Bucharest, Romania Travel Blogs

Bucharest!!!
Aug 14, 2006 (2 photos)

... go to the railway ticketing office downtown, which is about 3 miles from the station! Go figure... She Said: Bucharest is a strange blend of old communist style buildings interspersed with really blatant capitalist images. For example, there is a ...

The Dirty Dozen: The Sequel
Jul 1, 2006 (8 photos)

"Some people are on the pitch.... they think it's all over.... It is now!" Kenneth Walstenholme, 1966 We were staying in this pretty nice hostel called Villa Helga, and as is often the case it was made better by the abundance of people that we met. It ...

Bucharest
Jul 8, 2008

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Bucharest
Jul 1, 2008

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Beyond the "People's Palace"
Sep 14, 2007 (24 photos)

Having already seen the exterior of the much talked about grotesque People's Palace built by Romania's former leader, Ceausescu on an earlier trip, I was keen to explore whatever might be left of the older more historic city.  Just a bit of background ...

First Impressions
Jul 3, 2003 (2 photos)

... being in Valcea for the next three weeks, I am really hoping to get to know some of the local people. In Bucharest, our World Vision Romania rep, Toni, took us around the city. Touring in this fashion with 10 other people is difficult for me; this is a ...

Back in Bucharest
Aug 13, 2008 (20 photos)

... . In addition, a million new cars in a city of two million with an infrastructure which is completely inadequate, make Bucharest a driver's nightmare. Oh and did we mention the dogs? Back when the communists were razing the old neighborhoods, many dogs ...

Train change
Aug 20, 2008

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quick stopover
Apr 2, 2007 (5 photos)

... by the group. Ended up going for dinner, going back to the hostel, watching a little TV and hitting the sack. This was Bucharest. There are two airports in Bucharest - the main, modern one that most people use - and the one I was flying out of, ...

Bucharest
Nov 23, 2000 (3 photos)

Unfortunately Bucharest seemed to be one of the most uninspiring European Capitals that I have seen. Its one of those places that only seems to get negative feedback on the backpacker trail. But that said it still managed to grow on me after a couple of ...

Bucharest, Romania
Oct 20, 2009 (107 photos)

Change...again!
Apr 19, 2009

... sausages from a plastic plate, stayed in a 2 star hotel and drank ice tea! and a Skoll. They drink a lot it seems in Romania. anyway, not a very nice city, a bit "thirdword" looking you could put it, but the people in between the concrete and rust were ...

Day 16 - Bucharest
May 14, 2008 (18 photos)

... to dedicate our day to a relaxing visit to local parks. We start visiting the well known "Gradina Botanica", or BUCHAREST BOTANICAL GARDEN.   The Botanical Garden from Bucharest is on this place since 1884. The arrangement of the garden is ...

Free Day in Bucharest
Sep 10, 2006 (2 photos)

... and the new mall. I ask which she recommends, and she says the old mall, which is the first shopping mall in Bucharest. After hanging up I marvel at how the universe provides solutions in the most amazing ways. I had been lethargic and uninspired, and out ...

Day 18 - Vocational Day 2 and Mia's Children
May 16, 2008 (21 photos)

... to move into lighting services. They are responsible for all the street lighting in Bucharest (desiging, installing, maintaining) and 18 other cities in Romania. They also provide interior lighting for hotels, stadiums and offices, and manufacture and ...

Through the Carpathian Mountains
Jul 5, 2007 (15 photos)

... learn history!  Anyway, remember how I mused how Vienna had the resources to rebuild their beautiful buildings after WWII?  Bucharest is a city that doesn't seem to have the money to polish their city for the tourists that are coming.  There ...

Follow the Romanian Road!
Apr 8, 2008 (1 photos)

(S) Romania. Romania. What the heck are we doing? Looks like speeding on through Bucharest and heading straight for Brasov. In our sweet Chevy Spark. (C) This Spark in the dark has about as many horsepower as my dog when I hook him up to a wagon and ...

Bucharest
Jun 29, 2008 (5 photos)

We are now in Bucharest sitting in yet another huge thunder storm, clive has had a few washes this week. Bucharest was not much to look at, a lot of communist era buildings are still about, but a lot of scaffolding is up and I am sure things are changing. ...

Lazy Days in Romania
Nov 2, 2005 (10 photos)

Bucharest was nothing but massive walking expeditions and movies galore! There are a few interesting spots, but overall its nothing overly special. The higlights were: -free DVD movies in the hostel (I haven't watched a DVD or a movie in like 6 months ...

Bucharest, Romania
May 28, 2007

... C weather?  We were very tempted to peel off our clothes and continue in our underwear. We then made our way to Bucharest in Romania.  Our stop at the border was pretty short again.  Romania joined the EU this past January as well. We ...

Day 19 - Barbecue by the Lake
May 17, 2008 (17 photos)

... met some really awesome people....and may have spent a reasonable chunk of Day 19 sleeping! In the afternoon Aurel Pavel from Bucharest Continental Rotary Club invited us to his lake house on Snagov Lake. The house is a 9 bedroom property owned by his ...

Bucarest
Mar 23, 2008

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2 nights in Bucharest... oops I mean 3.
Sep 24, 2007 (38 photos)

... I leave. Oh well, thats life I guess. At least Im getting my bad karma out of the way BEFORE i get to the embassy. :-) Bucharest is a really nice city and easy to walk around so I'm going to head out to see a few things today and find a hotel. I ...

Bulgaria and Romania
Sep 6, 2009 (2 photos)

... with humor. So amazing how the war still effects the people still on a day to day basis. The Parliament Palace in Bucharest is unbelievably beautiful and huge and the most impressive structure in the city. Last day on the boat ... off to Turkey.

Peles Castle / Return to Bucharest
Sep 9, 2006 (11 photos)

... stop at a gas station to fill the tank and our stomachs with sandwiches, and then back to our fabulous Marriott Hotel in Bucharest, where masses of pillows on the comfy beds are a great attraction. Just before arriving at the hotel our guide stops at a ...

X-communist Society
Jul 8, 2006 (5 photos)

... ´t so different in the 50s and 60 with the ´communist scare... is that right grandparents?) Anyway, in 1989 Romania declared its Independence, had a fairly violent revolution, and became a democracy. People had total freedom...practically overnight. You ...

Our first full day in Romania
Jul 3, 2007 (4 photos)

... it home to use with my college choir - HA!  little do they know!!!!!) Well, that's probably more than you bargained for for today!  Tomorrow we visit the "Black Church" and one of Dracula's haunts.  Good night from Bucharest!

Bucharest: home of hospitality
Apr 23, 2009 (9 photos)

... April 23-27, 2009 Romania is the hospitality capital of the world. We know this to be true through our experience in Bucharest, where over a 24 hour period of time we were dined, chauffeured, and toured around the city, all by people we have never met ...

Day 15 - Bucharest. Tour with Julia
May 13, 2008 (24 photos)

... Romanians there too, enjoying the peaceful atmosphere and quiet of the area. We then took a trip down the major boulevards of Bucharest, including Victoria, Charles de Gaulle and Dorobanti ('Do-ro-ban-tz' - a type of soldier in World War 2), all names ...

To bucharest!
Jul 5, 2009

Romania - lake snagov