The cops led us over to the side of the street where they had a van waiting and asked to see our identification. Our Romanian pals handed over their IDs and Bedlam and I gave them our passports. My first thought was “Are these guys legit?” I had heard stories of scams where people pretended [...]
Before we arrived in Bucharest, I joked to Bedlam that to do something entertaining we should attempt to make ourselves “interesting” to Romanian intelligence services. With the upcoming NATO summit, the cops are out in full force and tensions are high, so they’re on the lookout for troublemakers. He pointed out that these intelligence services [...]
As far as hostels go, the Butterfly Villa is pretty nice. Lonely Planet rates it the best hostel in Bucharest and it’s not hard to see why. It’s a nice place, it’s not too crowded, they have all-day breakfast and free wireless internet. We met some pretty cool people our first night and since we [...]
We were about as unprepared as two people could be for an international trip to a country we knew nothing about. We spent too long hanging around the office before heading to the metro, so by the time we finally stumbled off the metro and into the airport we had about 15 minutes before the [...]
When you’re stuck in a completely foreign third-world country where nobody speaks your language and the entire place is shut down due to strikes and riots, there’s only one thing to do: pick a new country where they aren’t on strike!
Romania’s not too far away and I’ve never been there, so next week I’m heading [...]
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