All the beer ratings are in – and here is the summary table. The top-rated Cinnamon beer in Tallinn was in fact the very first beer that I sampled on my trip. It had a distinctive flavour and was also helped by the medieval environment in which it was served. Although four beers scored 3½ stars I have re-graded them for the purposes of this summary. … Continue reading Beer Ratings Summary (Part 1)
Subtitle: I’ve Got the Music in Me Wow! What a trip. Where Do I begin? It wasn’t really a Holiday or a Magical Mystery Tour but more of an Adventure of a Lifetime. The Times They are a Changing and I had a Head Full of Dreams and a plan – so decided that It’s Now or Never. I wasn’t looking for The Man in … Continue reading My trip in 120 song titles
You will know that I am not into Religion, which means I don’t really know much about Religion. However I do know and often notice that believers ‘cross themselves’ as they enter a church. Fair enough. But something that I witnessed very regularly in Bucharest was people ‘crossing themselves’ seemingly every time they see or pass a church – even at a distance. On the … Continue reading Random thoughts
I found a very trendy bar / bistro / restaurant in the Old Town and went for a traditional Romanian meat dish served with mustard, pickles and potatoes. Lovely. And so to the beer … One of the most popular beers in Romania is Ursus. So I sampled a pint of Ursus Premium. Very nice. It hit the spot. 3 stars. Romanian beer is very … Continue reading The important stuff
As I know that a number of my Readers are football fans I felt duty bound to visit the home of Dinamo Bucharest especially given that it was only 2 stops away on the Metro. They have won the Romanian Ligue 1 title 16 times and have an intense rivalry with Steau Bucharest. As with many European clubs they compete in many different sports – … Continue reading For the football fans
Having spent some time in Bucharest I can understand why they call it ‘Little Paris’. There are numerous wide tree-lined boulevards and in the Old Town the buildings are very stylish and – from my reading of the various tourist information plaques – it would appear that many of them were designed by French architects who were in vogue at the time. The Old Town … Continue reading Little Paris
I arrived in Bucharest at 8.30am and jumped straight on to the airport bus into the city centre. (Cost = 60p. What a bargain!) It was a grey overcast day – which didn’t help – but my first impressions were that the outskirts are somewhat run down and grim. The same as many areas around airports, I guess. On an optimistic note there must be … Continue reading Bucharest, ROMANIA
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