Romania

[Papi Chulo]

I was just watching Blood & Chocolate and I got thinking... How is Bucharest in the winter?

Anyone been here?

 

[xarir]

Haven't been there but I've read about it. Nicolae Ceausescu really fucked things up good and it's only now that they're really beginning to emerge from the all round neglect. For example, he borrowed heavily then crushed the country with debt. In order to repay the loans, he exported more or less everything and forced the population to deal with shortages of basic necessities. Worse, a whole generation of kids was severely screwed as they were abandoned (often unwillingly) in state-run orphanages. Many of the kids weren't really orphans; the state banned contraception of any kind so there were many births and parents often didn't have the means (see aforementioned shortages) to properly care for the kids. As a result, many of the kids were shuffled out of society and closeted in institutions where many were malnourished or worse still, abused.

The net result of this is that Romania will still take another generation (the current one) before things start to even out then improve for the masses. I'm sure things have started to get better, but it wouldn't surprise me if they still have a long way to go. Ceausescu was executed in 1989; many would argue that this was far too late for far too many Romanians.

 

[Damondean]

I've been there. It's cold and dreary in the winter even with Ceausescu gone.

 

[LordLoki]

I've been there. It's cold and dreary in the winter even with Ceausescu gone.

Been there. Great place to bring someone if all you want to do is stay in bed and eat mediocre room service.

 

[Esco!]

How is Bucharest in the winter?

Save your money and go in the summer

 

[Eli]

For a quick taste of Romania go to your nearest strip club. It's uncanny.

 

[Papi Chulo]

For a quick taste of Romania go to your nearest strip club. It's uncanny.

I thought about that... but then I thought that I might as well cut out the middle man and go straight to the source

Save your money and go in the summer

A flight is only about $700... but if I make it part of another trip I am planning, next month, it is only $200-$300 to fly there

 

[masterchief]

I've been there. It's cold and dreary in the winter even with Ceausescu gone.

Pretty much sums it up. You spend most of your time waiting to leave.

 

[Papi Chulo]

Pretty much sums it up. You spend most of your time waiting to leave.

What about all of the hot chicks there????

+ a few nights to indulge in absithe .. and it is another stamp on the ole passport

 

[masterchief]

What about all of the hot chicks there????

+ a few nights to indulge in absithe .. and it is another stamp on the ole passport

Granted the absinthe does make it alot better.....

 

[Bobzilla]

Granted the absinthe does make it alot better.....

Well, they DO say absinthe makes the heart grow fonder...


Seriously though, I'm thinking of going next summer.

 

[ig-88]

Prostitution is illegal in Romania, though there are movements to legalize it.

Ironically, I once saw a Romanian SP in the States.