Bucherest - Dogs are rampent in the city so it is nothing new to see 1-5 dogs every little bit.  Rabies could be a hazard due to the number of homeless dogs.  The former dictator of the country destroyed the oldest part of Bucherest to build the second largest building in the world second to the Pentagon in the US.  Thus destroying the homes of people in the oldest part there ended up being a large number of homeless animals. The Romanian worker makes approx 300.00 US dollars a month so beware of people trying to take advantage of foreigners.  I had taxi driver to try that but luckily I was with someone that spoke Romanian so that helped. The roads are not in the best shape so don't expect new streets like that is on our major highways.  Expect the roads to be well worn.  The taxi's and buses are the same way and most do not have air conditioning. The second largest building in the world is the Palace of the Parliament.  It is open I believe for tours.  Not sure if camera's are allowed inside. I did go on a date with a Romanian girl to dinner and a movie. Food:  La Mama   www.lamama.ro has the best Romanian food.  My date took me here since I wanted real Romanian food and this was her favorite Romania restaurant.  Food:  My dates favorite restaurant is called "Restaurant Valencia - Casa Spaniola".  This restaurant as you can tell serves spanish food.  The food was great and very reasonable.  We had dinner outside on the patio which was romantic.  http://www.valencia.ro