wizz air to timisoara romania opens up the carpathians

well it is open the ski destinatrion unknown to all wizz air opening up this route gives uk ski enthusiasts a new exciting opportunity to visit one of the worlds most unknown jewels in the ski calendar. if you havnt skied in romania then you dont know what you have missed.. i will write much more soon as we are developing a new tourist route to the western carpathinan moiuntains and holidays for those who cant afford adventure holidays lie the rich and famous..skiing for free almost..we want to attract the holiday market for the needey and deserving under privaledged kids from inner cities in the uk to have the chance to ski like the rich..back soon with a new project to excite you and your youth group..keep us book marked

Some trivial facts about romania

- In the Romanian mountains are more then 200 gorges

In Romania women out number men by about 600,000 more

- The first town in Europe with street electric lightning was Timisoara Town.

I may add some more later

Tips on visiting romania

When you come to Romania it is better to know some useful tips:

1. On the border or in the city if someone asks you to change money, avoided without any explanation. Don’t change the money on the street – is illegal! and risky

2.Be careful to protect your luggage in especially in bus or railway station or airport. normal in any country

3. If someone asks you for entrance tickets or fees, or any taxes and fines, politely ask for his identity card or authorization.

4. When you want to take a car from the road or a taxi, you must think to pay the driver (about. 3 – 4 Euro for 100km, or to ask the driver about the price, before getting in the car.

5. Don’t visit the gipsy community or marginal streets from the big cities alone. You can normally tell these areas as the people are generally much darker skinned than most Romanians in essence just remain streetwise

6. If you come with your car is better to respect the rules and to use all most national or European roads. Communal roads are very poor!

7. Be careful where you park. It Is hard to find a parking place in the centre of the cities and you must to pay for that place.

I removed 8 , don’t leave luggage at a railway locker

9. The prices in hotels of three, four and five stars are almost similar to the West in cities but still much cheaper than the uk. If you have a low budget try to sleep in guesthouses or pensions

10. You can use your tent only in special places around tourist towns and resorts for an accessible price. Not every town has special places for camping or tents. But most locals will let you pitch for a price

11. For entrance in these areas you must to pay a ticket: Retazat National park, Ceahlau National park, Turzii Gorges Reservation, Danube Delta Reservation.

12. In the mountains you can put your tent in special and recommended places. Or anywhere you feel safe to do so at your own risk

13. Don’t leave the tent all the day. I know some shepherds specialized to steal everything.

14. A very big problem in the mountains is the shepherd’s dogs – very aggressive with travellers. Sometime I saw shepherds urged their dogs to me. Some shepherds have more then 10 dogs. (Only three dogs for 100 sheep are legal)

15. in Bucegi, Postavaru, Munceii Predealului, Piatra Craiului, Iezer and Ciucas mountains are domestic bears sometime, when you don’t take their any food and they are hungry can be aggressive and to tear tents, finding food. I don’t recommended to put your tent alone in these areas.

16. You need a good map or a good professional guide for trekking, hiking or climbing in Romania. In some areas the touristy marks are very old and invaded by vegetation. Is not so funny to spend a night lost in large and wild Romanian woods? I recommended you a guide service. Is more secure and affordable.

17. …also for rock climbing is more important to have a good guide with you. many climbing routes are old full of vegetation and insecure. I renamed that route “kamikaze”. Some tops are dangerous made. Also in Romania are a lot of very beautiful and secure route, but you need someone to show you those routes and to help you in difficult moments.

18. in winter the avalanche danger is present in all the mountains higher then 1800m. If you don’t have any experience I recommend you do not go alone or without someone experienced.

19. When you visit a monastery you must to have your legs cover. The shorts aren’t recommended and are considerate immoral.

20. When you visit an important cultural sight, is a ticket for entrance very affordable and a special ticket for photos and shootings. This last ticket can be expensive, much more then entrance ticket. After you pay will be surprised when you will see inside the monument a sign with “no photo and shooting”.

21. Romanian wine is very good and cheap, but don’t drink too much! Try to buy certified wine bottles. Or if you feel adventurous go for some home brew

22. In the villages and in small towns majority people speak only Romanian.

23. Romania is full of dogs without owner land. Everywhere you are, somewhere there is a dog. Some are pretty some are aggressive…depends on your luck.

23. Many Romanian maps are old, poor and inaccurate. Don’t trust 100% in maps.

24. In remote villages all the people salute! Is better if you use a salute like: “Buna ziua!”, (Good afternoon!) or “Doamne‘ ajuta” (God help us!).

25. Romania is a very beautiful country with nice and friendly people. Be cautious but friendly and open hard and I assure you will not be disappointed.

 A modified guide to Romania the original can be found here written by Valeriu (Vali) Catargiu – national tour guide from Romania

News Flights to Romania Cluj added to wizz air

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Cluj now added to wizz air destinations makes it cheaper to fly than before. i just checked out a fare for 2 adults and one child under 14 and the return fare worked out at just over 300 GBP not bad, and the internal land transport is so cheap for other destinations. may be onto a winner again? this opens up the route to the

mountains and Apusini district in Romania a very nice area not far from cluj

Dating Romanian Women and Men

Its fast becoming apparent to me that this is a popular subject, born out of curiosity i am about to embark on a research project to see if this would be an area where i could get involved considering i have had a little experience of it first hand.

to outline and remind you i have a Romanian girlfriend already, hence the knowledge, i also know other people in the same situation as well,being British and having a Romanian partner.

Dating a Romanian is no different than any other physical attraction is exactly the same no matter which country. however there are a few subtle differences  from English women (cant speak for the men) whilst the all women are the same motto applies, i suppose it depends on the individual situation. i have had a look at some of the dating sites for romania and its plain for me to see some of these sites a phishing sites,some are just plain cloned, others are genuine and have genuine people on them amongst the generic pictures and profiles designed to draw in punters. most of thew sites i saw i wouldn’t recommend. i was thinking to try to find a way to make a genuine dating site or portal and currently am scratching my head as it is not without problems. Firstly not many women would pay to be on a dating site in Romania, second i would be reluctant to start vetting uk mens applications to date Romanian girls. I wouldn’t want the blame for anything that went wrong. Its a funny old game is dating. i think my advice would be to men seeking women in Romania is beware,not all you hear may be the truth, especially if you get an introduction from a dating site.

I think maybe the internet has a lot to offer those seeking love in Romania and the uk ,but at the same time its a dangerous world.

if i come up with a bright spark idea on how to put people in touch i will sure post it here

Back in Blighty for a while

back here for a few months hence not been writing much soon to change though as after february should be on broadband,will be able to update a few things on here…lots happened and i have to bring the news up to date just caught a bit of writing from seth and holly guests at the pension in borlova see the article about their stay in borlova here

sorry its a short one but i will be writing more news again soon

One extreme to the other

Well what a day its been lashing it down with rain and a bit chilly to boot..kevs house starts to take shape with the first corner of the building being erected in the rain by the 3 wise monkeys me kev and gita.

No real local gossip and no updates on the car crash as yet but i have been working out side on kevs construction project all afternoon and didnt get up til lunch time so missed out on some things but quiet in general as i did move about.

Weather report: Wet cold cloudy and raining as opposed to hot and very sunny the day before who know what tommorow will bring?

Traffic Report: no news is good news

Other observations of the day: kevs question as to whether eating parsley gives you the trotts amused me, i have never heard of this but put his predicament down to other causes or food,incidently i always carry a spare change of clothes and some bog roll in the car in case of emergencies..and i have needed too use them all on several occasions so for first time in romania anti Trotts tabs are a great idea.. i dont normally get problems as often as when i first came here it is getting better still that is enough of that…off on a few days hols to a place just outside Cluj and then on to my friends house in Zalau Hopefully few a few days. been there before and its a nice area the aupesini mountains.

Night Club News

I Have Noticed quite a few people searching about night clubs in Romania and especially Timisoara i saw there is a electro party somewhere near timisoara advertised with a line up including some UK DJ’s Seemed like a good crack unfortunatly left the info with some guests we had here so lost the dates but it is up and coming. If any one is searching for info or help on this front then me and Kev can probably help with sorting out some deals and Guides which will help no end if it is your first trip here. we had a promotion in mind and we are still working on it. but other things have side tracked the progress.

without a doubt romania has some unusual nightlife and style of partying…some of it very erotic…The Clubs in timisoara are mainly smaller than some big UK clubs But an outside Gig will get packed out this time of year.

Well cutting this short if you need help or information just post a reply