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30 hours travel time, a missed flight with resulting 7 hour layover in Paris, lost luggage, and a botched car rental reservation later, I arrive at the Hotel Confort just across the road from Otopeni Airport surrounded with my sole possessions at that point in the trip. By the look on my face you can tell I was beginning to wonder just what the hell was I doing in Romania anyway...

On the Road in Romania

October 15th 2004
In October 2004, I took a solo trip to Romania. When I told my friend Per (who is himself half-Romanian and whose family still owns land there) that I was going to Romania he asked me if I knew just what the hell I was doing going to Romania. The answer was yes.......but as I was to find out later, also no. Romania was surprising in some ways and disappointing in others. Surprising that it was so ... read more

Europe » Romania

The principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia - for centuries under the suzerainty of the Turkish Ottoman Empire - secured their autonomy in 1856; they united in 1859 and a few years later adopted the new name of Romania. The country gained recognitio... ... read more

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