Fun weekend...

Last weekend was quite full for me. It kinda started on Thursday, when Oradea, my hometown was celebrating its day. Yes, on the 12th of October 1944, Oradea has been set free from the soviet forces and since then it is on this date when we celebrate the day of the city. Obviously there was a big celebration, with lots of concerts, beer, "mici", and crowed places. The traffic in the city center was closed in order to make space for the thousands of people coming to celebrate.

Many international bands and singers were present to entertain the public. I was really surprised to see artists like Sash or Alphaville coming to Oradea for these days. The atmosphere was quite fun. :)

The bands were not the only VIPs in town, of course. Traian Basescu, the president of Romania was here too. I don't know for sure why. Maybe to visit his old friend, Filip, our mayor on this special occasion. Maybe to solve some other important business... Who knows? Anyway, it was a great event for the people in Oradea. Here the majority loves Basescu and the party he represents. I found it really funny to see that there was so much security around him. I was expecting 5-10 guys... Well there were at least 30 to 35 designated bodyguards plus the police. It was quite fun to observe their movements and the way they were looking around to search for dangers.

Another cool thing that happened that night was about this 20 meters long skewer that was made for this celebration. It was something totally new for Oradea. I think it's quite funny. Lately I keep reading in the papers about different towns and villages around Romania celebrating their anniversaries. And why is that? Because they are all trying to beat some food record or to prepare some spectacular food. I don't say it's bad at all. I just wonder... Are we, the Romanians such a food lover people?