I have a week to kill somewhere in these two cunts in early October. I have a work obligation in Istanbul then a week to myself before moving onto Munich for a family vacation. I don't have any specific goals but want to visit them out of a sense of completionism since I've been to most other cunts in Europe.I need to end the trip in Bucharest since they have the cheap and direct flights to Munich. Anyone have anything to recommend other than 3 days in both capitals? Trains don't seem super efficient and I don't want to lose a whole day for travel. I don't want to rent a car. Any recommendations for the cities themselves or reasonable alternatives cities/locations that don't take a whole travel day to get to?
>>2902206BrasovTransylvania in general
>>2902206Please don't spend 3 days in both capitals. Bulgaria go to Plovdiv if you're going to be near Sofia, you can get tours from Sofia to see Orthodox monasteries Rila fairly easily. Sofia itself doesn't have much of note, it has a much more provincial feel than most European capitals. Bucharest looks awful compared to Romanian cities north of the mountains. Its still fun though, they've got the big thermal spa near the airport if you're interested. I would recommend north of the mountains obv. but that's a 6hr+ bus journey. Though I haven't been, I imagine you'll also be crossing through Edirne on the way to Bulgaria, if you could visit the city and report back, it would be much appreciated~ Oh, and also if there's snow in Bucharest, find a hill to sled down. Get some cardboard, its really fun! Here's a funny looking building in the 'rest
We have this thread every other week where retards want to go to Bucharest and Sofia
>>2902276Solid advice anon, I appreciate it. I have some flexibility with Bulgaria and still need to figure how/where I'll go after leaving Istanbul. Any experience with the black sea towns? Know if Burgas or Varna are anything special. I have a small itinerary for Bucharest already plus I do need the airport there more than anything. I could sacrifice a day for a better experience in Bulgaria though.
>>2902206If you're coming to varna I can show you some fun and interesting placesFor example the beachfront where tourists go is really polluted and locals don't swim there but across the bridge on asparuhovo side you will find all the locals spending their day at the beachTo be fair varna as a city isn't anything special and it's mostly a bit ugly and activities are pretty basic (except for the archeological museum which is really good) but what makes it stand out is all the interesting people, both locals and bulgarians coming for party holidays, not so many international tourists but plenty of expats, celebrities from sofia and interesting people all getting together in the same placesBulgaria isn't extrovertedly friendly and socially open like greece though so don't expect mediterranean smiles and small talk everywhere Flixbus from varna to bucharest is around 15€, same price for train from sofia to varna
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>>2902206These countries are like the Midwest of Europe. Things work quite well in these countries. Food is fine. They are ok to start a family there. But don’t expect to be mind blown.Like it’s cool and all.
>>2902206what Romania has best to offer is the village life. You can still find communities where life is just like hundreds of years ago. You wont find this experience anywhere else in Europe.You will get to see communities with a local miller, blacksmith, pastor, sheppard, all living like in medieval times.The people are rather poor by some standards, but they are very good spirited and wise people that will treat you(foreigners) very well. I will suggest something like Apuseni mountains and not something like Hunedoara bacause seeing abandoned houses and villages everywhere might be heartbreaking, but this is Romania after all, not idyllic but harsh.
Been to both a few months ago. Timisoara is beautiful. Did not go to Transylvania. Bucharest is complete shit, one of the worst cities I’ve ever been to.Loved Bulgaria. If you like commieblocks and the like, Sofia is great. Looks very socialist still. Cool trams and a good metro. You can take a train across the entire country for like $10. Veliko Tarnovo is super nice, cool medieval castle. Varna is nothing special. Ruse is a very underrated town near the Romanian border with maybe the best mosaic I’ve ever seen (pictured) Moldova is also definitely worth a visit. Chisinau is improving very quickly, really not as dilapidated as Bald and Bankrupt made it out to be in that video.
First, if you can't read cyrillic, learn. you can get to like 5 year old sounding it out skill in like ~2 hours and it's worth it to be basic level literate. In Sophia, try Paкeтa paкия бap for an evening. It's a little hokey but the guys running it were really kind. I tipped like ~25% because of how good the service was and the servers came around to thank me and comp'ed a bunch of booze and dessert for my fiance and I. I recommend the шкeмбe чopбa tripe soup. Plovdiv is in many ways a more interesting city. its really medieval, and they don't really fence off ruins like in other countries so fondly remember eating donner kabab sitting in the seats of the ancient hippodrome imagining the chariots go by. I also remember stumbling down icy uneven steps in the old part of on a cold winter night and on a whim entering a really weird restaurant that seemed to be built around a tree in the middle of a three way intersection. I got a clay vessel of hot wine and a platter of chicken hearts and when the owner found out I was American he absolutely LIT UP with joy and pride and loudly exclaimed "HOHO don't worry friend! here in Bulgaria, no black men! no black bread!". To this day I'm not sure what he had against pumpernickel. I'm glad to have gone to both, and it was only a few hours on bus between the two. I took a night train from Istanbul to Plovdiv, then bus to Sophia. both weren't much hassle, bought tickets day of. I will always have a soft spot for Bulgaria, directly after having dealt with so many Turks, the Bulgarians were so kind, and charming, and earnest, and minded their own fucking business - it was so refreshing. Then again, maybe any culture would feel that way in comparison to turks
>>2905093Sounds comfy. I know a small bit of Russian and can read a lot of cyrillic but idk if that would be enough for someone who still primarily speaks English.
>>2905520one of the greatest joys of traveling among slavs is that the native speakers use like 0-5 words in a typical interaction. So, if you're white, have good pronunciation, and don't look like an idiot (camera, smiling, stupid American clothes), even a rudimentary vocabulary is "native speaker" level for little day to day interactions out and about.Sometimes I miss it, just existing in spaces without anyone trying to sell me shit, or talk to me at all. To pay with exact change and walk out with just a look and a grunt from the cashier who doesn't give a shit and doesn't want me to join their membership program. God bless 'em slavs. In my travels:>Mexicans/Thai - cannot mind their own business, act friendly, and are friendly, but will turn around and stab you when drunk over some machismo nonsense. >Turks/Chinese - cannot mind their own business, act friendly, but will rob you and steal your shit with a smile any time they think they can get away with it.>Japanese - Mind their business, quietly loath tourists, come around to bro tier when drunk>Slavs - Mind their own business, get really stoked to chat be friendly but only if there's some excuse/pretense for the interaction. you oughtn't cold approach.
>>2905520You will find almost nobody under 30 who speaks Russian, but the vocabulary matches about 40%
