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Bucharest In Your Pocket 75

by Craig Turp February 3, 2012 Bucharest

 Bucharest In Your Pocket issue 75 is done and dusted and at the printer. Here is the cover: Features this issue include a look back at the Bucharest earthquake of 1977, books about Romania in English (including some reviews first published here, as well as a cracking new sketch of Paul D. Quinlan’s Carol: The [...]

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Playing the Moldovans at Tennis: The Movie

by Craig Turp January 31, 2012 Travel

 One of the funniest travel books ever, Playing the Moldovans at Tennis, has been turned into a film. It has been written and produced by – and stars – comedian Tony Hawks, who wrote the book. It will be released in the Spring of 2012. The premise, for those of you not aware of it, [...]

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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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Hooray! Baneasa Airport is no more

by Craig Turp January 12, 2012 Bucharest

 It’s official. Bucharest’s Baneasa Airport, widely considered one of the worst in Europe, is to close its doors to standard commercial traffic, although it will remain open as a private airport for the personal planes of the rich and famous. All of the budget airlines currently making use of Baneasa will move operations to Otopeni [...]

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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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Sibiu In Your Pocket: Perfect for visitors to Sibiu who want to visit Sibiu

by Craig Turp December 17, 2011 Romania

 The first issue of Sibiu In Your Pocket is done and dusted. You will be able to find a paper copy at any of Sibiu’s main hotels and pensions, or its four tourist information offices from Wednesday (probably) onwards. Meantime, you can browse the Sibiu pages at the In Your Pocket website, which has the [...]

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