Otopeni Pension Bucharest

Ajung la Bucuresti pentru treburi la Ministerul Justitiei. Si daca tot sunt aici, ma hotarasc sa vizitez Targul Imobiliar National care se desfasoara in 24-27 septembrie in Piata Constitutiei.

Atat de pompos numitul “Targ National” ocupa scuarul din fata Casei Poporului, in zona interzisa circulatiei, pe o suprafata de cateva sute de metri patrati. Intru in zona ingradita in care se desfasoara manifestatia si constat ca de data asta ofertele ...

Thursday we visited another castle, Peles Castle in Sinai, in the morning which was quite impressive. We had a little trek up the hill, saw the castle set to the backdrop of the snow-capped mountains, ate some cake and then napped on the bus all the way to Bucharest. We had our first major truck disaster on the road to Bucharest; without any warning one of the front windows of the truck smashed, showering glass all over David and Alison. Fortunately, auto glass ...

... if I go outside I'll be killed, luckily you, a taxi driver who speaks good English will, for a reasonable price, take me to a hostel ran by an Englishwoman..that sounds perfect, it's just too bad I don't believe a word you've said. By accusing me of racism, you got me into a conversation about a hostel ran by an English girl (a fact you only mentioned when you were sure of my origins) and I imagine if I get into your taxi I'll be ...

... time with Dan Dinu, the Plant Manager, and his team. Whilst I have visited a very large number of bottling sites across Europe this was my first visit to a brewery operation. I was given a tour of the brewery facility and taken through the process from raw material delivery through to bottling and packaging. The first thing that struck me was the level of automation in the brewing process - the whole process is fully automatic. The packaging and bottling ...

... that he was so completely different to me being a facts and figures accountant/ IT person and he an artsy fartsy writers photographer. I headed to bed early to be up in time for my appointment at 10am at the embassy. I woke up with plenty of time. Went down to have breakfast in the hotel, collected all of my papers and then pulled out my phone calendar to double check the time of my appointment. It was at that point that I realised there was a problem. When I made the ...

... Romanias love their fruit! And so did we, fresh raspberries!! The Romanians don't care for vegetables though; for 2 weeks, the only green things we could find were bell peppers and cabbage. At the typical produce stand it's 2/3 fruit, 1/3 veggies ~ The more we change countries and currencies, the more abstract becomes the concept of money. Another country, another set of paper pieces in my wallet, and the association of value with the pretty bits of paper has grown rather tenuous ...

... looking for our hostel and finally ended on the street that wasn't even on the map. And then when we just wanted to give in, a really nice Romanian guy showed out of nowhere and actually helped us. Besides that he also warned us very strictly, not to make coversation to people. "Ask the taxi diver. Never the stranger." Well, to be honest, the city did not really impress me and most of the next day i've spent in the car ...

... and law structure.... and what do you get??? Casinos with huge neon signs everywhere; strip clubs and sex shops (more than) on every corner. Prostitution very prevalent and retailers treating the saying ´sex sells´ as the word of god (even coffee machines have some pic of a half naked woman on it.... and no sign of anything to do with coffee)... Anyway, the city is pretty cool. Its a ...

... how do you say...blocked, for calls in other district. I will have to use my own cell phone - belongs to ME. You sure you don't have phone?". Bahl finally lets out a long sigh and dials the number. While he investigates we look around the cold, smokey room and notice among other things a nudey calendar juxtaposed next to a portrait of Holy Mary and child. Bahl finishes the call and looks intently at his phone. "Seven minutes!" he gasps. "Did you get all you the information ...

... It's too bad his people were starving while he was building this glorious structure. Consequently, after his execution in 1989, the name was changed to it's present title from "Peoples Palace" Romania is in quite an interesting stage of development. Bucharest itself is quite packed with cars and people chatting away on cell phones. Billboards advertising everything from clothing to televisions bombard you from every angle ...