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Column #385 Bucharest, Romania - Dartoids World
Here I sit worrying and nursing an Ursus beer in the English Bar, the most famous pub in the Balkans, located in the heart of Bucharest, Romania in the glitzy Athenee Plaza Hotel. Immortalized in the Balkan Trilogy and other novels, the nearly century-old bar has played host to clandestine meetings, espionage, and served as a safe haven during the two World Wars and the dark days of the Nicolae Ceausescu communist era. Vladimir Putin and George Bush have stopped by in recent times. So have Boris Becker, Woody Harrelson, and Claudia Schiffer. Elvis was here last Thursday.