Bucharest Stories


Not How I Pictured It

My vision of Bucharest was of a city demolished of charm and authenticity to make way for the drab and lifeless structures of communistic city planning, After all the meglomaniac dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu did use Pyongyang, North Korea as his inspiration. I imagined a city leveled and sparse, with wide uncrossable avenues lined with sinister gray ...


Changing planes back to Frankfurt

It was a quick fifty minute flight back to Bucharest. I made my way to the Tarom ticket counter to get my boarding pass and it was there they informed me of my $100 change fee. So I didn’t get away with anything like I had thought. I got my boarding pass, checked my bag and made my way through customs in just enough time to begin boarding the plane b...


Six hour layover in Bucharest

It was raining light showers when we landed. The skies were cloudy and grey and it was a nice 14C outside. I seemed to be the only one around without a jacket, but I thought the temperature was just about perfect for my taste. All the passengers were loaded onto shuttle buses and driven to the main terminal where our bags & customs awaited us. The l...


Updating the website!

Don't know what i ate yesterday but hell it didn't agree with me! eye of a needle i tell thee! gave me a good opportunity to sort website out and had the comfort of a WC close by! Started feeling slightly better in the evening so tried to stomach some Bangers and Mash... Computer says no!!! Good evening though chilling with new aussie mates Hamish and N...