Romania

On second thoughts, are Romania’s roads really all that bad?

by Craig Turp January 24, 2012 Romania

 As you will probably know if you have read this, we spent the festive season at our in-laws in Petresti, Satu Mare, at the other end of the country. Having completely forgotten to book flights back when we should have done in October, we ended up driving. The experience was, surprisingly, not all bad. It [...]

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What does a responsible city guide do about these protests?

by Craig Turp January 21, 2012 Bucharest

  Here’s a problem we have never faced before: What does a responsible city guide do about these protests (a couple of which have ended violently) currently taking place every evening in Bucharest? We have a deadline approaching ahead of the publication of the February – March issue of Bucharest In Your Pocket, and are [...]

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More in English on the Bucharest protests

by Craig Turp January 19, 2012 Bucharest

 First off, try this piece from the AP for size, which looks at the situation in Romania in a wider, Eastern European context. This piece offers some background on the man whose resignation was the catalyst for the protests, Raed Arafat. Then there is this from the BBC, written by an old friend, Sorin Ionita, [...]

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Eastern Approaches on the Bucharest rioting

by Craig Turp January 16, 2012 Bucharest

 UPDATE: As of Tuesday morning, this is now probably the most balanced English-language piece on the protests. Read it online at The Grauniad. — The Economist‘s always excellent Eastern Approaches blog has just published probably the best English-language summary of events so far (although the Battle of Bucharest headline is pushing it a little). Read [...]

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Much ado about nothing

by Craig Turp January 15, 2012 Bucharest

 There was a mini-riot in Bucharest last night. A lot of fuss over nothing. You can read a BBC news report of the events here, and there is video from Reuters here. Anyway, two quick points. 1. If you are not happy with a government, you can choose not to re-elect it at the next [...]

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More on the cost of skiing in Romania

by Craig Turp January 10, 2012 Romania

 We first highlighted the quite shocking cost of lift passes at Romanian ski resorts over a year ago, in a rant about the general state of skiing in the country. Since then there has been improvement – infrastructure wise, at least. Besides the opening of the Arena Platos near Sibiu (more hereafter) new lifts and [...]

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There can’t be too many Romanian villages with amphitheatres

by Craig Turp January 9, 2012 Romania

 We spent this Christmas and New Year in Petresti, Satu Mare, a place we have been visiting for years (our in-laws live there) and somewhere we identified in the summer as being a contender for Romania’s Best Kept Village, were there such a competition. Since then, Petresti has become an even nicer place. Alongside the [...]

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