Since I took on the new challenge at getlokal.ro, but even from before – I started hunting articles on how foreigners see Romania and Bucharest and I have to say I am pretty impressed with finds like this:
Oh, and if you want to make friends and get on with the locals, heed the slightly exasperated but well-intentioned advice of a good-natured young waiter at Hanu Berarilor Interbelic: “Please don’t tell us how surprised you are that Bucharest is a nice city. We know that. You’re the ones who think it’s on Mars. Please skip the Dracula jokes — Bram Stoker’s blood-sucker is probably the least interesting thing about Romania. And please bin your old donkey-carts-and-gypsies image of Romania before you come.” All of which is to say that it’s a better idea to wait and riff on this intriguing city’s exhilarating strangeness once you get home.
Full story – Eurofile | Back to Bucharest by Alexander Lobrano
Photo: Mihai Dragomirescu
