Comments on: Preview of Round 2 in Romania http://killingbatteries.com/2008/07/preview-of-round-2-in-romania/ Leif Pettersen's battery-powered rise to the zenith of travel writing rapture Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:37:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: leif http://killingbatteries.com/2008/07/preview-of-round-2-in-romania/comment-page-1/#comment-76639 leif Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:57:18 +0000 http://killingbatteries.com/?p=362#comment-76639 Hi Leslie – not sure which phone code you're referring to. If it's the local phone code for each city, that's at the top of each city section. If you're talking dialing out of Romania, that's in the Directory, in the back, in the Telephone section. If you're being referred to the front of the book, some editor made a boo-boo. Hi Leslie – not sure which phone code you’re referring to. If it’s the local phone code for each city, that’s at the top of each city section. If you’re talking dialing out of Romania, that’s in the Directory, in the back, in the Telephone section. If you’re being referred to the front of the book, some editor made a boo-boo.

]]> By: Leslie http://killingbatteries.com/2008/07/preview-of-round-2-in-romania/comment-page-1/#comment-76505 Leslie Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:19:56 +0000 http://killingbatteries.com/?p=362#comment-76505 Maybe in the updated Romania travel guide you could include the telephone codes that you allude to in the deepest darkest depths of the LP guide (Ed 4) but cleverly leave out despite saying to refer to them on front page?? Aarggh! The one time I travel to a country where I require constant telephone use and your guide let me down. I could not locate said telephone codes that are promised to be somewhere inside the front cover.....? Maybe in the updated Romania travel guide you could include the telephone codes that you allude to in the deepest darkest depths of the LP guide (Ed 4) but cleverly leave out despite saying to refer to them on front page?? Aarggh! The one time I travel to a country where I require constant telephone use and your guide let me down. I could not locate said telephone codes that are promised to be somewhere inside the front cover…..?

]]> By: April http://killingbatteries.com/2008/07/preview-of-round-2-in-romania/comment-page-1/#comment-73724 April Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:15:34 +0000 http://killingbatteries.com/?p=362#comment-73724 oh, yes, in 2 Mai, on the marina, there's a small restaurant (close to the nudist beach) that serves so many fish dishes that you don't know what to chose from. oh, yes, in 2 Mai, on the marina, there’s a small restaurant (close to the nudist beach) that serves so many fish dishes that you don’t know what to chose from.

]]> By: April http://killingbatteries.com/2008/07/preview-of-round-2-in-romania/comment-page-1/#comment-73722 April Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:13:23 +0000 http://killingbatteries.com/?p=362#comment-73722 so you must be around here now. heatwave, you have it as ordered, sir, and you cannot do a thing about it. for the rest, hotels and backpain, there's cure. you can try and see the bottom-end hotels, hostels and so. they won't be that booked. or a tent :) you'll be fine without the cheeseburger, too. if you reach as south as Vama Veche, give it a try to that crepperie on the right side of the street (it's only one street that matters in Vama Veche, you cannot miss it). they are fabulous. they have like 25 fillings for the creppes, that goes from slighty salted and purrfect for a beer, to creppes soaked in chocolate sauce and honey. you'll be fine, do trust a Romanian. as a seaside resort, I'd recommend 2 Mai. it's near Mangalia, on the way to the Bulgarian customs, (same as the above mentioned Vama Veche - which translated would mean The Old Custom), but it's, well, I cannot say pristine, since there's nothing left pristine out of our 45 kmts of seashore-which-can-be-considered-beach. 2 Mai is a resort with a breath of its own. you'll like it. so you must be around here now.
heatwave, you have it as ordered, sir, and you cannot do a thing about it. for the rest, hotels and backpain, there’s cure. you can try and see the bottom-end hotels, hostels and so. they won’t be that booked. or a tent :)
you’ll be fine without the cheeseburger, too. if you reach as south as Vama Veche, give it a try to that crepperie on the right side of the street (it’s only one street that matters in Vama Veche, you cannot miss it). they are fabulous. they have like 25 fillings for the creppes, that goes from slighty salted and purrfect for a beer, to creppes soaked in chocolate sauce and honey. you’ll be fine, do trust a Romanian.
as a seaside resort, I’d recommend 2 Mai. it’s near Mangalia, on the way to the Bulgarian customs, (same as the above mentioned Vama Veche – which translated would mean The Old Custom), but it’s, well, I cannot say pristine, since there’s nothing left pristine out of our 45 kmts of seashore-which-can-be-considered-beach. 2 Mai is a resort with a breath of its own. you’ll like it.

]]> By: Joseph Phillips http://killingbatteries.com/2008/07/preview-of-round-2-in-romania/comment-page-1/#comment-73511 Joseph Phillips Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:42:54 +0000 http://killingbatteries.com/?p=362#comment-73511 Advil, vodka, and scantily-dressed woman are an old, midwestern cure for hip ailments. Have a great trip! Advil, vodka, and scantily-dressed woman are an old, midwestern cure for hip ailments. Have a great trip!

]]> By: A. Wannabe Travelwriter http://killingbatteries.com/2008/07/preview-of-round-2-in-romania/comment-page-1/#comment-73280 A. Wannabe Travelwriter Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:45:21 +0000 http://killingbatteries.com/?p=362#comment-73280 ..."hair-melting heat wave"... You want heat - come to California. It's so hot (alright, I'll bite, "how hot is it?") your hair--which apparently you don't have, anyway--would vaporize BEFORE it could melt. I think it up in the 50's or 60's of that temperature scale that starts with the letter "C" (Cemigrade?) Sorry that you are so hip that it hurts. (Couldn't help myself.) …”hair-melting heat wave”…

You want heat – come to California. It’s so hot (alright, I’ll bite, “how hot is it?”) your hair–which apparently you don’t have, anyway–would vaporize BEFORE it could melt.

I think it up in the 50′s or 60′s of that temperature scale that starts with the letter “C” (Cemigrade?)

Sorry that you are so hip that it hurts. (Couldn’t help myself.)

]]> By: xplorio http://killingbatteries.com/2008/07/preview-of-round-2-in-romania/comment-page-1/#comment-72984 xplorio Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:57:35 +0000 http://killingbatteries.com/?p=362#comment-72984 Hey, welcome back in Romania, Leif! So, if the A/C in your cheap Korean rental is working, don't forget to visit Adamclisi, and Histria, and Enisala (Heracleea). Roman, Greek and Venetian cities near the Black Sea, pretty well preserved. And good luck with the hotels, they're pretty much 100% full right now. Hey, welcome back in Romania, Leif!
So, if the A/C in your cheap Korean rental is working, don’t forget to visit Adamclisi, and Histria, and Enisala (Heracleea). Roman, Greek and Venetian cities near the Black Sea, pretty well preserved.

And good luck with the hotels, they’re pretty much 100% full right now.

]]> By: Nomadic Matt http://killingbatteries.com/2008/07/preview-of-round-2-in-romania/comment-page-1/#comment-72732 Nomadic Matt Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:44:48 +0000 http://killingbatteries.com/?p=362#comment-72732 " How little clothing women bother with on the Black Sea coast" really the only important thing that matters. At least you'll have something to look it. ” How little clothing women bother with on the Black Sea coast”

really the only important thing that matters. At least you’ll have something to look it.

]]> By: leif http://killingbatteries.com/2008/07/preview-of-round-2-in-romania/comment-page-1/#comment-72710 leif Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:09:51 +0000 http://killingbatteries.com/?p=362#comment-72710 Kamara – The tide is turning (slowly) on those tourist offices though. Have you seen the new ones in Iaşi and Cluj? My God, it's like heaven. And, all due respect, but after 19 cumulative months of living, working and traveling in Romania I have never seen nor heard tell of an edible cheese burger. I have high standards, though. Mary – I'd love to use a cane. That way I could whack the trunks of the cars that almost run me down. And I'm not complaining about the scantly clad, achingly gorgeous women. Indeed, I'd put that information in the guidebook if they'd let me. It's just a little distracting is all. Jamie – Trust me, I'm securely man enough to drink chocolate flavored coffee. If I were any more man, I'd have to shave my forehead. Kamara – The tide is turning (slowly) on those tourist offices though. Have you seen the new ones in Iaşi and Cluj? My God, it’s like heaven. And, all due respect, but after 19 cumulative months of living, working and traveling in Romania I have never seen nor heard tell of an edible cheese burger. I have high standards, though.

Mary – I’d love to use a cane. That way I could whack the trunks of the cars that almost run me down. And I’m not complaining about the scantly clad, achingly gorgeous women. Indeed, I’d put that information in the guidebook if they’d let me. It’s just a little distracting is all.

Jamie – Trust me, I’m securely man enough to drink chocolate flavored coffee. If I were any more man, I’d have to shave my forehead.

]]> By: jamie http://killingbatteries.com/2008/07/preview-of-round-2-in-romania/comment-page-1/#comment-72695 jamie Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:35:07 +0000 http://killingbatteries.com/?p=362#comment-72695 I urge you to reconsider the chocolate-flavored coffee--it's just not manly. I urge you to reconsider the chocolate-flavored coffee–it’s just not manly.

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