June 2009

Romanian trains are slow and useless

by Craig Turp June 22, 2009 Romania

 We’d not been on a Romanian train for well over a year before last Friday, when we headed off to Brasov for a research trip ahead of the imminent publication of a Brasov In Your Pocket Mini-Guide. In that time Romanian railways (CFR) appears to have gone backwards. First the good. The trains themselves are [...]

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Buying train tickets in Romania

by Craig Turp June 17, 2009 Romania

 Is not easy. Like a lunatic (or a new arrival: I mean, we’ve been here a while, so we should know what to expect…) we went to the website of Romanian railways, CFR, and tried to purchase a ticket to Brasov online. Did we succeed? Of course not. After ten minutes of trying to find [...]

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Cancellation of third-rate motor racing event sparks Twitter outrage

by Craig Turp June 17, 2009 Bucharest

Not since thousands of western liberals began trying to bring down the Iranian government by sending endless Twitter messages from the comfort of their offices has Twitter known such outrage: Bucharest City Council has cancelled the Bucharest Ring! How dare they!

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Get lost, Zara’s coming

by Craig Turp June 17, 2009 Bucharest

We are not entirely sure if that’s how it was put, but the conversation between the management of the Bucharest Mall and erstwhile clients Leonardo and Bigotti couldn’t have been much different.

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Antena 1′s scoop that wasn’t

by Craig Turp June 16, 2009 Media

Another brilliant example of why the internet is as reliable as British Rail. Looks like somebody sent this story (stills actually from Lost) to Antena 1′s rating-chasing Acces Direct. In classic ‘no point checking if they’re for real’ style they broadcast them, complete with commentary from serious journo dudes. Oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear.

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Around Bucharest on a bike: Cicloteque gets it right. Nearly

by Craig Turp June 15, 2009 Bucharest

Last year we donned shorts and dreamed of Pedro Delgado-esque ascents of Luz Ardiden as we took part in the launch of Cicloteque, a campaign to get more people in Bucharest out of their cars and on their bikes.

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Cismigiu: The cleanest park in the world? No.

by Craig Turp June 15, 2009 Bucharest

 Got an angry email this morning from someone rabid that we dared mention in the latest issue of Bucharest In Your Pocket that Cismigiu has a litter problem: I assume you did not enjoy a recent early walking in Cismigiu where, at around 7am, a fleet of workers cleans the whole garden which is – [...]

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