Every beginning must have an end. This is how things work for us, for people. There are probably examples of things that do not end and I am afraid there are enough to say that but I rely on the fact that using logic we can prove that in fact they also have an end ...
I am now interested in the fact that the beginning of the week has a weekend that I really like, the weekend!
Here I wanted to get, in an attempt to make a short presentation of the weekend, not necessarily that someone would be interested in how it was, as much as there are some challenges that urge us to make public the way we spend, or not, weekend.
From the beginning, I have to declare that I am a big fan, a true fan of the weekend, an admirer of the Italian formula "dolce far niente" ..., that is, for those who do not want to check the Italian language, "the sweet pleasure of do nothing "!
My favorite song is Lazy by Deep Purple!
In an ideal world, in my opinion, the weekend should mean ... "dolce far niente". It could be true for the unmarried! For others, there is always something to do.
Fortunately, for me, the weekend sometimes means walking. So this time I took another walk through the most pleasant park in Bucharest, called Herastrau by tradition, and politically it was changed in the King Mihai I Park of Romania. A difficult name that will not be used by anyone (this is not because King Mihai would not deserve to give the name of a park).
A great attraction of this park is that it has a large lake, practically the park represents the shores of the lake. Most of those who enjoy this park are those who do water sports. Here they train or relax with their boats.
This is a place that can make any day special, it is a place that has a great role in making us forget that we live among iron, cement, glass, cars, dust, noise ... that is, in a big crowded city. A city warmed by the summer heat.
Here in the park we find the shade, the coolness of the water and the song of the birds. Water, the shade of trees are the most sought after, I rinse my eyes with them!
Many prefer to walk on the lake by boat, I don't like it anymore. The only ship I accept is the ferry to Thassos, Greece, but that hasn't happened in a few years. Thanks, Covid!
The lake of the park is crossed by boats and I remember that I used to walk with them as a child. In the meantime, I found out that I am afraid of water.
I walked through this park dozens of times, I told dozens of times and I decided to talk about these walks only when I see something special, unique. Well, that's what happened and I want to tell, through pictures, about the training of a nautical club. There are countless such clubs or nautical associations on the lakeshore. On this day I was surprised to see the athletes and their boats at work.
Words would be superfluous, especially since I wouldn't even know what to say, and then I let the photos speak.
I was attracted by the chromaticity of the image, by the colors of the canvases that are reflected in the lake water. These images were a big surprise for me.
It was a pleasure to see these boats floating on the surface of the lake. The moment I saw them I knew they would be the subject of this post.
But not only boats are worth mentioning. Quite a few other beauties, along with the pleasant shade and the blowing wind, made this a very pleasant walk. Another part of the lake separates this park from the largest ethnographic museum in Romania. It is called the Village Museum, was founded in 1936 and consists of dozens of peasant houses in Romania in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
This time I did not visit the museum, because time would not be enough, I just took a look away from the park. Among the trees is the tower of a wooden church, exhibited in the museum.
In the distance I see a family of cormorants. The park is full of fish, so enough food for waterfowl. This is another attraction of the park, the multitude of birds.
Then we see a house built on water. It is a house specific to the Danube Delta, a house built on water. Blue is the specific color of houses in the delta.
The walk in the park will end soon, a green alley that I really like, my favorite...
Across the lake, in the distance you can see the tallest buildings in Bucharest. I have to show them, there are some exceptions in our city. Bucharest is the most exposed capital in Europe in earthquakes. Because of this, very tall buildings are not built. This cylindrical building that can be seen in the distance has about thirty-five floors.
You are probably wondering why I do not say the exact number of floors, it would not be difficult to find out the exact number from the internet. That's right, but as I said at the beginning, I'm lazy on the weekends and I don't want to search. It wouldn't even be that important.
No more park, no more walking. just a short visit to a confectionery, a very good confectionery in the area. That meant re-entering the city traffic, fortunately in August, due to the holidays, the traffic is much calmer.
Hot summer days, hot weekend days. Now they all seem hard to bear but I am sure that very soon we will miss them. Because this is human nature.
I asked Wikipedia on your behalf for some pertinent information about this place. In case you want to know...
King Mihai I Park of Romania (formerly Carol II Park, National Park, Stalin IV Park and Herastrau Park) is a large park of Bucharest, located in the northern part of the city, bounded by Prezan Constantin Blvd. , B-dul Aviatorilor, Șos.Nordului, Str. Elena Văcărescu, Șos. Bucharest-Ploiești and King Mihai I Road. It was built in 1936 on the shores of Herăstrău Lake (74 ha). Its total area is 187 ha. [The lake in the center of the park is part of the anthropic lake chain of the Colentina River. The alley of the park that surrounds the lake has a length of 5.92 km.
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