5/5 Andy B. 6 months ago on Google • 17 reviews
Bucharest
hosts
two
types
of
visitors:
people
who
go
to
the
"Ferestroika"
museum,
and
fools
who
miss
out.
It
is
easy
to
forget
how
real
history
was
experienced
by
the
majority
people
who
lived
it;
even
traditional
museums
whose
collections
contain
"everyday"
items
tend
to
do
a
poor
job
of
conveying
this
reality.
In
my
opinion,
you
need
something
more
substantial,
such
as
the
flat
at
Ferestroika,
to
see
it
and
hear
about
it
in
situ.
I
*could*
tell
you
what's
there
and
what
I
learned
there,
post
my
photos,
but
there
would
be
no
point:
you
need
to
go
and
see
it,
hear
directly
from
someone
who
knows
all
about
it.
Our
guide,
Andra,
was
exceptional.
Not
only
knowledgable
about
the
period
generally,
she
also
told
us
personal
stories
about
her
childhood
in
the
country
as
it
recovered
from
the
communist
period,
and
of
her
parents'
lives
during
it,
to
help
us
understand
what
the
Romanian
people
went
through
under
Ceausescu.
She
was
interesting
and
I
never
lost
focus
once
even
though
we
overran
quite
a
bit
because
of
Andra's
patience
in
answering
all
of
our
questions.
And
lastly
she
was
a
great
conversationalist,
happy
to
hear
about
our
own
experiences
(as
Brits)
and
whatever
small
similarities
and
differences
we
noticed
as
she
showed
us
around.
What
surprised
and
impressed
me
most
was
that
this
was
really
a
museum
about
Bucharest
today
as
it
is
about
Bucharest
in
the
80s.
I
didn't
expect
that.
When
you
understand
exactly
the
cultural
movements
and
motifs
that
existed
in
the
communist
regime,
and
how
things
developed
from
that,
you
can
understand
a
lot
more
about
Romania's
present;
cultural
history
isn't
a
series
of
distinct,
solid
periods,
but
a
fluid.
Again,
I
have
to
credit
the
guide
for
teaching
us
about
those
things
and
explaining
as
much
about
the
present
day
as
the
past.
Go
here.
Cancel
your
plans
to
go
to
whatever
gallery
or
museum
you
were
going
to
do
before
you
found
out
about
this.
Seriously.
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