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Bucharest Life goes to Sibiu

by Craig Turp December 14, 2011 Romania

 As you may know (if you have been paying attention), we have been in Sibiu of late, researching a brand new In Your Pocket mini-guide to the city. (We should really now be writing up our notes instead of messing about here, but that’s another story). Anyway, runaway tigers aside, we liked the place a [...]

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Brasov In Your Pocket 11

by Craig Turp December 12, 2011 Romania

 We know you are longing to find out what the cover of the new Brasov In Your Pocket mini-guide looks like, so here it is: The actual guide can be picked up in all the usual places in Brasov (such as Tourist Information). Now that Brasov is in the bag, we are about to start [...]

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Introductions to Brasov and Bucharest

by Craig Turp September 13, 2011 Bucharest

 As we mentioned last week, a new issue of Brasov In Your Pocket is in the works. In fact, it is done and dusted and probably rolling off a printing press as we type. The cover, should anyone be interested, is this autumnal scene of the canal (yes, it is a canal) which runs alongside [...]

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When Brasov was Orasul Stalin

by Craig Turp September 9, 2011 Romania

 Currently working on the next issue of Brasov In Your Pocket (a fact which will almost certainly not please some of our readers, who appear to think that our life’s work should be devoted to promoting Bucharest, and Bucharest alone), we yesterday decided to check – once and for all – the veracity of the [...]

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Brasov In Your Pocket 9

by Craig Turp June 24, 2011 Romania

 Our summer mini-guide to Romania’s tourist capital (which last weekend was full of foreign visitors) is currently at the printer and will be out and about on the streets of Brasov next week (you can pick up a copy from Tourist Information in Piata Sfatului, or at the station, amongst other places). You can download [...]

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A few quick points about Romanian railways

by Craig Turp June 21, 2011 Romania

  First off, CFR’s online ticket purchasing system works better than ever. The problems that appeared when first launched back in 2009 (it threw up all sorts of weird seating plans) have been resolved, and it now – we can happily report – hands out better seating arrangements than some of the ticket clerks at [...]

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Sunflower Seeds & Ice Rinks

by Craig Turp February 11, 2011 Romania

 We found this notice on the door of an ice rink last week: Besides the no smoking part, which needs no translation, the sign also forbids people from bringing in and consuming sunflower seeds. (For the uninitiated, sunflower seeds are a popular if disgusting snack in these parts. The disgusting part is that people spit [...]

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