Old Lottery

This was a standard kiosk for the Romanian National Lottery during the communism era. The shot was taken in the city of Felix Baths...

And speaking about communism, let's have a laugh from that era:

Q: What is KGB?
A: It's the heart of the Communist Party, which beats, and beats, and beats...

And another one:

Two convicts were having a conversation:
"John, how many years you got?" asks the first one.
"15 years", answers John.
"What for? What did you do?"
"Nothing!" says John.
"You're lying! For nothing you get only 5 years!"

Felix Baths

A collage with some images from Felix Baths - Romania

I didn't have in mind to post this one, actually I made it last night after I read Bill's comment! No Bill, that wasn't the main road, that's just a wild forest from F.B.! Here are some shots that I took inside the town. I recommend y'all to see it at full size!

And of course, a joke!
English has to be one of the hardest languages to understand. Read the paragraph below and try to understand the meaning.

Two individuals proceeded towards the apex of a natural geologic protuberance, the purpose of their expedition being the procurement of a sample of fluid hydride of oxygen in a large vessel, the exact size of which was unspecified. One member of the team precipitously descended, sustaining severe damage to the upper cranial portion of his anatomical structure; Subsequently the second member of the team performed a self rotational translation oriented in the same direction taken by the first team member.

In plain English what does this translate to?

Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water, Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after!

The Green Tunnel

I took this shot in april while visiting Felix Baths (Baile Felix - in romanian language), an ancient thermal spa resort from Romania, developed during the Roman Empire occupancy (about 1900 yrs ago) for its rich resources of thermal water. The resorts host many mineral springs with thermal (20-48°C), sulphuric, calcic, sodic, rich in bicarbonate waters known since the beginning of the first millennium. The soothing effect of the waters on articular and muscular pain and on various rheumatic neuralgias accounts for the fame of cures in the resort for the treatment of inflammatory rheumatic diseases (rheumatic polyarthritis, rheumatoid spondylitis, conditions after acute articular rheumatism), degenerative and articular rheumatic diseases, central and peripheral neurological disorders, gynecological diseases, post-traumatic conditions, endocrine disorders. The facilities offer treatment of rheumatism and neurological and gynecological diseases. The modern medical base has at its disposal various facilities for procedures involving electrotherapy, hydrotherapy, aerosols, massage, paraffin packing and other water treatments.

Oh yes, I got another joke:

From a guard tower of a fort in the wild west, the sentinel yells:
- Captain, some Indians are approaching!
- Friends or enemies? ask the captain.
- I think they're friends, 'cause they come together!