European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Apartments line a Bucharest Boulevard leading to a new government building All built Lor cronies of deposed Nicolae eau Aasu end now Ell virtually empty. A by Randy Mcclain staff write traveler s t note report from Ravel in Romania entails some hardships Road conditions Are Denio Patilu in the Countryside and in major Cilious Al this Lime of year the Sun sols around 5 30 p m and driving Al night is dangerous the roads can be clogged by slow moving horse drawn wagons trucks and East bloc cars Hal Putter along at a snails Pace compared with automobiles in the West also a lot o people walk Between villages and they can be hard to spot Al night highways Between major cities Are Little More than two Lane roads. There Are no Center lines or Highway reflectors to Aid Drivers. A amp Susan Harris crossing an East bloc Border traditionally has been an unpleasant experience for Many americans but on a recent trip to Romania the country s Border guards hardly gave an american passport a second look. A drive through Hungary to reach the romanian Border . In Hungary one Border guard looked at a visitor s . Passport and decided to try out i eng so pleased to meet you a he said in a heavy accent. Another guard asked Lor a Beer and then waved the visitor s car through a Whert he waa told there was no brew on Board. Clearing customs was a snap on the Way Home Hom a Romania. In years past Border guards routinely searched All Luggage an delayed visitors Tor several Livours. This tuna customs officials waved Western cars through with no delay and Only a cursory examination in Bucharest plans Call for turning the palatial Home of Nicolae and Ceausescu and his wife Elena into a museum. Whon Ceausescu was alive die tree lined boulevards continued on Page 14 monday february 19, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 13