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#1 2016-07-21 07:59:01
- Chief Brody
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Bucarest Ivy
I have half a day free in Bucarest next week.
What do I do and see?
#3 2016-07-21 08:36:23
- Acton_Baby
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Re: Bucarest Ivy
Was there this time last year for a Festival, got to spend three days exploring.
Not much clothing and footwear wise that you can't get anywhere else, so some food and drink recommendations...
Caru' cu Bere ( literally translated 'The Beer Cart') , 5 strada Stavrpoleos,
great local food ('tochitura' a seasonal pork stew is absolutely dynamite if it's on the menu) and beer. Good lunchtime stop.
Bordello Bar , 9 strada Selari,
Evening /Late stop is a Cabaret, burlesque and music bar, good tapas style eats and the booze flows freely:)
Cremeria Emilia, 38 strada Franceza,
The best coffee and cakes/deserts I've eaten in Romania, they do a beautiful 'panna cota' and gelato style ice cream.
"I have about 100 pairs of pyjamas. I like to see people dressed comfortably."
Hugh Hefner
#5 2016-07-21 09:00:31
- Acton_Baby
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Re: Bucarest Ivy
No worries CB.
One I forgot ....
The Sky Bar at the Pura Vida Hostel, 7 strada Smardan,
outdoor roof top bar, a little bit ramshackle and home made but all the better for it.
"I have about 100 pairs of pyjamas. I like to see people dressed comfortably."
Hugh Hefner
#6 2016-07-21 09:09:11
- Harpo
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Re: Bucarest Ivy
The traditional shoemakers in the wonderful cobbled lanes of the Old Town, near the Presidential Palace, make excellent and inexpensive footwear.
Err, no, hold on - that's not Bucharest.... I'm thinking of somewhere else. Sorry.
Actually, I was going to go to Bucharest the other year, but I decided to remain yer. Geddit?
Randy lower-class trifler
#8 2016-07-22 00:34:03
- Horace
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Re: Bucarest Ivy
there's a old memoir/notebok - I've been meaning to pick it up -- mentioned a month or so ago in NYRB:
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/05/26/surrounded-by-jew-haters/
centered on Bucharest. I've been meaning to pick it up.
This too:
http://www.nyrb.com/search?q=bucharest
I like reading older books of great cities (or great provincial cities) in a different time and then traveling there, to see if I can sense the ghosts. Or run into Vaclav.
""This is probably the last Deb season...because of the stock market, the economy, Everything..." - W. Stillman.
#9 2016-07-22 13:38:02
- Chief Brody
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Re: Bucarest Ivy
Funny you say that... I just finished Michael Palin's tie-in book for his TV show Around the World in 80 days. Not that old and strictly a book for bathroom sojourns...But there's still enough of the old world flavours described in his "postcards" to fire your own imagination. I couldn't think of anything worse than reading about e-tickets and tripAdvisor...
Those books you linked to, thank you. Fascinating. Will put them on the list.
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#10 2016-07-22 16:17:27
- stanshall
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Re: Bucarest Ivy
"bow wow wow yippie yo yippie yay"
#12 2016-08-01 04:32:37
- McGeorge Bundyburger
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Re: Bucarest Ivy
Nice one Chief. Hope you did the sensible thing and avoided the Irish Bar! The horror...
#13 2016-08-01 06:33:58
- Chief Brody
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Re: Bucarest Ivy
I did indeed.
But I must admit to being fond of the Irish bar in Nice, Ma Nolans...