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Europe » Romania » Muntenia » Prahova » Busteni February 24th 2013

O excursie de un weekend la Busteni. Am vrut sa facem ski, dar am renuntat. Miros de vin prost, agitatie, preturi mari, frig. Pensiunea a fost ok, 80 lei pe noapte, cu lobby/bucatarie. Avea doar 3 camere deci a fost perfecta pentru noi. Am mancat un bulz bun la un restaurant, dar a costat 20 de lei (portia) Foarte frumos drumul de intoarcere - Bran - Fundata - Campulung Muscel - Pitesti... read more

Europe » Romania » Muntenia » Bucharest September 23rd 2012

The entire team rolled into Romania from various parts of the US and a few from Brussels (early travelers)! We enjoyed each other's company last night at Carul cu Bere which seemed to be the most popular place in town. The waitor put together a spread of appetizers including traditional mix of tomatoes, cucumbers, red peppers, eggplant, various cheese (sheep, head, cream) and meats (liverwurst, sausage, raw bacon). Paul found it challenging to try everything while others grimaced. Once to the main courses, we saw a mix of stuffed squash, cabbage leaves, and wine leaves with mincemeat, while others select various sausages or chicken dishes. Compliments included 'baked potato', beans, or palenta. Most of us tried the local beer as well as 'Carlsburg' -- a beer from Denmark. Don and Britt were pressured into dancing ... read more

Europe » Romania » Muntenia » Bucharest August 1st 2012

De ce? Pentru ca vreau sa imi amintesc toate locurile in care am fost. Stiu ca este tarziu, ca nu voi apuca sa scriu despre Paris, Londra, Cehia, Croatia...dar mai bine mai tarziu decat niciodata.... read more

Europe » Romania » Muntenia » Bucharest July 1st 2012

Friday 29th June 2012 Mostly a smooth day, we had our breakfast, checked out of the hotel, walked to the bus terminal in town where we caught a bus to the station. When we went to buy our ticket we found our desired train was full! Woops, should have bought the ticket yesterday. Never mind the next train was only an hour later. We found a quite spot upstairs where Rags read and Judy perused some student drafts and wrote some feedback to be posted when she was next online. Then at 12.35pm it was on the train and back to Bucharest. We arrived at about 1500. So that we wouldn't need a large meal back at the apartment we had a late lunch/early dinner at Central station before catching the Metro and local bus. By ... read more
Work time
The Palace
The Balcony

Europe » Romania » Muntenia » Bucharest July 1st 2012

For today we had the plan to go to a festival we had spotted staring bands as Within Temptation, Evanesence and Guns n' Roses. We were also interested in watching the final in the European football championships, and had looked that we might be able to see the end of the game if Guns n' Roses had a good gig, and the complete game if Guns n' Roses sucked. We had been up quite late last evening enjoying our terrace, so we slept late and after that we went to the same beerhall as yesterday for lunch. We had a sausage plate for two as main course, a little bit too much and a little bit to heavy for us, but we were able to go the whole day on that meal. We then had a ... read more
The drummer of Evanesence, doesn't he look like Animal from the Muppets?
Axl Rose, older but still going strong
The light show of Gn'R was spectacular

Europe » Romania » Muntenia » Teleorman » Rosiori de Verde June 30th 2012

Rosiori de Vede La o distanta de 120km de Bucuresti se afla orasul de la campie, numit Rosiori de Vede, al doilea ca marime dupa Alexandria. Datorita unui eveniment iata-ne ajunsi si cazati la pensiunea restaurant La Nicu Dorila, in mijlocul padurii Vedea. Am avut o camera dubla, cu baie proprie, camera micuta, cu TV si chiar aer conditionat, tarif 150ron. Exista chiar si locuri de parcare in fata pensiunii. Accesul a fost un pic mai dificil datorita unui singure alei cu un sens prin padure.... read more

Europe » Romania » Muntenia » Bucharest June 30th 2012

Today was basically the only day we had to look around in Bucharest. It was enough to change my images of the city (and country) completely. Kind of embarrassing to admit, but I had images that the city would be full of Roma beggars, stray dogs running around and pick pockets...Sure, the city has lots and lots of ugly Soviet style grey block houses even in the very center, but it has also friendly and relaxed athmosphere (we have again had several encounters with very friendly and helpful locals that would be unlikely to happen back home), excellent quality for the price at restaurants and cafés, good shopping (many international chains which are not available in Helsinki), and also parts of the beautiful old center still exist today. I also find cities like this, which have ... read more
The fancy beer house
Leo walking around Bucharest historic center
Piata Unirii

Europe » Romania » Muntenia » Bucharest June 29th 2012

We ended our stay in Turkey with an early wake up, çay and an airport shuttle tour from Göreme to Kayseri airport. Johanna managed to get our luggage booked all the way to Bucharest, effectly blocking the queue for 15 minutes when mr. Slowmotion in the check-in typed in all the info with his one-finger method typing technique. But we still had no problem making it to the plane even though the shuttlebus arrived only 50 minutes before the plane left, the Kayseri airport only consists of check-in, security and one gate so everything went quickly after the check-in. After an hour up in the air we arrived back to square one, Istanbul. There we then sat reading books and writing on our blog for three hours before taking off for Bucharest, again about one hour ... read more
The styles of the buildings were very mixed
The Parliament building by night

Europe » Romania » Muntenia » Bucharest June 21st 2012

Wednesday 20th June 2012 The alarm had us up and about by 0415 giving us time to get dressed and do our last bit of packing before meeting the taxi downstairs at 0445. We were at the airport just after 0500 and even though there were long lines at the departure area we passed through very quickly. For once we were at an airport where they not only had lots of scanning machines and immigration booths, they also manned them! We still had some time before our flight loaded so we had some of the food we had brought with us. Just as well, the plane was delayed for over an hour, LOT not giving any explanation. We arrived at the modern airport in Warsaw, found the departure lounge and settled in. We got a little ... read more
Judy's new hair cut.
View down the Boulevard Unurii with it's many fountains.
Dâmboviţa River

Europe » Romania » Muntenia » Arges June 19th 2012

What a year it has been!!! 19th June - a fun-packed day to wrap up a fun-packed year! :)... read more
B2 class - final day
B2 class - final day
B2 class - final day




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