An otherwise glorious weekend at Susai, above Predeal (more about Susai later) was spoiled somewhat – as usual – by the traffic. In both directions the journey (of less than 140 kilometres) took four hours. Given that there are not currently any real alternatives*, sitting in traffic has to be accepted as part and parcel [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Romanian Railways’
A word or two on Brasov, and Brasov In Your Pocket
Every couple of months we take a hike up to Brasov, very much ground zero of Romanian tourism and simply one of the nicest places in the country. Besides the obvious fact that it is always a nice place in which to spend time, we visit Brasov for one main reason: to research the next [...]
Bucharest Life 2009
A week or so late, here is Bucharest Life’s Review of the Year that was 2009. January A new government, led by Traian Basescu and Little Emil Boc, installed following parliamentary elections at the end of 2008, introduces, amongst other moves of sheer political genius, a compulsory profit tax for small companies (even those that [...]
While its trains continue to go backwards, Romanian railways (CFR) takes a giant leap forwards
A while ago we reported how we had thought we must be stupid, for we could not find the ‘buy tickets online now’ button on the website of Romanian railways, CFR. As it turned out, there wasn’t one. Now, however, news reaches us that you can indeed buy Romanian train tickets online. Oh yes. Right [...]
Romania goes off the rails
Monday’s railway accident in south-western Romania, in which an acelerat train derailed while travelling at 100km, injuring 15 people but miraculoulsy causing no fatalities, has quickly become the country’s most discussed story, with many people – political commentators and ordinary citizens alike – seeing it as the embodiment of all that has gone wrong in [...]