Post-socialist Consumerism

As it's quite late, I will only post some photos, but I 'll deepen the idea of post-socialist consumerism in future posts. :)
They are taken in the event of the Romanian National Day which coincided with the lighting of the Millennium Bank Christmas Tree - the tallest in Europe, as marketed. (Un)fortunately (?), I have not been present, but a quick google search will prove that media and bloggers' world exploded on the issue.


A neat Piata Unirii panorama

http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=163308936&size=l

The Tree and Fireworks

http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2085505554&size=m

The Tree, wider angle (backwards, there's also Unirea Shopping Center, a former communist department store).

http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2094736358&size=m

Somewhat an opposite angle of the picture above, with people and cars stuck in traffic

http://www.pahomi.ro/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/unirii-0112-1.jpg