I have heard from my wife and many other people over and over the “horror” stories of what may and sometimes does transpire regarding males vs. females on public transportation in Bucharest. On a local news program (a subsidiary of PRO TV) there was a spot on the growing dangers of “attractive” females taking...
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Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) PostsOh my gosh.. the ash cloud will kill us all!!!! Run for the hills!!! Just not the hills with holes in the top… Now that the ash cloud from Volcano Esldjkghskdjfbgkjh is looming above Europe, some 20,000 feet in the air and about 10,000...
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Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts The new Dacia Duster seems to be “around” now in the local media. The funny thing is… the marketing campaigns make absolutely ZERO sense… or do they? We all noticed the new TV commercial for the Duster (a clear rip-off of Saturn Car commercials...
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Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts If you live here in Bucharest then you are very familiar with Dacia. If you don’t live here yet, then it is high time you get used to the “Dacia” in the automotive sense of the term. Often looked at as a rolling traffic...
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Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts On March 18th there will supposedly be a Metro strike in Bucharest. This has happened quite often, a memorable one being in 1999 when drivers went on strike demanding the average $113 equivalent monthly salary be doubled. This time, after listening to the “rumor...
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Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts Well I did it again this morning. Drove in snow and traffic. Why? Because I said to myself “It can’t be as bad as I think”. Pfff… oops. Sitting in traffic for 2 hours this morning gave me ample time to reflect on the...
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Here is a story that maybe some of you can relate to, especially if you’ve paid any attention whatsoever to the way people park around town. At my house very near the center, I have two large garage doors with highly visible “Garaj” markings displayed on the front of them. Although it is printed...
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As an expat, you’re probably going to also fall under the category as “frequent Flier”. All of us here at Bucharest Expat have multiple stamps overlaying other stamps on our passports as well as more frequent flier miles and bonus points than our “non-expat” counterparts (yes a bit of bragging). As these bonus points...
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