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A Quick Stop In Bucharest
Published: January 25th 2012Europe » Romania » Muntenia » Bucharest » Centru Civic
January 19th 2012
We arrived in Bucharest via the train from Brasov, and followed our instructions from the metro to our hostel. We decided to stay out of the city centre this time due to the protesting. We stayed in an old soviet block building area of the city. We have seen these areas in many of the eastern European cities we have been to but never stayed in one, its amazing at how large they are and how many people they stuff in there. The best part was trying to find our hostel as they all look exactly the same and are numbered in a confusing manner, for example our hostel was building EB302A-C. We found it, caught the tiny creaky elevator up and later found out that we were only 50kgs off the maximum weight. (Mikaela would ... read more
the best of Bucuresti
Published: November 27th 2011Europe » Romania » Muntenia » Bucharest » Centru Civic
August 26th 2011
Then – Bucharest. We made our way, gingerly, down the fantastically bad Romanian road system, marvelling at the only length of motorway in the country. A decent part of the road this, and it really didn’t go anywhere. We had decided to live it up a little in Bucharest after a few months of camping – we booked a pretty flash room at the NH Hotel Bucharest. A bathroom, aircon and telly – it even had tea and coffee making facilities. Fighting through the Bucharest traffic was easier than I had anticipated. Or perhaps I had simply grown used to the peculiarities of Romanian driving. Romanians, I had discovered, were really pretty ordinary drivers. Sure, they made it a matter of pride that they can pass on a blind corner, or aiming straight at the Tatra ... read more
Bucharest - Days 13-14
Published: August 28th 2011Europe » Romania » Muntenia » Bucharest » Centru Civic
August 17th 2011
I arrived in Bucharest early in the evening so I went out for a couple of drinks and a meal before heading back to the hostel. I was surprised to find out that when I got back to there a party going on in its grounds. From what I could gather (as I had myself had a few drinks by then) it was a France appreciation society and they had invited lots of French expats for the evening. They didn't mind me gatecrashing!! I spent the following day wandering around Bucharest, it has the second largest building in the world (behind the Pentagon) - the palace of the parliament. It measures 270 m (890 ft) by 240 m (790 ft), 86 m (282 ft) high, and 92 m (302 ft) underground. It has 1,100 rooms, 2 ... read more
May 8th 2010
5 May 2010 After a sleepless night on the overnight train from Ankara, we arrived in Istanbul on the Asian side early morning and caught a ferry over to Europe. Istanbul from this viewpoint is absolutely gorgeous. We enjoyed the short and cold ferry ride over to the European continent. Nina, our tour leader, led us to the Constantine Hotel, which is the main Intrepid hotel here in Istanbul. We were able to leave our luggage and went with the others to a Turkish ‘McDonalds” type of place to have breakfast. We said our good byes, as this was the last morning of the trip and went to check out the Grand Bazaar. It was around 9am at this stage. The Grand Bazaar was very different from most of the other markets we had been to. ... read more
Chegada em Bucareste
Published: September 10th 2010Europe » Romania » Muntenia » Bucharest » Centru Civic
May 27th 2005
Chegamos em Paris no meio da manhã. O dia estava bonito e ensolarado. Lembro de sentir aquele bafo de calor gostoso quando descemos do avião. Depois de 12 horas de ar condicionado, nada melhor que isso. Já sentia meu nariz melhorando. Embarcamos para BUCARESTE (Romênia), em outro vôo da Air France. O avião era bem menor e com menos atrativos também. A viagem era curta (2 ou 3 horas), mas foi bastante agradável. Ao sobrevoarmos o Lago Balaton, na Hungria, a vista do alto era belíssima. Impressionou o tamanho do lago. Chegamos em BUCARESTE por volta das 14hs. Trocamos dinheiro no aeroporto e tivemos nosso primeiro contato com os lei romenos. As bagagens devem ter chegado bem antes de nós, pois minha mochila não estava na esteira, mas encostada num canto. Bizarro. A mala do Márcio ... read more
