WE DID NOT EXPECT THIS... 😳 || BUCHAREST ROMANIA VLOG || THE ROMANIA TRAVEL SERIES BEGINS NOW! 🇷🇴
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- Welcome to a new travel series!! Welcome to Romania guys! 🇷🇴
We hope you enjoy this Bucharest, Romania vlog!! It took us a little bit to warm up to this city honestly, but we ended up having a blast, learning about its history and soaking it all in. We are so excited to start a new travel series and share more of what beautiful Romania has to offer. This is a very underrated country!
If you have any questions, leave them in the comments. We are always happy to help!
Thanks so much for watching and for being here :)
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Aimara & Gordon
★ VIDEO CHAPTERS:
Intro 00:00
Bucharest Airbnb 01:14
Bucharest Romania Vlog 03:07
Basic Romanian History 04:15
Heading to Obor Market 07:23
Trying Romanian Food! 08:02
Bucharest Public Transportation 09:42
Cool Side of Bucharest 11:12
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Welllcome to Romania,,hope you will like it ,,nice documented,hope will be more longer your videos,,Try Sighisoara ,Brasov,Maramures,,If you have time,,Villages are real time history,,🌹See you in the next video thx,a lot 🌹
@@marina2516 Hi Marina, thanks so much for taking the time to send us recs! We really appreciate it! All of those places are on our list! We are going to Brasov next, and will visit the smaller towns on a roadtrip and then we will go to the village of Breb. Romania has so much to offer and it was very hard to choose! Thanks again for sending all the recs, we can't wait to share more Romania videos ❤
@@waysoftheworld_ thank you very much,have a nice journey 🌹
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9:49 The fountains of Bucharest are amazing, especially at night with the different colored lights!
There are now thousands of videos on YT showing how wonderful Romania is (at least 4 are mine from a visit last month).
So I think vloggers can stop using the words "underrated" and "unexpected." Truth is Romania is a very welcoming country with amazing food, friendly people, easy to get around in (English is widely spoken by younger people), generally cheap prices, scenery that is too beautiful to describe in words, and a rich, complicated history. The word is out.
Of course, the challenge now is to show things that haven't been shown hundreds of times before.
We missed the fountains at night 😭 Got caught up with too much work and didn't have time to visit :( And agreed, Romania is incredible, but I mean... underrated and unexpected are so subjective. What's unexpected for you, may be not unexpected for me... Truth is, we didn't know anything about Romania before going there and actually no one we knew had ever been... Even in social media when we shared we were coming to Romania, their answer was 'why?' and 'what's there?' so for us it was definitely unexpected and I think for a lot of people it still is. Compared to a lot of the very touristy destinations of the world, Romania is still relatively unknown in our opinion. We fell in love for so many reasons and we had no idea that was going to happen...
many black people that have visited us say that we're racist, so I don't know who to believe...
So glad you liked Romania, the choice to sell everything and travel the world seems extraordinary to me, all my respect to you! ✌️♥️
Hi! Thanks so much! Yes, it's been a crazy journey, but this is the life we always dreamed of having. We hope we can make it something permanent :) and PS: we loved Romania and can't wait to be back!!!
@@waysoftheworld_ most people after college, get a mortgage that they will pay almost their whole life, they get a job that most likely they hate, and at retirement they realise that all that time it went by and they left a world unexplored, there is a whole world out there waiting to be explored, people need to get out their comfort zone and start exploring!
I visited 9 countries and i still think that is almost nothing compared to the whole world
And the Romania travel series begins!!! Bucharest was a beautiful surprise. Wish we had some mici right now!
hahaha mici 😍
*Bucharest is the biggest City of EU, and one of the biggest of the world : Paris Center , Ard. 1 = 110 Km², Bucharest Center , Sec. 1 = 220 Km², ( The Mayor of Bucharest Sec. 1, is the French Lady CLAUTILDE ARNAUD ( and the President of Romania is the German Klaus Johannis ), Mexico- City , big Areal = 2.700 Km², Bucharest Big Areal = 5.700 Km², because of the very havy Industries of huge Companies from France, Germany, Italy and USA. ( France is the big sister of Romania , since 150 years ) . Salut de la France !*
@@danvision5086 Se numeste Clotilde Armand si este primarul Sectorului 1 din Bucuresti ...care a obtinut acest mandat prin frauda la vot!Nu merita nici un respect...a transformat cel mai mare, bogat si frumos Sector din Bucuresti intr-o " groapa de gunoi"!
@@florentinaangheliu4107 *Ar fi bine sá opriti comentarii, care sint de o prostie sinistrá ! Salut de la France !!*
Definetely a MUST is Maramureș! My recommendation would be Breb (village) 🔥 Hello from Bucharest! ❤️🇷🇴
It's on the list! Thanks so much for taking the time to send recs ❤️
Oh Bucharest! New country, new travel series! Cannot wait to share more with you guys ❤️🇷🇴
Ways of the World Romania 🇷🇴
*Bucharest is the biggest City of EU, and one of the biggest of the world : Paris Center , Ard. 1 = 110 Km², Bucharest Center , Sec. 1 = 220 Km², ( The Mayor of Bucharest Sec. 1, is the French Lady CLAUTILDE ARNAUD ( and the President of Romania is the German Klaus Johannis ), Mexico- City , big Areal = 2.700 Km², Bucharest Big Areal = 5.700 Km², because of the very havy Industries of huge Companies from France, Germany, Italy and USA. ( France is the big sister of Romania , since 150 years ) . Salut de la France !*
i love the use of your calming music for the scenery transitions or all the times when you arent speaking. It's good editing skill
Thanks so much! 🙏🏼😊
If you are still in Romania definitely add Sighisoara to the list 😍 Its like a Disney town - probably one of our favourites from our Romania road trip!
Hi guys ❤️ We are going there on a roadtrip too!! 🥰 Thanks for the rec!! Excited to follow along your journey :)
Also maybe include Cluj ,a modern,intellectual city and Slănic Moldova,a rich mountain resort with healing springs of water.
Avoid that pigsty
In Transylvania it's colder than Bucharest. Make sure you put on a windbreaker jacket and even a knitted hat.
Thank you! Yes, we brought some extra layers! 🥰
I cannot even begin to tell you how excited I am to go with you around Bucharest. Let’s get this party started👏🏻👏🏻👍✌️🙏🤙
We have so many fun videos about Romania! Can't wait to share more ❤️🇷🇴
Romania ❤
Yes 🇷🇴❤️
Welcome to Romania! You must visit Oradea city, you will fall in love with it! 🥰🤗
Next time we will :) Everyone has recommended it!!! 😍
Just discovered you guys, such a nice vibe you have! Really glad that you like my country, waiting for more content ❤️
Thanks so much Eva! We love ROMANIA ❤️🇷🇴 We can't wait to share more videos of your beautiful country! Thanks for being here 🥰
Bine ați venit în România! Sper să mai reveniți!
Que diferencia de la Rumania Que visite en los 70,s Excelente video
Muy diferente me imagino!!
Yes,it's a big differences,a better one, please come an visit again you will be pleasantly surprised 🤩🤗🌹
it is a very nice video, I love it. Hope you will make many more videos like this all over the world and hope you will come back to Romania a few years later to spot the changes. .
Thanks! We would love to go back many many times and see more of your beautiful country 💞
Wow hope to do this Future ✈️❤
Good luck! 🙏🏼
Amazing video, so informative!
Thanks so much! Happy to hear you liked it :)
Welcome to Romania !
Thank you so much! What a great country 🥰
@@johanfredenstamhuss1401 Depends on how you deal with winter in general because it will be cold, maybe snow, fewer people on the streets, day light will be fewer hours and so on. Even colder in Transylvania region, Transfagarasan road closed, etc.
@@johanfredenstamhuss1401 the most amazing time to visit Bucharest is in springtime. it looks amazing! the best time ever, everything looks so green and fresh.
@@johanfredenstamhuss1401 here comes a joke: so you are from Norway (it`s north of Sweden).
well you won`t get snow anymore in Bucharest in December...
My opinion is that springtime is the best time to visit
let us know if you want some tips for your travel, we are more than happy to help!
Glad you came to Romania! Hope you'll enjoy it! :D
We had the time of our lives in Romania! Can't wait to be back ❤️
@@waysoftheworld_ Oh, you're already gone? 😭
I'm glad you liked it! And hope you'll be back 😁😁
I am born and raised in Bucuresti, if you want to see the most beautiful part of the city wander off the beaten paths. Go see the part of the city which goes along Dambovita river.
We need to do a better job at exploring Bucharest next time :) Thanks so much for sending recs 🫶🏼
loved viewing your "THE ROMANIA TRAVEL SERIES" very excellent New Subscriber here 👍
Thank you so much! We love Romania so much! ❤️ Welcome ✌🏼
Hi guys . I would be very pleased to hear your impression of Cluj
Hi! We are very excited to visit Cluj towards the end of our trip :)
Bucharest!!! Our town birthplace ❤ Congratulations for the history that you learned, very impressive ❤ nice
We have a beautiful country, when did you was there? It was summer?
Our parents and brothers are there! Yes they have Uber ❤❤❤❤
Mici îs mince beef with lamb mince sometimes mince pork depends, and a mixture of spices herbs mixed together very very good for barbecued
Sorry for the late reply! Bucharest was a great introduction to Romania. We love your country :) We visited Romania in September (our videos are quite behind at the moment). Thanks!
Guys I love it when people try mici. Very nice trip! 😁
We had the best time in Romania!!! Can't wait to be back and see more but also eat more 😅
Congratulations you are very welcome in România!
Thank you! We love Romania :)
@@waysoftheworld_ I am so.happy!
You should go to Salina Turda, a salt mine in Cluj Napoca you will be amazed, also Cluj a beautiful city😊, also there is a castle you could visit, Corvin's Castle
Hi Laura! Thanks so much for taking the time to send us recommendations!! We are planning on going to Turda & Cluj! Not sure if we will have time for Corvin's Castle though... but maybe for our next visit! Thanks again ❤️
@@waysoftheworld_ great, I know there are so many beautiful places to visit and you just need time. Enjoy your trip to Romania and I hope you'll get the time to see the beautiful landscapes that my country has to offer. I am a Romanian living in Canada, just got back from my hometown Cluj, I already miss it. Good luck guys with your channel ❤
@@lauram4168 yes and we didn't know :( otherwise we would have booked a longer stay, but I know we will be back. There's only so much time we can be away from mici, sarmale, papanasi and all the other foods hahaha - we keep saying to each other 'wow it must be so hard for Romanias to be away from all of this' it's a truly special country! Hope time flies by before you visit again 🙏🏼 thanks so much for the well wishes 🥰
Man!!! I want some mici right now 🤣so far today I watched two vlogs both about mici and the amazing food of Romania. I miss it so much 🙂 You guys enjoy!
OMG that must be so hard 😭 we will miss it so much! I can't imagine as a Romanian being away from all of these delicious foods that are kind of hard to find somewhere else 😣 why? we don't know! The world doesn't know what they're missing!!! 🇷🇴
@@waysoftheworld_ that's an awesome comment you made about Romania and its cuisine, thank you! 🥰. My advantage even far away - I know how to cook it 😜your advantage as a traveler - you can try them all and go back to the ones you love the most. Safe travels 🤗
blue air is great company of airship , let's go !!
You are such a sweet person, and I'm glad you enjoyed my lovely country, Romania. God bless you.
We really did and can't wait to be back in Romania. We love your country so much! Thanks for the blessings ✨
@@waysoftheworld_ Thank you again, and good luck with the next journey.
Awww you guys,you were my town🥺🥺🥺,welcome .Just discovered you ,saw the video from Brașov,I subscribed and wanted to see more videos from Romania and found this,thank you💞 Bucharest it's getting better and better each year ,I am so glad you came 🌹🤗🤩.
So happy to hear you enjoyed the videos. Romania is incredible!! ❤️ Thanks so much for supporting our channel and for watching our videos 🫶🏼
@@waysoftheworld_ 👍🥰💞🌹🌺
The guy with the quitar from 3:34 was on a TV show.
Really!? He was so good! We stood there and heard him play for a while :)
Look for Andrei Serjant Superstar. He's actually from Moldavia.
Hi! Super video! Welcome to Romania! Please let me know If you will come to Suceava, Bucovina! Subscribed! Have a good time here!
Hi! Thanks so much for being here :) We have no plans so far to go there, but there's always next time right!? It seems like Romania is one of those countries that needs several visits (and even then it would not be enough!). There's so much to see!
I live in a shared house UK London my best friend is Romanian came back from my first trip to Romania. Three weeks ago. It was amazing stayed just outside of Bucharest . with Marius in my friends families home. Also, he has a empty flat in central Bucharest. The airline fee was, £50 return from Stansted definitely would love to go back again
Beautiful country Romania
Also, the old town which was built after the revolution in 89 was also built by Romanians and it’s nice looking architecture that looks traditional
If you have a local guide Bucharest is by far the best city to visit. If you don’t know the places it’s just not the same.
I agree. Local guide is a must here!!
Hey guys , must to visit oradea , you will love’it
Hi! Thanks so much for sending us recs. We almost visited Oradea, but in the end we didn't :( BUT it's on the list for next time that's for sure!!
3:34 hehe that guy with the guitar was at Superstar Romania tv show🙂
he was very talented! I guess we were lucky to see him perform :)
There are a lot of craft beers here, Hop Hooligans, Bereta, Blackout & many more
Yea that's what we learned. We didn't have time to check out many, but I did really enjoy the IPA I tried in Bucharest. Also the 3 liter beers sold in supermarkets is something very new to us. I've never seen such huge beer bottles!
@@waysoftheworld_ :)) yeah we drink a lot
@@waysoftheworld_ Yeah but that 3 liters beer is usually crap (it's very cheap). So it's definitely not recommended for a beer aficionado :))
I live next to obor :)
Hi :) Must be hard not to eat Mici every day LOL - Thanks for being here! Salut!
The Palace of the Parliament (Romanian: Palatul Parlamentului), also known as the Republic's House (Casa Republicii) or People's House/People's Palace (Casa Poporului), is the seat of the Parliament of Romania, located atop Dealul Spirii in Bucharest, the national capital. The Palace reaches a height of 84 metres (276 ft),[1] has a floor area of 365,000 square metres (3,930,000 sq ft)[2] and a volume of 2,550,000 cubic metres (90,000,000 cu ft). The Palace of the Parliament is the heaviest building in the world, weighing about 4,098,500,000 kilograms (9.04 billion pounds; 4.10 million tonnes), also being the second largest administrative building in the world.[3] (The Great Pyramid of Giza is about 50% heavier.)
Thanks! The original plans for The Parliament would have made it the largest administrative building in the world. But if I understand correctly they changed the scope to save money. Now the Pentagon in Washington DC is the largest admin building and Bucharest's Parliament is #2 (as you mentioned).
Great video guys. There is a rumor Bucharest is two Albanian words-bukur + eshte which in Albanian means "it's beautiful." Funny enough they call "mici" those meat long balls which we call qebap. But mici is pretty close to mish in Albanian which means meat. I guess these traces of language of Romania today has a link with today's Albania from the pre-Roman times when Illyrian tribes and Dacian tribes mingled but this is up to historians and linguists to solve. Thank you for bringing glimpses of Bucharest so lively. Cheers.
Wow, didn't know this,thank you.My best friend is Albanian she's the most beautiful and kind person 🌹
Illyrian tribes were "friends" with thracians, who inhabited large parts of Eastern and SE Europe back in the days (RO today as well). Dacian people, who were part of what it is now Romania, they come from Thracian people. But from what I know, the Ottoman Empire was the one who changed and influenced all that area... food wise, words wise etc. And we both were under Ottoman influence at one point.
"Mici" are actually more or less like "cevapcici", which were influenced by kebap like you also mentioned, which is a dish that traveled over to us/you from the Ottoman Empire. But kebap is super different from mici or cevapcici. And even mici, are super different than cevapcici... but the original influence, lies upon the Ottoman Empire.
Regarding the etimology of the name, there are several ones. The oldest is from an ottoman historian who stated that the name comes from an old tribe person from Thracian times; then there's the meaning of "bucurie" which is happiness is Romanian, so a swiss historian said the naming comes from there... then is the similarity with the Albanian word etc. But the Romanian side and the most common version, is that it comes from the name of "Bucur" (which is a common Romanian name), Bucur being a shepherd who traveled from a close area to Bucharest, and established there a church and was the founder of the city, as some writing from the XIX century said.
@@SpiritCrusherrrr amazing,thank you,I loved reading this and know new things now that I never knew before.🤗I don't remember we were thought this in History at school unfortunately 😑
well the mici are closer to Ćevapi... and not kebap, kebap is mainly made out of lamb, Ćevapi is made with beef, and mici are made with beef and lamb, beef and pork, or pork and lamb.
we do share lots of words with our balkan cousins both due to the thracian/dacian ancestors and also due to the ottoman "visiting" us for a long time...
here are some common words (abure, balaur, baligă, baltă, barză, brad, brâu, bucurie, buză, căpuşă, căpută, cătun, copac, copil, curpăn, cursă, dărâma, daş, fărâmă, gălbează, gard, gărdină, gata, ghimpe, ghioagă, groapă, grumaz, guşă, măgură, mal, mână, mărat, mătură, mazăre, moş, măgure, murg, năpârcă, păstaie, părâu, pururea, rânză, sarbăd, scăpăra, scrum, sculă, sâmbure, spânz, stuped, strungă, şopârlă, şut, ţap, vatră, vătui, viezure, zburda, zgardă, and many more)
ps: Albania is one of the forgoten gems of the world when it comes to travel...
'european' style buildings,and 'comunist' and 'soviet' buildings are all european style buildings because Europe is from Atlantic to Ural,and not only western part like you think...
fair enough, I guess we did generalize 'European.' we have been to Istanbul, and know the continent stretches into Russia. but our word choice was too general. thanks
Mici is a mix of minced pork and lamb with spices
Ohhhh we thought it was pork with beef! But thanks :)
No le digan a los rumanos que mici es una salchicha porque van a recibir una reprimenda! 😂 hermoso Bucarest 😍
jajaja si aprendimos 🤣 el chico de taxi nos enseño desde el principio! :)
Visiten Constanta si pueden!
Wow. Really amazing. ...from india..
Hi :) Thanks for being here. Bucharest is such an interesting city. There's definitely a lot to see!
*Bucharest is the biggest City of EU, and one of the biggest of the world : Paris Center , Ard. 1 = 110 Km², Bucharest Center , Sec. 1 = 220 Km², ( The Mayor of Bucharest Sec. 1, is the French Lady CLAUTILDE ARNAUD ( and the President of Romania is the German Klaus Johannis ), Mexico- City , big Areal = 2.700 Km², Bucharest Big Areal = 5.700 Km², because of the very havy Industries of huge Companies from France, Germany, Italy and USA. ( France is the big sister of Romania , since 150 years ) . Salut de la France !*
come to Valcea ;)
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@@waysoftheworld_ Thank you !
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Oh we would love to!!! Thanks so much for the love ❤️
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In '88 i used to work a half year at the great building!!! You have to visit it!!! It's amazing!!!
We will next time :) Thank you!!
How was it am thinking of coming Romaina Bucharest any tips
There was beauty in that city even before the French style buildings. There is Romanian style buildings built by Romanians all over the capital. In the early 1900s there was a movement to build architecture that was more in the Romanian style particularly the 1920s. Don’t act as if a foreign king is the only reason we have nice architecture. look up neo romanian architecture
Dacă doriți să ne mai vizitați țara. Vă recomand două locuri extraordinare. Mănăstirea Putna( Bucovina) ,și Mănăstirea Oașa. Salutări!
Like! The most beautiful cities in Romania are the ones from the center and western part of the country: Oradea, Brasov, Cluj, Sighisoara, Timisoara, Sibiu. Have fun!
Thank you so much for taking the time to send us recs!! :) We should be able to visit a few of these! Cannot wait to keep sharing videos of your beautiful country! 🇷🇴
Iași is beautiful to
@@justme..., Iași should be in the top! 🥰
Hiiiii, i loved the video and the airbnb apartment! Te importaría compartir conmigo el enlace del departamento? Porfa, porque en julio voy a estar por allí y me pareció super cool. Gracias!!!
Gracias! Que bueno que te gusto :) Aqui lo tienes: www.airbnb.com/rooms/691959151753711654?guests=1&adults=1&s=67&unique_share_id=ff2bc97d-e6b3-408d-9b23-ec7a0178b370 have fun in Romania 🇷🇴
@@waysoftheworld_ graciassss! Son lo más!
Makes me laugh...
What camera u use pls
Hi, all the links to our equipment are in the description of all of our videos :)
I not find any link for camera
Hi, next time use two toothpicks when you eat mici 😁
HAHAHA wow that would have made things a lot easier 😂 love this pro tip!
In Bucharest i would also recommend drinking and eating at “Caru’ cu bere”
Everyone recommended that place, but we couldn't go and now we kind of regret it lol - we tried on our last night but they didn't have space for us :( It seems like the perfect excuse to go back!
Definitely worth a visit, l was there recently but so so busy, we managed to share a table with fellow travellers. However the papanasi was not as good as the one l had in Brasov
Out of all the wonderful Romanian foods, you managed to try a dish that is not even typical Romanian. :) What about all the bars and restaurants? Night life, Culture. Plenty of interesting museums to visit. Like the national museum of History of Romania.
Hey... this is not the only video we're making about Romania... and also, just because you didn't see it in the video, it doesn't mean it didn't happen. We were not making a video about ALL the things to do in Bucharest. It was just a vlog as it says it in the tittle. PS: We rarely include museums in our videos. For us is better to go to museums, walking tours and learn about the history and then explain it, instead of making a super boring video with shots from inside a museum...
You kinda missed the history of Romania. 30 years ago Romania was a communist country, but not under the Russian occupation.... Check more about the Romanian monarchy.
@@cn9114 hello - our intention with this video wasn't to go over the history of Romania. we mention the modern history to give context to the architectural influence and vibe of Bucharest. we do mention 'fast forward past the Russian occupation' and also we mention King Carol I's influence on Bucharest's design. We went on a 4 hour walking tour of Bucharest with a professional historian - you can imagine how difficult it is to condense a country's history into a single TH-cam video. And again, this is a vlog, we never set out to tell the history of Romania with this video. Thanks for the comment.
What is not typical romanian? :)))) Mici is 100% romanian food.
@@petrutzgabriel weeeeeeeellll not quite... the only kind of authentic food is "coliva", mici is kind of the same as "kebap", "cevapi" and "Pljeskavica"... and not even "sarmale" is authentic... and it did not originate in Romania either...
Do you often find places that don't allow cameras or to film?
Very rarely! That market was a first! 🙈 It's not that it wasn't allowed, but the people didn't like it. Sometimes there are places that don't allow cameras, but they have a sign and we respect it... this time it was kind of scary 🙈
*Bucharest is the biggest City of EU, and one of the biggest of the world : Paris Center , Ard. 1 = 110 Km², Bucharest Center , Sec. 1 = 220 Km², ( The Mayor of Bucharest Sec. 1, is the French Lady CLAUTILDE ARNAUD ( and the President of Romania is the German Klaus Johannis ), Mexico- City , big Areal = 2.700 Km², Bucharest Big Areal = 5.700 Km², because of the very havy Industries of huge Companies from France, Germany, Italy and USA. ( France is the big sister of Romania , since 150 years ) . Salut de la France !*
Recently while on a KLM flight the announcer said no filming. First time I had heard that. On other subsequent KLM flights there was no such announcement.
I generally use two guidelines: 1) If a place says don't film, then I don't film. 2) If filming is permitted and a place is crowded, I switch to a smaller "street camera" (in my case, a Canon PowerShot) that isn't as intimidating. I used that in Dracula's Castle in Bran, for example.
Go in Iași
Hi guys! The "mici" are in fact our romanian hamburgers. Hope you enjoyed it. Greetings from Romania nice guys.
We loved the mici! these 'simple' dishes can be very delicious, especially with a nice cold beer :)
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You should visit 20-30 min form the airport pretty nice place for relaxation 😌
I like the fact that you are well informed about the places you visit. Also keep in mind that out of all places you can visit in Ro, Bucharest is not that nice. There are way more beautiful places to see on the country side. Enjoy your stai!
Hi! We try to learn a couple of things... even though we are wrong from time to time LOL - buy yes, agreed! We ended up visiting like 8 different places in Romania and Bucharest sits at the bottom of the list. Such a beautiful country. It's a shame if someone only goes to Bucharest!
Bucharest its amazing
No other Romanian city has that crazy vibe.
@@waysoftheworld_ some people will jump me for saying this but Cluj Napoca feels more like the capital of Romania than Bucharest. Hope you will experience Cluj during summer. Lovely place with tons of things to offer
@@waysoftheworld_ you need to understand Romania just like other countries have haters … so this people saying Bucharest is not cool are like a Californian that says New York suck or vice versa
Bucharest is very nice and stop wih this stupid attitude about your own country! You can say nice th8ngs about other towns but not speaking bad about capital.
hello i am sorry to say butt we are not was occupied by russian or another country, a lot of people make this mistake
Russian forces stayed in Romain after World War II until 1958
How is Romanian food?
We had so many delicious foods in Romania! Next video is a food tour :) you'll see!
*Bucharest is the biggest City of EU, and one of the biggest of the world : Paris Center , Ard. 1 = 110 Km², Bucharest Center , Sec. 1 = 220 Km², ( The Mayor of Bucharest Sec. 1, is the French Lady CLAUTILDE ARNAUD ( and the President of Romania is the German Klaus Johannis ), Mexico- City , big Areal = 2.700 Km², Bucharest Big Areal = 5.700 Km², because of the very havy Industries of huge Companies from France, Germany, Italy and USA. ( France is the big sister of Romania , since 150 years ) . Salut de la France !*
Do they accept USD or EURO in taxis and restaurants?
not sure... we never tried to pay with USD or EUR - for taxis in Bucharest we used Uber so we paid through the app and for restaurants we used CC all the time. In some of the smaller towns we paid for a couple of things in EUR... I think a hotel and a couple of activities.
@@waysoftheworld_ thank you !!
No, the official currency is lei (ron ) , but it.s better to use uber or bolt, even if they.r expensive at least you will have no surprises 😁
LE You might find some who will accept euros, but the exchange rate won.t be so great..
Mici is minced meat made of lamb and beef...
and jerry 🤣
No, Carol was not force in any way to take the trone, i don' t know from where you get those information but it' s wrong. The history is long but i will be very very short. After Alexandru Ioan Cuza was exiled King Carol takes the trone but true vote, why ? Ion C. Brătianu travelles to Germany and meet with Carol and his father and I.C Brătianu talled the situation and propose to Carol to be the lider ,so he said yes, he was afraide just for the future becose was batlles for teritories and România had manny anemies, manny wanted the teritory like soviets, so on, becose the former ruler obtaine again the union between some lost regions of România. The history is long and complecated, and it' s hard to translate in english for me, but to understand the history you have to go back when romans take dacians land( Roman Impare formed, after romans winn the batlle with dacians ppl). Roman Impare( România from today). 🥰
Very nice! Thanks for the info. We actually got the information from our walking tour guide, who is a historian... but it's good to have more context. Obviously we know very little about Romanian history and were just trying to explain the interesting contrast in the architecture in Bucharest - And your English is great. This helps :)
@@waysoftheworld_ You got it how it is with the Impares.. haha Unlike those born in communism most Romanian youth bellow 30s studied English in school from young age and speak fluently.
@@Sofia-0001 EXCELLENT ENGLISH! It was so easy to communicate! Although we did try to learn some Romanian words hahaha we both speak Spanish, so some words were similar and easy to pronounce... others not so much, but we did our best :) It's a beautiful language!!
@@waysoftheworld_ Well, the lady was trying to tell you that the name of the country and the Latinity of Romania comes from the Romans, while the difference between east and west Romance languages is derived from a different indigenous background. In the Carpathian region from the Geto - Dacians, while in the Balkans the former Dacian related Thracians and Illyrians, Romanized in 8 centuries of Latinity (before the Greeks took over the Roman empire in 610 AD and abandoned the Balkans to the Slavs) became mostly assimilated in time by the Slavs, Greeks and Albanians. The only former East Romans left in the Balkans are those known as Vlachs, a name used also for the Romanians until 1859 union of Moldova and Wallachia, of same ethnicity, also with the majority of Transylvanians. Obviously, Transylvania was for centuries autonomous, but under the Hungarian kingdom, then the Habsburgs conquered both and still remained autonomous, but still, the only exploited ethnicity for centuries were the Romanians, until WW1, when the majority of Romanians and Germans voted the union of Transylvania with Romania. The Hungarians didn't enjoy losing the rich Transylvania and former exploited peeps, but based on Wilsonian principle of majorities will, there was nothing they could or can do about it. Cheers
@@Sofia-0001 Thank you so much! Honestly... so much to learn - the history of Romania is fascinating and interesting. Obviously sad and intense at times, but still... we like learning about this type of stuff. Thanks for taking the time to share this! It's nice for everyone to see :)
Hello, i also live in the NL, in The Hague, thank you for visiting our beautifull country, but i would suggest to visit the mountain side, Transilvania ( Sighisoara, Brasov, Sibiu, Alba Iulia, Cluj, Oradea) and also Danube Delta
Salut! We were in AMS visiting G's opa because his family is from there, but we live in the US. Thanks so much for being here and for taking the time to send us recs :) We are sharing more videos about some of these places in the upcoming weeks! 🥰
Under Ceausescu, Romania was the only country in the world ever who paid all their external debts.
Thanks for sharing :)
you forgot to put sugar in you cofee!
hahaha never!
Hello veri nice wear you from
Indeed, it is a very underrated country.
This "game" has been played by the international media falsely presenting it (precisely because the reality has been truncated), only in negative aspects for a very long time.
(Negative sides that actually exist as in any country of the world).
Who had an interest in Romania not having a correct image in all aspects? (That you are not the first to be surprised by what you found in reality).
And to make a parallel : if the coverage of America had been reduced only to pictures taken in Harlem in the years up to the 80's , what impression would be left in the MINDS of the WORLD POPULATION about this country called America ?
Only the media is the fourth estate , isn't it ? It , plays with people's minds , persuades , positively or negatively , is a very effective propaganda tool of those with interests.
And those who become victims of this persuasion of the media, the absolute master in this field, are those who do not have the curiosity to check the news from the broadcast media and from another source, so easy to access, the virtual one.
Exactly so now: between any corner of the world and any locality in Romania, for a ... virtual visit, the distance is only ... one click and less than ... one second, in time!
Easier than that?! 🙂
We hope our videos help people change their mindset. The media unfortunately works like that, that's why we try to inspire people to travel and see the world for themselves, that way they'll find out how the world really looks like.
You have no idea how many messages we got on IG of people seeing how Romania looks like and being SHOCKED (in a good way). We can't wait to be back and share even more of this beautiful country 🇷🇴❤️
@@waysoftheworld_ ,
Unfortunately I already have an idea about this bad impression so far.
I was physically assaulted in Paris by a person from Mali, on the grounds that I am ... originally from Romania.
She saw on the tablet, only a Romania with dusty roads, makeshift shacks instead of houses, with people who were said to be thieves, beggars, to be poor and that ... they do prostitution. Only misery and poverty.
No use telling him that I have 18 years of school, including six years of university studies, that I have never stolen a "thread of thread" in my life, and that I work with a legal contract in Paris, just like any European national, she didn't believe me!
Instead, she replied that she only believes what she sees in the pictures in the "reports" of the various TV channels, that she is ... "not naive to believe me".
(Later she happened to need me and I made up for it by solving for her in only 10 minutes what she had been looking for for months). ... ;))
Bad images of Romania had also an ... Italian, (so "very" European), who had no idea ... what Romania's capital is (but didn't even try to find out).
Instead he allowed himself to make "value judgements", (of course with a superior, emphatic attitude), about the subject itself. He was still under the influence of the media).
He was literally "bouche bée" when, at my suggestion, he SEARCHED and found images ON GOOGLE, about Romanian society!
I came to the conclusion that people's scepticism in what they have heard from the audiovisual media should be provoked, so that they would have the curiosity to check and compare information from other sources.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO! 🤗 💞 , ❣️...❣️
It's extremely important that Romania comes out of the cone of shadow in which obscure interests have unscrupulously put it.
Romanians have always been waiting for the "Americans to come", ever since ... the end of the World War. (It's a reality)!
Unfortunately, the poor people did not know that their fate had been sealed at High, during lunch, on a napkin, when the world was divided and Romania became the satellite of Stalin's USSR.
@@mariamihaelaiamandi9159 that's awful. I'm so sorry 💔 Little by little the world will know :) we'll keep doing our part! 🇷🇴
Is it same for women thete
05:00 Gheorghe Gheorghiu Dej killed zbout 160k people, not 1.6 mil come on..
Bucharest is projected to become the wealthiest city in Europe by 2060, in less than one generation. It totally has what it takes to capture that rank.
As far as the Uber driver, he’s the kindest and most naive as they come; he must have not been to the US lately.
The Uber driver was just being friendly. "the land of dreams" comment is something we hear a lot while traveling. it's just a familiar phrase that people say when they learn we are visiting from the US.
@@waysoftheworld_ It's funny how most people who see the US as "the land of dreams" are "lower ranked" in the work field. Meaning they are the most that need the social support countries like Romania offer, and which is missing in the US. They have all chances to become homeless in the US. Meanwhile higher earners have no reason to go to the US.
That was not traditional Romanian music. Is musica lautareasca- mostly traditional gypsy music (combines romanian songs with oriental vibes). Lautari were the ministrel version of Romania with gypsies. It transformed in modern days in manele. (Imagine rap amd trap).
Hi Andrea! Oh that's good to know, thanks so much for the info :) We liked it!
Gypsies/Roma people are part of this country too
Mai studiati inainte sa vorbiti! Muzica lautareasca este romaneasca 100% dar din pacate romanii nu o mai canta de mult timp si o canta muzicienii tigani in zilele noastre.In nici un caz muzica lautareasca a derivat in manele,manele sunt tiganesti 100% dar cuvantul manea este turcesc maneaua fiind un gen de cantece triste de dragoste.
They are not buildings of Soviet origins! And they are not built according to plans or with Russian money.
It's the Bauhaus style. Ha, ha, ha, a Bauhaus-communist style!
The Bauhaus style from Germany was chosen because it is much faster and cheaper to build houses vertically than horizontally.
This type of housing was chosen because Romania's population doubled after WW2 and large industrial platforms were built around the cities, and the workers needed houses.
It was the fastest solution.
Thanks for letting us know! Very interesting!
this type of flat are soviet, developed during Nikita Khrushchev, that's why they are unofficially called Khrushchyovka. low-cost, concrete-paneled flats. you can find this type of soviet flats all over Eastern Europe.
@@PopescuSorin
Domule Popescu, atât școala lui Gropius cât și "stilul" Khrushchyovka au la origine pe Le Corbusier.
Nu trebuie să vă conving eu, priviți măcar imagiea - "Unité d'Habitation de Marseille" arh. Le Corbusier (constuit între anii 1947- 1952).
Exact, dar exact tipul ăla de bloc este și în București, de zici că poza e făcută la mine în sectorul 3.
@@adrianabutmalai2590 propaganda a demonizat TOT!
I'd like to add that besides Ceausescu's systematization of the city, a lot of other old buildings from Bucharest especially from Calea Victoriei and a part of the old town were severely damaged by the world war bombings (1944) and the devastating earthquake of 1977. Sadly, following both events from different years, the administrative councils of the communist regime decided against rebuilding them according to the initial plans(as they did in Warsaw for example) but to tear them down and build communist style buildings instead or other modern buildings(after 1989) as the one you see near CEC Palace 4:49 (it used to be a beautiful baroque hotel on its spot, heavily affected in 77).
Actually today the historians are calling Gheorghiu Dej "the fox". He was 11 years in prison before the ww2 where probably he was recruited as agent by the services who knows the fact that the commmunism will "come" in Romania and considered that Romania will need some patriots infiltrated in the Russian structures. Anyway after the years next to the ww2 when the romainian elite was killed in prisons by the jews(all the communist Moscow commissioners was Jews) Russian communists commissioners, Dej finally managed to negotiate the red army retreat and started to develop the country following romanians needs and not the Russian communists plans. So not him was the one who killed many people in prisons but he had to play the puppet role until he had got to the buttons. Actually the ww2 and the communist era was ordered by the western finance leadership in terms of preparing the Eastern European countries for the globalization, as you still can see the east european villages was somehow independent didn't need too much from the cities. So instead of the people depending on to the salaries or bank credits, the cities people was depending on the 90% romanians villages food providers. This was unacceptable for the Jews leadership of the cities and countries and was changed in a very brutal manner especially in Romania where the peasants connection with the land was still very strong. Similar drama was in Ukraine after ww1 in the Stalin period.
5:35 that building is from the 1930s. It ain't communist.
Cool! Thanks :)
@@waysoftheworld_ you’re welcome. Some research would go a long way before making videos like this one ;) If you don’t know architecture, then just avoid mentioning it in the video. It’s better than giving people the wrong idea through misinformation.
@@OneTireFire we obviously did research and went on a historic walking tour. We are still very happy with how the video turned out and believe that for someone who knows nothing about Romania, the general idea is still there.
Not true about King Carol 1 he didn' t want to return to Germany whe he arrived here and french architecture was the preferrence at the time of architects not of his.Romania was a francofone country long time before King Carol.
Maybe you're right. We were told this by a Bucharest local and professional historian 🤷🏻♂️
@@waysoftheworld_ Is first in my life I hear this.He didn't want to return he was very surprised about palace size who wasn't very big as he expected.
Enjoy it in my beautiful country 🙂
Thank you!!! We have the best memories from Romania 🫶🏼
Is Bucharest safe for girls
We never felt unsafe when we were there. But I would look into a female solo traveler channel if you want the opinion of a woman traveling alone ;)
@@waysoftheworld_ Thank you very much for your kind reply :))
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nice content, but you need to fix your sound
thanks for the comment... yea we are aware of the sound issues :( but we have a new microphone on the way!
EDITORIAL COMMENT... LESS OF HIM MORE OF HER
Muzica copilăriei ce fain hei cool nu ma așteptăm încetul cu încetul descoperă străinii tara noastră. Romanii au plecat vin turiștii poate:-) interesant destul de bine făcut vorbiți tare iute eu caut numai lucruri legate de România și asa am dat de voi .You speak too quickly .Not everybody live in USA sorry .
Blue Air is bankrupt now.
thankfully they were still operating when we went. and that they still had enough money for fuel.
@@waysoftheworld_ :))
Imagine being a dictator and being toppled by a big building and by an American TV show called Dallas. The people's revolution was just the reaction.
Min 5:27 and min 5:35 Behind you is not a communist building....it looks like Interwar Style "Art Deco" (Carol II Time, when the boulevard where you are wants to be a boulevard like in New York, "Palace of Telephones" on "Victoria Avenue” is another example..) ... and actually communist flat bulidings are in front of you (behid the camera)... Those communist flat buildings were build in the 1950-1960 (all the left side when you go from "Piata Unirii" to "Magazinul Bucuresti" - "Statuia Lupoaicei") and are also NOT IN COMMUNIST STYLE .... In the "COMMUNIST STYLE" are the buildings at "PIATA OBOR", that is, indeed, very communist style (at Min 5:31)
They have too much fat,If you want to eat more then 6 small ones you have to squeeze them with a napkin to absorb the fat
Thank for your visit and after waching manny videos from America on how your health sistem works and manny wrong thinks, that you don' t have paid leave or when you are sick no free from work and paid sick days ,guns in store so on it' s not true what that uber driver said. After learning the truth from America no way we want to go there. You don' t work to live, you live to work. Compare the health sistem in your country or food ,or safety to any country from Europe and you will see what i am talking about. I have to be honest. Your health sistem, work sistem so on it' s soo wrong etc. Thank you for your visit. I hope you enjoy. American ppl are friendly but the sistem it' s wrong, it' s not your fault, politicians make you to believe that you are the most good country in the world and free but it' s so wrong. God help you to see the truth.
Hey, we were not going to argue about this with our Uber driver. It's important to respect that people have different ways of thinking. A LOT of people in the world still view the US as the land of dreams and it depends on each person's background and what a dream actually means to them. We don't disagree that the system in the US doesn't work, as there are many many things that are so broken - I can tell you my perspective (Aimara) as an immigrant. When you're not doing great in your own country and cannot live where you were born, the US does feel like the land of dreams, it's a way out and even though there are way too many things wrong with the US, it is still a place where people go to find a better life and that means different things for everyone. God help you understand people's different backgrounds and stories and not see things as black or white.
Clara KAM in case you have not noticed this channel is a travel vlog one! This lovely foreign couple is doing actually a great job trying to learn about different cultures! Please refrain from political comments
@@waysoftheworld_ I agree with your comment and I applaud your lesson on how we should respect people's differences in opinions! Whereas American democracy is hundreds years old, Romanian democracy is just 32 years old! So when you see blunt comments like these bear with them, there's an explanation why! Since the end of WWII until the end of '89 the second ammendment was completely denied to the Romanian citizens. No one could have an opinion without risking prison. That's a fact! So after the comunism ended the reverse happened, for the last 32 years Romanians like to wear their politics under the sleeve basically and be very vocal about it! There's long road ahead for them, but thankfully to people like you that take chances to visit and learn about them helps opening their minds too! Happy traveling!
@@rougejewel He's not wrong though. The social support for low-skilled workers and low earners is a joke in the US. He might not say it polite but he's saying the truth.
What Ceausescu spent most on was the industrialization. There were times when Romania produced everything, except that was not the sort of market economy and when the communism went down the economy also went nose down, leaving millions unemployed.
Thanks so much for clearing that up so nicely ❤️ it's very appreciated. Not everyone has that gift.
@@waysoftheworld_ True that in the 2nd half of 80s the guy became a maniac and lost control of the situation. Most would tend to compare Romania under Ceausescu with the types of North Korea, Venezuela, Cuba dictatorships, but the fact is that until early 80s Romanian was a respected international player in many ways. In politics Ceausescu was the only communist leader to oppose the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, then when the Soviets tried to invade Romania prepared the country for war and the Soviets backed off. Then Nixon reached the Chinese for a common ground against the Soviets though Ceausescu. Also in late '60s the Israeli - Palestinian peace was mediated by the Romanians, the only friend of both. Mind blowing also today that at '82 Olympics Romania finished 2nd in the world at gold medals, after the US. In the 70s-80s Romanian engineering and medicine were attended by more foreigners than in all other communist countries together, Soviet Union included. Compared to that is unheard of North Korea or other dictatorships to be tops at anything, except for the obsession to destroy invented enemies, in order to maintain their oppressive regimes. The oppressive regime is the similarity with the last years of Ceausescu, but Romania still had education, a common sense of duty and hard work, until the Soviet backed neo communists hijacked the '89 popular revolt, came to power and in few years sold the entire Romanian industry at scrap. Instead of modernize it, to be competitive. That's the story that should be told.
Ceausescu turned Romania into North Korea
@@PopescuSorin Well, in the last 5 years yes, it turned into an oppressive and repressive regime, but the education system was still top notch. Do you realize that in '82 Ceausescu's Romania finished 2nd in the world at Gold Medals, in the Olympics, only after the United States and ahead of all the civilized world? Or the education system, had more foreign students in Romania than all other communist countries together. About 600k foreign students studied in Romania only in 70s-80s. Romanian engineering and medicine systems and education copied by many Asian countries that today proud themselves to be some of the best in the world at medicine, like Malaysia. Even in football, you would be surprised that Romanian system was implemented in the Netherlands in early 70s, then in France in early 80s, with great results afterwards, and so on. For the Arab countries and North Africa, Romania was like a Switzerland of technology and a supplier of best agricultural products, even military. The most complex drilling from Iraq, Syria, to Morocco north Africa, was done by Romanian Petroleum Company, and so on.. The big problem was the dictatorship itself and the fact that all those foreign partners got Romanian goods on credit and never paid for them.
Ah, an old commie reminiscing about the good old times. Take a hike to N. Korea, you'll fit right in.@@Sofia-0001
everyone is crossing illegally at Obor junction to the metro, even the tourists :)))
haha looking back I can't even think of another way to reach the entrance without crossing illegally :)
I'm from Romania and I don't like "MICI" - never eat them!
Really!? wow this is the first time we hear that! We did like it very much :) but we're all different...
BS! I never heard someone saying they don't like mici by now! Except maybe if they are vegan...
bucharest is good but the rest of the country is better constanta brasov cluj and the rest. if you just focus on the tourist areas you will miss the best parts of these countries. Countries are more then just a bunch of ridiculous tourist areas.
Agreed! That's why we slow travel...
Well your story about Bucharest"s history is a little sketchy and the builduings shown to have been built by Gheoghiu Dej were actually interbellic apartment blocks. Gheoghiu Dej did not build communist style buildings, most of them were built during Nicolae Ceausescu's dictatorship, after Dej died ... also Prince Carol never asked to go back to Germany ...
Well we tried at least :) Just sharing what we learned in our walking tour, which I guess they embellish a little bit... but oh well 🤷🏻♀️