Into Romania........

 From Varna we were supposed to be going inland directly to Bucharest. This was changed at the last minute.....taking us to Constanta.....on the Black Sea and closer to Ukraine! Only 150kms from the frontier and about 450kms from Odessa! A little too close maybe!

Constanta has a very large port which is now being used to transport Ukraine grain.  It is presumably conceivable that the Russians know this and it might become a target....although there is also a NATO base there! There seemed to be a lot of barriers around the port which made it difficult to take photos! But I did try!

This city also had an Archaeological museum with lots of gold actually found there and in the port area........

.....and great sculptures in amazing condition...found almost totally undamaged! 

There was also a burial vault.....

Amazing detail.......

.....and a very long mosaic floor was also found on site..

The main square was sort of OK and had a few outdoor restaurants.

There was one building worth seeing, the House with Lions... but now it is decaying a little! A shame!

The drive to Bucharest was quite long...but it was essentially motorway all the way!

It is a large city so driving to the hotel we were able to see quite a few Communist era buildings... apparently the actual apartments inside are very small.

Just before we got to the hotel we saw amazing fountains.....the tall square block building at the back was built by Ceausescu,,,,,,,,,,,, we would be visiting it later!