Category: a blogger’s view of Romania

a blogger's view of Romania, crappy guides to Romania, Transportation

Visitor Amazingly Survives CFR (Actually MÁV) Ride

Although this post was actually written in August, I just found it. Apparently it’s the report of an American who “amazingly survived” a ride on Romanian MÁV Hungarian state railways, which were nothing like the real old days on CFR but still scared the pants off this traveler. Something wasn’t right…this didn’t look anything like the photos I viewed online. This train looked more like … Continue reading Visitor Amazingly Survives CFR (Actually MÁV) Ride

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a blogger's view of Romania

2 Do-Gooders, Facebook and Bags of Socks

Real grab bag here today, folks. First, a personal blog from a Do-Gooder missionary, writing in English but apparently Swedish, living somewhere in Bihor. Since I never went to school here as a young child, this post is interesting because it talks about the first day of school in Romania: The first day of school here is kind of a confusing mess, to be honest. … Continue reading 2 Do-Gooders, Facebook and Bags of Socks

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a blogger's view of Romania, Another Satisfied Visitor

Yep… even more visitors

I keep posting these because I know, deep down in my heart of hearts, that this is shocking reading material for most Romanians – the fact that people come here, visit here, live here and yes like it here. So without further adieu, this woman just arrived in Bucharest, apparently for a “cross-cultural book exchange”: Shopping is like…Brooklyn! No big department stores or supermarkets..just small … Continue reading Yep… even more visitors

Unknown's avatarSam Cel Roman8 Comments