by Bucharest Connoisseur | Mar 29, 2015 | Restuarants And Dining, Romania Recent Articles
UPDATE: Restaurant Now Under New Ownership, And Quite Frankly, I Avoid It At All Costs. So I said to myself “Crap, I just wrote an article on where to find a great burger in Bucharest, and what I feel that did was lead me to a place that makes a better burger”. Well,...
by Bucharest Expat | Oct 30, 2014 | Getaways, Romania Recent Articles
After seeing the title of this article, some savvy readers have already guessed that the “Birthplace” of Vlad Tepes is indeed inside the citadel at Sighisoara, Romania. Just this summer (2014), a tourist by the name of Catalina Borta snapped a photo of a newly...
by Bucharest Connoisseur | Sep 2, 2014 | Restuarants And Dining, Romania Recent Articles
As an American from the big city, I am a fan of the burger. A burger must be prepared properly – no questions asked. Preparing a proper hamburger truly is an “art form” and once you’ve found that “perfect burger” its’ like discovering a hidden treasure. After...
by Bucharest Expat | Jul 16, 2014 | Restuarants And Dining, Romania Recent Articles
Newly opened in the North of Bucharest, Chicca Ristorante in Bucharest aims to become the first one Michelin star restaurant in Romania and an essential destination for lovers of Italian cuisine. The ambitious plan of the owners includes the pursuit of the highly...
by Bucharest Expat | Apr 25, 2013 | 2013, Archives, Getaways, Romania Recent Articles
It’s taken far long to put pen to paper (if you can still say that) but this is finally a tale of another trip to the mountains of Romania. With the temperatures in Bucharest straining the thermometer last August, we decided that heading out to the mountains might...
by Bucharest Expat | Apr 19, 2013 | 2013, Archives, Expat Profiles, Special Events
The Antena 3 documentary program La premiera cu Carmen Avram just won a prestigious gold award at the NewYork Festival’s World’s Best Television and Films in Las Vegas. Carmen collected the award for Best Camerawork on behalf of her team. Cristian Tamas is...
by Bucharest Expat | Nov 5, 2011 | 2011, Archives, Getaways, Romania Recent Articles
As a follow-up to Halloween we figured we’d add in a piece about the Happy Cemetery near Maramures on the Ukranian Romanian border. We’re likely all very familiar with the Merry/Happy Cemetery as it is called, however what Romanian tourist and informative...
by Bucharest Expat | Oct 26, 2011 | 2011, Archives, Getaways
If you drive just over 100 km north of Bucharest through the Prahova valley into the mountains, you will arrive in the Pearl of the Carpathanians, Sinaia. This journey used to be more of an adventure but with road improvements in recent years getting out of Bucharest...
by Bucharest Expat | Oct 2, 2011 | 2011, Archives, Getaways
Continued From Romanian Mountain Adventure Part 1… Dawn staggered blearily onto the scene at about 5:30. We staggered upright shortly after the arrival of daylight and finally set out to see if we could fix the recalcitrant ATV throttle. This took two hours,...
by Bucharest Expat | Sep 21, 2011 | 2011, Archives, Getaways
In our last Road Trip installment we left you with our passage through Timisoara. To summarize (just to make sure everyone is on the same page) Timisoara was simply not our cup of tea. We had difficulty finding a hotel, we had difficulty finding dining options, and we...
by Bucharest Expat | Sep 2, 2011 | 2011, Archives, Bucharest Culture And Heritage, Getaways
It is interesting to note how the rising trends in Gold buying (speculating or hedging) in today’s marketplace is actually quite heavily related to Romania. A recent article from Spiegel Online International helps make this connection. Rosia Montana in the...
by Bucharest Expat | Aug 24, 2011 | 2011, Archives, Getaways
When one of our team members was invited to join a three day trip into the mountains from Rimnicu Valcea on an ATV, is seemed like an opportunity too good to miss. The trails are challenging at times but the breadth of scenery is stunning, and the weather forecast was...
by Bucharest Expat | Aug 19, 2011 | 2011, Archives, Expat Profiles
Well, I guess I should start off by saying hello to everyone and welcome to my first article giving you a flavour and insight into life for us expats living and working in Romania. I can’t believe it’s over 3 years now since I moved here as I can remember my first...
by Bucharest Expat | Aug 19, 2011 | 2011, Archives, Expat Profiles
Hi Everyone, my name is Colin Lovering and I’ve been kindly asked by the Bucharest expat team to share with you on a bi-weekly basis some of my funny and disastrous experiences as well as my general observations about Romanian life, culture and politics through the...
by Bucharest Expat | Aug 5, 2011 | 2011, Archives, Getaways
Quite possibly one of the coolest videos we’ve seen in a while and certainly worthy of mention and comment on Bucharest Expat. The video is entitled “Move” and features a different twist on a stop motion type vid. To make this video, Australian...
by Bucharest Expat | Jul 31, 2011 | 2011, Archives, Getaways
Timisoara had to be on our list of places to see in Romania. They have beer. We were told by many that the city of Timisoara was a “better” version of Bucharest, and certainly a hot spot in Romania. Concidentally, all these cities in Romania the we wanted...
by Bucharest Expat | Jul 26, 2011 | 2011, Archives, Bucharest Culture And Heritage, Getaways
In our usual quest to find the slightly different side of Romania, we have received the following information from a Romanian journalist on the paranormal history of the Hoia-Baciu Forest, deep in the centre of Romania…. In the heart of the Ardeal region, you can find...
by Bucharest Expat | Jul 25, 2011 | 2011, Archives, Getaways
One of the most anticipated destinations on our road trip was the Castle at Hunedoara, Romania. As we leafed through travel books and Googled “Hunedoara Castle”, we were amazed by the stunning images we saw. This truly appeared to be a castle that...
by Bucharest Expat | Jul 19, 2011 | 2011, Archives, Bucharest Road Tests
KTM 990SMR Motorcycle reviewed by Leslie Warren; an Expat Living in Bucharest. 22 June 2011, after 8,000kms over 12 months. Allow me to introduce myself – I am Steve McQueen, recently escaped from the cooler. Well, I’m not really, I’m a 45 year old...
by Bucharest Expat | Jul 6, 2011 | 2011, Archives, Getaways
From Dubrovnik to Punta Cana, each of these destinations offers a very unique lifestyle. Our favorite destinations for travel this season have been seen on various travel blogs, and always remained somewhere in the Top 10 on these “expat” lists. When...
