Shattered glass and debris covered the base, and the smell of charred wreckage hung in the air.
The base closed in 1992, after the 1991 eruption of Mt Pinatubo covered the base in volcanic ash and efforts to extend a joint treaty failed.
SFANTU GHEORGHE, Romania — Dozens of wreaths trailing ribbons in red, white and green, the colors of the Hungarian flag, covered the base of a memorial to the 1848 revolution in the town park here on a recent day.
The thin slices of fish, translucent and rosy-red, covered the base of a plain white plate while around the rim were scattered pieces of dark-skinned eggplant, celery and tiny capers of the sweet-sour caponata accompaniment.
The family went to the pet store, spent more on the glass bowl than on its tenant, and covered the base of its new home with small phosphorescent rocks that looked like children's breakfast cereal.
Jessica Chastain then covered the base for "Zero Dark Thirty" when she was named best actress in a motion-picture drama, another expected award, as the show neared its end.
