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Many problems put together at the same time can change even the strongest habits. When I say many, I mean old and unresolved issues as well as new issues that can only prove to me that the way I approach my existence now is not the right way. I meant, in fact, that I have only managed to leave home for unpleasant destinations that cannot be called a walk at all.

So for this week, I will show a short walk very close to home, in the park that always saves me in such situations.

The park I will tell you about, more in pictures is called Bazilescu.

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Bazilescu Park (formerly Nicolae Bălcescu Park) is a park located in the north-western part of Bucharest, in the district of Bucureștii Noi, currently covering an area of 13.5 hectares. At the time of its creation (1954), the park covered an area of 120 ha. It is currently registered with 125,400 m². The land on which the park was built was donated to the Romanian state by lawyer and university professor Nicolae Bazilescu. In 2004, the City Hall of Sector 1 invested more than 1 million euros in the park's development and there are also some old trees in the park, remains of the Codrilor Vlăsiei.
Inside the park is the Summer Theatre, built-in 1953 and inaugurated on the occasion of the World Festival of Youth and Students, with a capacity of 2000 seats. Today the theatre, under the administration of the Ministry of Culture, is in an advanced state of decay.
In Bazilescu Park there is also the Children's Club Sector 1 - Bazilescu, where schoolchildren can go to different educational circles: music, theatre, rhythmic gymnastics, English, civic education, rugby.

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After letting Wikipedia tell what it knows, I'm going to tell you my story as it blends with that of the park. The street on which I live spills onto this street that borders the park.

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Three minutes and I'm in the park. It's wonderful, even though I often forget that when I think all good things are mine...

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This is a neighborhood park. Surrounded by fencing and bordered by streets and an avenue. It looks like a bigger garden and I don't like that, it doesn't give me the feeling of free nature. Maybe because it doesn't have a lake. Many don't notice these shortcomings or are not as carny as me and are content to walk their dogs, children, wives, or rest on their favorite bench, drinking coffee by the bottle (with a little alcohol, of course) and feeding the pigeons.

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In the middle of the park, instead of a small lake or pond, they built a summer theatre about 70 years ago. Now it's a ruin. The authorities promise a renovation, but it has been postponed for twenty years.

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The park is small and from any point, from any alley, this building is visible. Built-in neoclassical style, I like the way it looks, especially the columns, which are more visible now that the trees are leafless.

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I don't usually see much sky from the park. I'm glad I can see it now because the trees are still leafless. In summer I'm glad there are leaves and shade and coolness.

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Dogs also have their own exclusive area, a bit too big, in my opinion.

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Unlike dogs, birds are the absolute masters of the park. Pigeons and crows.

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It was an extremely beautiful day with a maximum temperature of 13 degrees Celsius. That's bizarre because it should be full-on winter by now. For the first time in my life, I have not seen snow until this moment and I have no hope for the future. Traditionally winter ends in March.

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Instead of snow, we got tree shadows.

Most of the trees are those that lose their leaves in autumn. Only a few pines save the honor of the evergreens.

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On one side of the park, there is a building that will be demolished because small blocks will be built. I like the old building, especially the pottery roof and a chimney made of brick. I would have liked at least the chimney to remain, as a reminder of the past.

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I could show you more of this park but I think it's too much and I don't want to bore you. I want because at the beginning I showed the fence of the park facing the street where I live, towards the neighborhood of houses, that now I show you the edge of the park from the boulevard. The boulevard is called Bucurestii Noi. I forgot to say that this park is in Bucharest, the capital of Romania.

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I took the photos on the fly, without much attention to quality, I wanted it to be more like reportage, with photos taken instantly. At the same time I know that this challenge or contest, this community puts a premium on the quality of the photos, in fact, it is tattodjay@tattodjay's wish. At the end I put some photos I took for the sake of photography, not the subject of the post.

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I'll say it again and again, I've found that my main activity lately is... walking. Like all of you, I love to walk, but only now I have realized that walking has become my main mode of relaxation. Slowly, slowly overtaking the other pleasures I still have.

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For #WednesdayWalk by tattoodjay@tattoodjay

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