Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Romania? It’s toilet.

by Craig Turp May 19, 2009 Bucharest

 Loved this story which popped up on Mediafax earlier: the biggest complaint foreign tourists have when visiting Romania is the lack of (or the state of) public toilets. Here’s one particular toilet nugget: One Saturday, four coachloads of American tourists visited, en bloc, Casa Poporului (which is, of course, the most visited and best known [...]

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When good taxis go bad

by Craig Turp May 19, 2009 Bucharest

 We got an email at Bucharest In Your Pocket this morning from the Finnish Embassy, claiming that drivers at one of the capital’s (until now) more trusted taxi companies, Leone, have begun employing some underhand tactics. Here’s the mail: “I would like to inform you about taxis of Bucharest. Your list of trusted taxi companies [...]

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