I was taking a leak on a train from Iași to Cluj when it dawned on me that there had to be a better way to travel long-distance across Romania. The thought struck me then and there because, while one hand was busy aiming my Johnson roughly at the rim, the other was holding the sliding door shut so that the vomiting passenger trying to barge her way in … Continue reading BlaBlaCar in Romania
When it comes to Romania, trips to the countryside are do-it-yourself ventures. How much fun you have depends on how willing you are to forego convenience in exchange for some shockingly wild experiences. For example, there’s Geamăna: once a sleepy little mountain town, it now resides deep beneath a slurry of toxic mine drainage thanks to communist-era vicissitudes. Today, only the church remains above the noxious sludge, as it was the highest … Continue reading Do-It-Yourself Romania: Geamăna’s Sunken Church
You may or may not have heard about the recent late-night arrest that took place at city hall in Cluj after a man, rumored to have been piss drunk, climbed to the top of the scaffolding encasing the building’s elegant corner tower, which is currently undergoing restoration work. When I stepped into a taxi that same night, half-drunk and garrulous as per usual after another unforgettable night on the … Continue reading All About the Dude Who Got Arrested Climbing Cluj City Hall
Cluj has a decent shooting range where you can embrace your inner ‘Murican and fire handguns under the excellent tutelage of one of its instructors. It’s called Cluj Shooting Center (Poligon de Tir Cluj Napoca), located in the city’s western industrial zone, and it’s a fun place to go with your buddies and blow off steam, provided your taxi driver can find the place. Ours admitted that he’d never … Continue reading CLUJ SHOOTING CENTER: A LITTLE SLICE OF ‘MURICA IN ROMANIA
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