After being cooped up in Bucharest for a period of time long enough to be worthy of using the term “cooped up” it was like a breath of fresh air (literally) to finally pull away from the outskirts of the city. This is the first leg of what is to become our road trip around Romania. Read The Introduction To This Series Here. We fueled up our car and...

From B to A… Expat Style. The conversation between the Bucharest Expat team and a friend of ours went something like this: Anyone interested in joining me for a road trip? Where are you going? Amsterdam. What are we driving? An Audi TT. I’ll be packed in five minutes. When do we leave??? After the initial enthusiastic reaction, the real world arrived...

After successfully traversing the northern route of the Transfagarasan Pass, the road to Sibiu was an easy if congested drive. Having never been there before this was an ideal opportunity to get a quick introduction by spending an introductory evening there before heading back in the direction of Rimnicu Valcea for a late lunch. Finding the hotel proved to be...