The 鈥楲ittle Paris鈥� 鈥� More Than Meets the Eye!, Bucharest, Romania
My worst travel experience ever (apart from having practically everything stolen off me in Liverpool) was the first 12 hours of my trip to Romania. It all began when I arrived at Bucharest Airport as my flight鈥檚 luggage was placed on SIX different carousels on TWO different floors and I had to go rushing up and down stairs to try and find my suitcase.
Once found and my rental car settled, my next issue was trying to find the Airbnb apartment I was booked at. According to Google Maps, I was at the right location but it was only after an extremely frustrating time of walking up and down, shaking my head and finally sharing my location with the owner did I realise that I was at the back entrance of the apartment block instead of at the front! Oh, and I forgot to mention that before this, I had to go and collect the keys to the apartment from a hair salon. Obviously, since this was my worst travel nightmare ever, I had been given the wrong name of the salon by the apartment owner! Go figure! ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
Once found and my rental car settled, my next issue was trying to find the Airbnb apartment I was booked at. According to Google Maps, I was at the right location but it was only after an extremely frustrating time of walking up and down, shaking my head and finally sharing my location with the owner did I realise that I was at the back entrance of the apartment block instead of at the front! Oh, and I forgot to mention that before this, I had to go and collect the keys to the apartment from a hair salon. Obviously, since this was my worst travel nightmare ever, I had been given the wrong name of the salon by the apartment owner! Go figure! ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: The 鈥楲ittle Paris鈥� 鈥� More Than Meets the Eye!
Guide Location: Romania » Bucharest
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Insider Tips)
Author: Mark Vella Gera
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Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
Guide Location: Romania » Bucharest
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Insider Tips)
Author: Mark Vella Gera
Read it on Author's Website:
Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
- Arcul de Triumph
- Unirii Square
- Stavropoleos Church and Monastery
- Palace of the Parliament
- Old Court Church
- Caru鈥� cu Bere
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