One of the joys of doing architectural photography in a place like Bucharest is encountering a multitude of inquisitive cats and usually taciturn dogs. They are stray animals or pets left to roam about town. The old city quarters still retain a patriarchal atmosphere and tolerant attitude concerning the stray cats and dogs, inherited from the times of the erstwhile Ottoman Empire. A few times I had to face awkward situation when encountering packs of suspicious or aggressive dogs, but I invariably managed to avoid trouble by having a common sense approach and taking into account their territoriality. I snapped a few photographs with subjects from those almost always enjoyable encounters, which I grouped in the above photomontage and the slide show just bellow the text. I hope you would enjoy these images- “by-products” of my architectural photography work :).
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I endeavor through this daily series of daily articles to inspire appreciation of the historic houses of Romania, a virtually undiscovered, but fascinating chapter of European architectural heritage.
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If you plan acquiring a historic property in Romania or start a renovation project, I would be delighted to advice you in sourcing the property, specialist research, planning permissions, restoration project management, etc. To discuss your particular plan please see my contact details in the Contact page of this weblog.
Valentin Mandache, architectural historian 
Pe ciinele de pe gard l-am vazut si noi de nenumarate ori, intotdeauna in postura lui preferata.
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