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 is much easier and the Ploiesti bypass is a pleasure to drive (although lane discipline on the...

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, compounded by the battery that had decided that holding a charge was no longer required. The jump...

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 had difficulty finding an affordable decent hotel. Apparent variety in entertainment options...

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 good for the first two days with the possibility of rain on the final day. The plan was to...

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 independent film maker Rick Mereki traveled for 44 days around the globe with two buddies. This by...