So guys, that is hello in Romanian and if you are here watching this video, it's because
you probably think about this in Romania and you are in luck and we have you covered because
we just spent five months traveling throughout this beautiful country and in this video we
are going to share everything that you need to know from like cars, travel tips, a lot
of local recommendations and a bunch of useful information that we hope help you plan your
first trip to Romania. We are going to start by saying that Romania is incredible
We almost ended up there randomly but we are so happy that we did. It's a country that has amazing food, cool history, the friendliest people and a very
reverent set of attractions to check out. So it's very, very worth it. You are going to see all of this in this video
Do you want to get started? Yeah. Let's start. Romania has 12 international airports and we landed in the biggest one in the capital
city of Bucharest. Also important to note, there are no visa requirements either for Americans or even Venezuelans
So getting in was easy peasy, no problems there. Now it's time to talk about our first stop, Bucharest
Bucharest was so nice and nice. We had no idea what to expect and it's a great city to learn about Romania's history
It has beautiful architecture all over the city. You can find a lot of traditional foods and honestly the city is huge and has a lot to
offer but we think that the best part of Bucharest is outside of the old city
Yeah, exactly. It's a very cool city to explore but if I'm being completely honest, which it always
tries to be, it wasn't necessarily our favorite city in Romania but it's one that you have
to visit and it's very cool. To visit is very interesting but it's based on our travel style, we prefer some of the
other cities in Romania. Yeah, exactly. So we spent five days in Bucharest and then from there we headed to Brasov and Brasov
was love at first sight. We tried a large Romanian food for the first time and oh my god, Romania food is incredible
Oh my god. So this is one of Romania's most iconic dishes
I'm not going to try to pronounce it because the waiter just said like something else and
it was different than what we tried to say. So these are basically like cabbage rolls with mince, meat and pork inside and they
smell incredible and the way they serve them here is with like a polenta puree on the side
and sauerkraut and this is how authentic it is. So they're supposed to build, oh my god, look at this
They're supposed to put a little piece of bacon with some sauce, with some herbs and
that was it. Oh my god. This is going to be amazing
Thank you so much. Yeah, it's amazing with like some celery, some rice and it's so delicious
What you can tell is that the cabbage is mostly like an almond mousse and the sour cream is
so different than the sour cream in the US where you smell that from. This is good and obviously the bacon
It's delicious and you'll notice that most of the like animal protein that you see here
in Romania is oil. Oh, so good. Romanian food for the win today
From Bratislava we went to Dakar and we visited two very famous castles. The first one was Bran Castle, also known as Dracula's Castle, which we thought was
a little bit overrated. But then we drove down to Tala Castle, which is like a $120 million summer home from like
the first king of Romania and it was absolutely spectacular. We made a video comparing both of these castles so you can check out and we're going to link
it right here or come over here but I'm not a fan. Also there is another castle that a lot of locals recommended in the comment section
of our videos. It's called Corvin Castle and you guys may consider checking it out as well
We visited both Bran and Tala Castle on the same day and we do not recommend that you
do that because there can be a lot of traffic from one to the other and we were caught up
in traffic for like two hours and we almost didn't make it so keep that in mind. And that day ended up for us in Cortea de Alba because on the next day we drove one
of the most beautiful roads in the world. A difficulty you have to do when you go to Romania. Transfagarasan
The famous Transfagarasan. This road is famous for a reason. We're about to witness some of Romania's most beautiful landscapes, great filmmakers
and hopefully one or two surprises. Sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. We're like stopping every five minutes
It's impossible not to. It's so pretty. With the clouds coming through the mountains
I feel like it's going to take like 12 hours. Look at the highbeams
Oh my God. Look the highbeams. Come here
I think we're getting to the part that's famous for the hairpin turns and switchbacks
to hold on for your life. Ready? See how this little hybrid dominates the road
It's so beautiful. It's so beautiful
We ended our Transfagarasan drive in a beautiful city called Sibiu because it marked the beginning
of an amazing eight day road trip. We have three stops. The beautiful medieval town of Sibiu, Flora, a Romanian village where we're going to be
embracing what we're living and the Kingdom of Sibiu, which is where we are right now
and that we're going to explore together soon. We got here last night and this is our first time exploring the old city and already this
place is so so beautiful. We're just walking in the Fiesta Mare, the large square and it's just like surrounded
by cafes and all this old historic building. I think we're in a merchant building. They have little slinky eye windows at the top of the roof
It's very very cool to see. I think Sibiu is supposed to be one of the coolest medieval cities in all of Pennsylvania
We only have 24 hours here so it's time to start exploring. We're in the town center and just look at this behind me
This place is so cute because I can't wait to show you guys around tomorrow
Right now we're super tired and we're going to have dinner. I'm so happy we're at the end of Sibiu
We have the best animals, the best host, fresh fruit. We'll show you all that tomorrow
So now we're going to have dinner and I'm just going to lie down here. Flawless
It's just like a place that you just start to jump. Look at all this snow
It's so cute. It's so beautiful. Sibiu has so many cute artisan shops with medical service and coffee mugs and jars and stuff for your home
If you're stopping here in Romania in general they have so many cute things
A little more crazy. I wish we had a home but we are on the hunt for a medical and a coffee cup
And a pair of pinky beards. You have to find the perfect one
That's the truth. Where did we go? We took the road to..
Barauk. Barauk. The Romanian village. Barauk. So our first stop today is we're going to the local blacksmith to see what a local blacksmith does
And then we're going to make chimney cakes which in Hungarian is called kucskalacs. Yeah
A phrase that's well pronounced. A shipboat is called... So now we will make the kucskalacs
With a piece of metal. Yes. Kuck. Oh my goodness
How cute. Oh no. Thank you so much. Thank you. With marsh furry on it
Furry on it. Yes. Valija lagare. Valija lagare. I have to buy it in English
Oh my God. We're pretty busy. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Pretty busy. Valija
Oh, Valija. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Valija. Valija? Yes, we are in... Don't be special
What's cool about this accommodation is that because we're in a little village they seem to highlight all the activities that are done in the village
And what makes me really sad is that he's the last person in the village to dust this
So this makes it extra special that we got to spend some time with him
I hope Alicja spoke the same language. That was very nice. You were so cute
We're off to start the most delicious activity of the day. We're going to be making this Hungarian dessert called kurdeskola
Love it. I'm going to put the name here. It translates to chimney cake and they are delicious
We already tried them a couple of videos ago. And I can't wait because I love learning how to make these things
And we'll see how it goes because baking is pretty difficult. Yes, yes
The pizza looks fantastic. I love it. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you
Thank you. Thank you. Welcome to the Mary's Cemetery, guys. This might be the happiest cemetery in the world
Well, sort of. World's happiest. Okay, so we'll start with the obvious
So all the tombstones in the Mary's Cemetery are painted this bright shade of blue
It's also known as the Fansa blue. And again, Fansa is the name of the village where the Mary's Cemetery is located
And also, which is much different from the tombstones here, is like there are engravings of how, like, the person lived or died
And a little poem that also, like, ironically states, like, how they lived or died
It's not like the West, where it's all, like, gray and somber and, like, messages on the tombstones are very, like, generic about how the person lived
Here it's like, no, this person was an alcoholic. They cheated on themselves. They died in a car accident
They died in an explosion in their face. They all, like, were, like, much, much different
From the Mary's Cemetery, we went to the beautiful village of Greb, which was, like
going back in time and actually is one of our favorite shops in all of Romania
It is so beautiful and interesting and different. You have to visit Greb
What's up, guys? From Greb. This is an awesome little traditional village in the heart of Maramures County in Romania
And the reason why this place is so special is that coming here, it's like going back in time, the people that live here still hold on to our traditional values
We touch them. They're very alive. I love that we're here. This is Greb, people. Welcome
One of the things we find so incredible about Greb is just how self-sustainable this community is
So, most of the homes here will have one of these barns, like you see behind me, where they keep, like, livestock, like cows and pigs
Usually, this time of year, like, the chickens and the sheep are still roaming free. But I think especially the cow is, like, essential to their lifestyle because it provides, like
dairy on the small days, so, like, the butter, the cheese, et cetera. Especially in the cold winters, it's very, very important
You wouldn't really notice the cows when you're walking around town because they don't really
like, when you're just, like, walking past the barns, you'll hear them moo. Moo. Moo
You'll see, like, giant cows of cow-cats. But very cool to see, like, just how, like, self-sustainable they are, right
That's so much different than, like, what we're used to when we live in Chicago. We didn't produce, like, a single thing for ourselves
Maybe basil. Maybe basil. Like, one little basil plant would be a few leaves, right
What? I didn't mean to do that. What are you doing? It was about to get worse
I forgot to do some dog humping. Stop it. Everyone's very intrigued. I'm not
I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not
I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. And last but not least, Bruce Campbell
Bruce was the perfect place to end our trip. It's like a university town so there are tons of bars, cafes, a really nice restaurant
It's just like a cool place to hang out. There aren't like a ton of sights to overwhelm you
You just go, go with the flow, have some beers, have some drinks. It's been fun hanging out with Bruce
It's been a lot of fun. The air was really cool there. If you see our video, you're gonna see like we're really bad jokes about it but I'm not
gonna tell you again so you have to watch the video. But it was a perfect place to learn Russian
We had a delicious goodbye dinner and yet it was a perfect place to say goodbye to beautiful Romania
I said goodbye with parmales. I'm trying not to make you say parmales. No. No. Okay. So
This next sponsor we are going to read because it's a lot of locals' recommendations
So, so far we have shared like 11 or 12 Romania videos and people in Romania have been so
amazing and helpful and they have left so many recommendations that we basically have
ordered like plans. Like we know where to go. Oh, thanks. So some of the places that people have recommended the most, I'm gonna read them here
I apologize that I'm gonna pronounce them terribly but I'm also gonna write them in
text so you should know. So, Sui Streava, Vulkovina, Tini Slada, Oradea and Dejan Lusceva
So consider visiting those places too because locals' recs are the best
So if you know us, then you know that we like to make recap videos at the end of our travel
periods and in these videos we like to share our thoughts. So after 5 weeks in Romania, we have a very detailed breakdown of all of our thoughts
in the country. First of all though, I want to mention that Romania uses the leo as their French speak
plural of le. So even though it's in the EU, they don't use the euro as their French speak
And right now, $1 equals about 4.75 lei. I'm gonna read this next one
So for Airbnb and hotels, we average $47 a night and we got those really nice prices
for the most part, so your money goes a long way when it comes to accommodation. This was most of the Airbnb's, but there's a couple of hotels in there too
For food, we average $33 a day for the both of us
This includes eating out and grocery stores where sometimes I cook at home
And very important, it also includes alcohol. You can get 3 liters of beer in Romania for like $2. Yeah
For activities, we spent $182 and this were about like 13 different activities and this
includes like the entrances to the castles which were like the most expensive ones, a
couple museums, sewing associations, a couple activities here and there, but nothing too
crazy, $192 for 13 activities for two people. Not bad. Pretty good
For car rentals, we rented cars on three different times. The first one was for 8 days and we paid 35 euros a day and 63 euros in gas
The second time was just for one day and we paid 38 euros and spent 15 euros in gas
And the third time was for 3 days and we paid 35 euros a day and 19 euros in gas
There's also something unique about Romania. You do have to pay cash for a lot of the rentals and that includes for the departures
Those kinds of stuff. Yep. For Ubers, we took about 15 Ubers for a total of $101 which is not bad at all
And we took the bus twice as we mentioned earlier and one time we paid $6 per person
and the second time we paid $9 per person. So, pretty affordable too. And last but not least, Romania, thank you
Thank you so much for being the best. You will always have a special place in our hearts
If you guys have been following for a while, you may notice that our Romanian videos got
a lot more views than we usually get and the past month of our channel has grown so much
thanks to the people of Romania supporting our channel and subscribing and commenting
and watching our videos. And we always work so hard because we struggled to make big videos in Romania
Our channel wasn't working at this place and we almost gave up. We're happy that we didn't and we can't thank you enough
Thank you. Thank you so much for supporting our channel. So, as you can tell, we love Romania
Romania is incredible. So, if you have any doubts about visiting this country, don't have them anymore
Visit Romania. The most difficult part will be finding where exactly to go because there's just so much
to see and we'll have to go back to go to all the places that love Romania just like Romania is recommended to us
Romania is one of those countries that you would go back to. Yeah
Anyways, thanks for watching all the way through the video. If you have any questions, leave them below in the comments and we'll be very happy to
answer them and probably the Romanians that watch our videos will also be happy to answer
your questions because they're awesome and they answer everything and they want everyone to have a great time in the country
So, don't be shy. And if you want to know more about any of the places that we mentioned in this video
I am going to release a Romania travel series soon here so you guys can watch that next
And thank you. Thank you so much for watching. Thank you for watching the videos already. Thank you for being here
We will see you guys on the plane to Portugal which is our next travel series
Thanks for watching. Bye. Love you today. Love you today. Wow, Romania
We love you. I don't know how to say it in Romanian. I love you
Te amo