

Boston 2: Pixies - Here Comes Your Man

Philadelphia: Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U

Asbury Park: Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark

New York: Queen - We Are The Champions (dj elf asked a fan to pick between this one and David Bowie - Heroes)

- EU & UK LEG - Hamburg: Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

Copenhagen: Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure

Oslo: Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends

Stockholm: The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army

Helsinki: Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind

Tallinn: Smash Mouth - All Star

Riga: AC/DC - Thunderstruck

Kaunas: Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling in Love

Krakow: Iggy Pop - Lust For Life

Łódź: Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop

Vienna: Oasis - Supersonic

Ljubljana: The Killers - Smile Like You Mean It

Budapest: Bloc Party - Helicopter

Bucharest: Foo Fighters - My Hero

Sofia: Rage Against The Machine - Bombtrack

Bilbao: Pixies - Where Is My Mind

Lisbon: White Lies - Farewell to the Fairground

Madrid: Editors - Munich

Barcelona: At the Drive-In - One Armed Scissor

Turin: Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way

Bologna: Bloc Party - Helicopter

Luxembourg: Pixies - Where Is My Mind

Antwerp: Queens Of The Stone Age - My God Is The Sun

Paris: Biffy Clyro - Bubbles

Amsterdam: Blur - Song 2

Cologne: The Libertines - Can't Stand Me Now

Prague: Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl

Berlin: The Cure - Friday I'm in Love

Munich: Fatboy Slim - Praise You

Zurich: The Strokes - Last Nite

Dublin: Inhaler - These Are The Days

Sheffield: The Killers - Mr. Brightside

Manchester: The Smiths - This Charming Man

Glasgow: The Snuts - Gloria

Brighton: Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated

Cardiff: T. Rex - 20th Century Boy

London: The Libertines - Can't Stand Me Now

Birmingham: Boyz II Men - End Of The Road

- ASIA & AUS LEG - Jakarta: Iggy Pop - Lust For Life

Melbourne: Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl

Brisbane: The Temper Trap - Fader

Sydney: Oasis - Rock 'N' Roll Star

- LATAM LEG - Panama: Hard-Fi - Living for the Weekend

San Juan: Pixies - Where Is My Mind

Rio de Janeiro: Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box

Like last time the plan is to keep editing this post as tour goes on - 2022 LTWT here

Apple music playlist here

[scavengedluxury]

Electronica technology factory, Bucharest, 1976. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.

[28mindgames]

Tank Tops: Cuyahoga Falls - Columbus - Chicago - Seattle - Los Angeles - Phoenix - Austin - Woodlands - Charlotte - Boston N1 - Philadelphia - New York - AFHF 2023 - Hamburg - Lodz - Vienna - Ljubljana - Budapest - Sofia - Bilbao - Turin - Bologna - Antwerp - Amsterdam - Berlin - Dublin - Sheffield - Manchester - London - Jakarta - Brisbane Graphic Tees: Gilford - Sterling Heights - Kansas City - Vancouver - Berkeley - Las Vegas - Irving - Atlanta - Raleigh - Boston N2 - Asbury Park - Lisbon - Barcelona - Prague - Glasgow - Birmingham Collared Tops: Uncasville - Laval - Cincinnati - Saint Louis - Milwaukee - Council Bluffs - Hollywood - Nashville - Oslo - Helsinki - Madrid - Paris - Cologne - Munich - Brighton - Cardiff Brand Logos: St. Augustine - Tampa - Copenhagen - Stockholm - Tallinn - Riga - Athens - Luxembourg - Zurich - Melbourne - Sydney Blokecore: Toronto - Minneapolis - Sioux Falls - Troutdale - Columbia - Kaunas Jackets: Chicago - Los Angeles - Woodlands - Antwerp - Manchester Other: Indianapolis - Krakow - Bucharest

source: @fashionlouist

[dinodorks]

[ A size comparison of three rhabdodontids, (left to right) Mochlodon suessi, Rhabdodon priscus and Transylvanosaurus platycephalus. Illustrated by Peter Nickolaus. ]

"When you think of dinosaurs, you might automatically imagine iconic dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops. But at the same time when these were stomping on the ancient coastal plains of North America, some of their very distant cousins were reigning over Europe's lands. During the Late Cretaceous (between 100 and 66 million years ago), Europe was an extensive archipelago with numerous small and large islands situated in a shallow tropical sea, the so-called Late Cretaceous European Archipelago. The dinosaur groups that lived on these islands were very different from those of other continents, often being much smaller than their mainland relatives. These European dinosaurs include small and medium-sized carnivorous theropods, armored ankylosaurs, long-necked sauropods, duck-billed hadrosaurs, and rhabdodontids. Arguably one of the most important of these European dinosaur groups is the family Rhabdodontidae, which groups together the most common medium-sized herbivores of the Late Cretaceous European Archipelago. A joint research team from the Universities of Tübingen (Germany), Budapest (Hungary) and Bucharest (Romania) recently reviewed what we know about these peculiar dinosaurs in a new paper published in the journal Fossil Record."

Read more: "Europe's very own dinosaurs: The enigmatic Late Cretaceous rhabdodontids"

[thedeviousdevilxx]

Slash & Duff!

(from GnR's videos on Instagram, Bucharest/Budapest)

[merulast]

Planing #2 - To Bukarest

(source: @paluten - Probably worst Bus Driver on youtube)

I actually wanted to travel as much as possible by bus, not by train. Right now im not even really sure why. Somehow I had the feeling that Railroads always try to avoid urban scenery. But in fact .. dont Highways do the same? Weird.

Anyway. I wanted to take the @flixbus-official bus from passau up to the black Sea. The original plan was to travel over Serbia, Sofia and then maybe Varna or Istanbul - more about that later.

For me the most important rule was to never travel more than 8h a day in order to stay alive. In the end this journey is not a sprint. Even thought I plan to tavel half the world faster then others parts of a single country.

The original Route

(original plan)

You can order Flixbus Tickets about 6 months in advance. Sometimes ne new shedules are not out on that time you would like to book. This hint should taken seriously because in my case it was an early sign, that they change something. So I still 'could' travel over Serbia. But all busses arrive at 1am and depart on 1am. Always. In other words: If you dont 'love' to sleep on a bus that is departing another station every hour (lights on, noises etc etc) then you should-not-travel-this-way.

Two nights in a row in an Flixbus? Hah! I reather shoot myself! And to be honest: Its not greyhound. They dont kick you out in the middle of nowhere and let you alone for 'reasons'. But still. This was too much.

The new Route

(made with graphhopper - a cool site for this kind of stuff. But no support for railways :/ )

So. The new Plan is to take the Flixbus from Passau to Budapest. At night. This saves 4 hours of traffic jam time and the ticket is extra cheap if you book early. I paid 30€ for mine. You arrive in the early Morning and have plenty of time for some sightseeing! After that, we hopp into the IRN79 sleeper train from Vienna to Bucharest. We will share an room with 4 other people for 55€ in total and arrive on Bucharest next Morning. That's less than a hotel room! It's even close to an hostel night in Budapest. Since there was not much sleep in the night before, im pretty sure it will be that night.

Tickets had been booked at MAV - the homepage only accepts 3 months advance booking and credit card. But you 'could' also buy the ticket on Budapest main Station.

(you can find plenty of yt videos about that night train!)

So yeah. We made huge steps crossing east Europe. We still will have about 6 hours in each city to look around and paid 85€ for tickets. This is the same price as Legos cute 75375 Millenium Falcon!

[dailytomlinson]

FAITH IN THE FUTURE WORLD TOUR: EUROPE & UK LEG

August 19th (AFHF): Lido di Camaiore, Italy

August 29th: Hamburg, Germany

August 31st: Copenhagen, Denmark

September 1st: Oslo, Norway

September 2nd: Stockholm, Sweden

September 4th: Helsinki, Finland

September 5th: Tallinn, Estonia

September 7th: Riga, Latvia

September 8th: Kaunas, Lithuania

September 10th: Krakow, Poland

September 11th: Lodz, Poland

September 13th: Vienna, Austria

September 14th: Ljubljana, Slovenia

September 15th: Budapest, Hungary

September 17th: Bucharest, Romania

September 18th: Sofia, Bulgaria

September 20th: Athens, Greece

October 1st: Bilbao (Vizcaya), Spain

October 3rd: Lisbon, Portugal

October 5th: Madrid, Spain

October 6th: Barcelona, Spain

October 8th: Turin, Italy

October 9th: Bologna, Italy

October 11th: Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

October 12th: Antwerp, Belgium

October 14th: Paris, France

October 15th: Amsterdam, Netherlands

October 17th: Cologne, Germany

October 19th: Prague, Czech Republic

October 20th: Berlin, Germany

October 22nd: Munich, Germany

October 23rd: Zurich, Switzerland

November 8th: Dublin, Ireland

November 10th: Sheffield, UK

November 11th: Manchester, UK

November 12th: Glasgow, UK

November 14th: Brighton, UK

November 15th: Cardiff, UK

November 17th: London, UK

November 18th: Birmingham, UK

The Europe & UK Leg has officially ended and Louis successfully finished the 2023 dates of the Faith In The Future Tour.

As we wait for Louis to come back in 2024 for his single date in Asia and the Australia leg in January, you can reminisce all the amazing moments of every tour date so far on our recap tag, revisit all the outfit looks on our fitfwt fashion tag and check out each concert's setlist as well.

For all the incredible posters, we made two compilations posts that you can check out here & here, or you can find it on our tag for all posters, including future ones, here.

You can also check out our posts with all the portrait pictures from this leg: Europe / Ireland & UK

See you in January 2024!

91 days, 40 shows, 27 countries: DONE ✅

[glassprism]

I love the music of the night, but I cannot stand the mannequin part towards the end. Which versions of MOTN do not have that part?

How about I just describe the scene for each production and you can decide if you like it or not!

Original and modified productions: There is a Mirror Bride. She is revealed by the Phantom and when Christine approaches her, she pops out / drops forward, frightening Christine and causing her to faint.

Budapest non-replica: There is not only a Mirror Bride but a Mirror Groom dressed as the Phantom! Mirror Bride and Groom are revealed and then kiss, causing Christine to faint for the second time in that scene (the first was after hitting the high note at the end of the title song - girl's having quite a night).

2004 movie: There is a Mirror Bride. Despite just standing there, Christine nevertheless faints and is carried off by the Phantom.

Warsaw/Bialystok non-replica: There is a Mirror Bride here. It does not move but just spins into view (and quite quickly too), at which Christine faints (very gracefully) and is lowered to the floor.

25th anniversary concert: No Mirror Bride, but Christine still faints when the pressure of the Phantom's hand on her arm cuts off the blood supply to her brain, apparently.

Restaged tours: No Mirror Bride, but there is a blindfold that fans take just as much umbrage with. Anyway, Christine does not even faint in this version, but is carried off to bed by the Phantom before quite trustingly going to sleep.

Prague non-replica: A Mirror Bride is revealed at the end of the song. It does the Robot which then causes Christine to faint.

Tartu/Tallin non-replica: No Mirror Bride here as far as I can see (despite being one of the few non-replicas to have an actual wedding dress for Christine), and from what I saw, Christine just waltzes off to the Phantom's bed for a nap on her own initiative.

Helsinki/Gothenburg non-replica: No Mirror Bride, the Phantom walks Christine over to his bed for a nap.

Original Bucharest/Oslo/Greece/Middle East and Eastern European tour non-replica: No Mirror Bride; instead the scene ends with Christine trying to unmask the Phantom and failing, then going to sleep on the hard rock floor.

Belgrade non-replica: No idea.

Sofia non-replica: No idea.

Kristianstad non-replica: The Mirror Bride not only moves, she has been fully upgraded to do a whole dance with Christine, after which Christine collapses, either from the shock or from sheer exertion.

Sydney Harbour non-replica: I wish I knew; Christine seems to get shocked by something in the mirror, but I couldn't see what.

Italian Tour/Madrid non-replica: No Mirror Bride, Christine just faints in the Phantom's arms.

Bucharest revival non-replica: No idea.

Love Never Dies: Not present in the Australian version that has become the basis for most other productions. However, the original London production did feature a Christine doll in the opening scene. I can only presume it is an upgrade of the original Mirror Bride, hauled all the way from Paris to Coney Island so that the Phantom can play with her before locking her in his penis cage so that he can plot how to woo Christine atop a vagina balcony after she disembarks from Pier 69.

[scavengedluxury]

Great Market, Bucharest, 1986. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.

[mioritic]

Illustration by Anastase Demian (Romanian, Budapest 1899 – Baia Mare 1977) for the cover of a Romanian translation of the Nibelungenlied

Adrian Maniu, Cîntecul Nibelungilor (Bucharest: Editura de stat pentru literatură și artă, 1958)