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Old 01-26-2014, 04:02 PM
 
Location: Strasbourg, France
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Romania is one of Eastern Europe's jewels.
And endless source of gypsies.
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Old 01-26-2014, 04:11 PM
 
Location: Coldwind Farm
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And endless source of gypsies.
Are there really so much gypsies? My brother wants visit Romania in the Summer.
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Old 01-26-2014, 04:18 PM
 
Location: State of Transition
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And endless source of gypsies.
So? What does that have to do with whether Romania's boring or not? btw, only once, out of 3 trips to Romania, did I see street gypsies, the kind west Europeans complain about. And btw, many of Romania's top musicians are gypsies. They don't say so publicly, not in Romania, but they are. These are extremely talented people. They are welcome in Europe, where they get invited to do concert-tours and teach music, and have devoted followings. A few have taught in American universities. They're wonderful people.
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Old 01-26-2014, 04:22 PM
 
Location: State of Transition
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Are there really so much gypsies? My brother wants visit Romania in the Summer.
No. Romania's beautiful. Your brother should visit. There are many historic sites, castles, Roman ruins, and national parks and nature areas, and historic Orthodox churches with frescos covering the exterior and interior. If you dig through earlier threads here, you'll find several threads of photos and videos.

Also in the summer there are folk festivals in different regions. It's a culturally rich country. Beautiful architecture. Fantastic traditional music.
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Old 01-27-2014, 12:26 AM
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Sadly, both Belgium and Netherlands (outside of Amsterdam) !
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Old 02-01-2014, 01:58 PM
 
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Belarus and it's not even close.
you don't really have a clue what a nightlife has Minsk , but probably yes, as for living I think it's not the best place in Europe
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Old 02-02-2014, 03:07 PM
 
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands
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Sadly, both Belgium and Netherlands (outside of Amsterdam) !
Boring for the average tourist maybe.
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Old 02-03-2014, 08:56 PM
 
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any ex-soviet country. they're so poor, and their government so corrupt, that they can't afford to have fun.
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Old 02-03-2014, 09:10 PM
 
Location: Gatineau, QC, Canada
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any ex-soviet country. they're so poor, and their government so corrupt, that they can't afford to have fun.
I'm infinitely more interested in people who visit and/or live in the ex-soviet countries than people who keep beating the Paris-Amsterdam-London kind of paths to death. I think there's a lot of cool and quirky stuff happening in those countries and they're easier on the wallet too, generally. Much better for story-telling than your trip to the Louvre are things like:

The Museum of Broken Relationships in Zagreb, Croatia
Museum of Broken Relationships / Museum of Broken Relationships

A giant supply tunnel built for the Yugoslavia wars in Sarajevo, Bosnia
Sarajevo Tunnel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Belgrade, in Serbia is apparently one of the most exciting nightlife experiences in Eastern Europe.
Nightlife in Belgrade | LivinginBelgrade.com

And the scenery can be wonderful. This is Lake Ohrid in Macedonia.
Lake Ohrid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 02-04-2014, 11:34 AM
 
Location: classified
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any ex-soviet country. they're so poor, and their government so corrupt, that they can't afford to have fun.
You are missing out then as many of those former communist countries has lots to offer and prices are usually a lot cheaper than in say Western Europe. Prague and Budapest in particular offer just as much historically and culturally as Amsterdam and/or Paris at less cost plus the people tend to be friendlier as well.
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