Exploring The Streets Of Beautiful Bucharest, Romania! 🇷🇴 You need to visit!

[@vernonandmaryana]

We truly loved our short visit to Romania. We didn't know much going there but left with so much. The people here are some of the nicest we have met in our travels. Thank you for watching and for your support. Stay tuned for future travels and adventures!

[@adrianadrian716]

Next time, visit "Palatul Parlamentului" or like TopGear said : "People palace" in Bucharest, it`s huge, also in the mountains, Dracula palace and Transfagarasan highway and Transalpina, one of the most beautiful roads in the world.

[@MaryanasLife]

@@adrianadrian716we will be going in the spring again to visit Romania

[@sorinistudor]

The Tripe Soup should be served with sour cream and chilly pepper. You combine the sour cream with vinegar in the soup to create your desired taste for the soup. We have another soup that doesn't have tripe in it, but it has chicken breast; it's called Ciorba Radauteana. It's less acidic because it doesn't have vinegar inside.

[@user-br4fl5pz7t]

remember nexxt time u go on Romania to do a compare video pls :) and the moust important when u go to eat ask how to proper eat any tipe of food ,,,u will be surprise how much change the taste..have a nice day and i will subscribe

[@jeffersonhenrique4100]

I'm falling in love with Romania and watching a lot of videos about it. Yours is really good and inspiring, congrats! I hope to go next year. Greetings from Brazil!

[@vernonandmaryana]

Glad to hear! It’s a great country to visit so much to do also outside the big cities. Brazil is on our list, such a cool country! What’s the best time to visit as a first timer?

[@jeffersonhenrique4100]

@@vernonandmaryana I would recommend you come during the summer months from december to march, so you can enjoy the beaches and festivals like the carnival.

[@shockandawe7274]

Acidic taste is because tripe soup is made with vinegar. People usually top it up with more vinegar and sour cream with a bit of raw or pickled chilly, depending on the season and personal taste.

[@vernonandmaryana]

I liked it overall, the smell got to me first. I liked how savory it was. I can see how sour cream would make it very tasty. I’ll try that next time!

[@shockandawe7274]

@@vernonandmaryana All I can say about tripe soup is that it's an acquired taste. I personally disliked it at first because it is made out of beef stomach. Once I got over that I found the dish to be edible in summer-autumn and good in winter. My favorite ciorba (sour-thick soup) is ciorba de perisoare (meatball sour soup) with a bit of sour cream in it and a side of thin green chilli. Hope to catch you next time. As a rule of thumb, if you will not be such obvious tourists you can get by really cheap and stay longer than in other places where prices are actually high. Thank you for showcasing Romania and have fun in your next adventures. Remember to stay way from tourist-traps and hope to see you soon.

[@alexevo8016]

Actually, 12:15 soup is called "Ciorbă de burtă"(tripe soup), the meat is cow belly/cow stomach. The secret of this soup, beyond the cow's belly, is the fact that beef stew is boiled, resh vegetables(celery, carrots, onion, parsnip), vinegar, crushed garlic, eggs, sour cream, black pepper, parsley, oil, salt. Greetings from Bucharest. You should visits Bucharest parks, they are so nice! Alexandru Ioan Cuza Park(IOR), Herăstrău Park(King Michael of Romania Park - Northern Side), Drumul Taberei Park(West side of the town, formely Moghioroș Park), Cișmigiu Park(close to Old Town), Tineretului Park(very close to Union Square where you have been!).

[@carlacostinas1660]

I always love to see people from all over the world visiting and enjoying our country. Thanks for sharing😊. I’m sure you will love the countryside, in my opinion, Romania’s nature and landscapes are the real beauty of this country.

[@mateicosminursachel4575]

If you will visit Again Romania, you should visit other cities, though you probably wouldn't stay as much as in Bucharest. But also visit other things in Bucharest. Also, at the 37 floor of Sky Tower (Tallest building in Bucharest and Romania) there's a restaurant with a view of the city from above.

[@costinhalaicu2746]

Bucharest is my city, born and lived here my entire life. Even so, it's a city of very stark contrasts. It has some great things that I've come to appreciate after visiting many other cities, both in our country and abroad. Among them, I'll say the coffee culture is great, the food options and prices, public transport is already very dense, and it's improving in quality too as we speak, the city is nowadays quite clean (but way, way too much ugly graffiti), night life is also great if you're into such stuff. On the other hand, traffic is really bad and it always feels like the city hall has no clue what to do about it as if it was rocket science despite there being dozens of western cities that already started solving that problem (hint: it's about making owning and using cars in the city more expensive and less accessible, while doing the opposite for public transport + bikes), renovating buildings is going too slow and we're even the most earthquake prone capital in the EU which only exacerbates the problem, our public transport links with the rest of the country are not great as the train network still needs work, and even our motorway network isn't yet good enough - those we're improving things quite fast nowadays on both those counts. Still, this being said I feel sorry that you guys didn't get out of Bucharest, as some cities in Romania are definitely prettier and cozier. I'll say that there are of course the touristy ones like Brasov, Sighisoara and Sibiu, which are touristy for a reason - they're really beautiful and have such good vibes. But not only those, I'd say some less touristy ones are also very nice. I particularly had a great time in Alba Iulia, Piatra Neamt, Iasi, Oradea, Timisoara and Craiova. Honestly, if you guys decide to come back to our country, don't hesitate, go for some of them, at least for Brasov, and I promise you won't regret making that choice.

[@withalexonly]

In Romania, Bucharest is not the only city you have to visit..there are other cities to visit that are much more beautiful ❤😊

[@JohnnySmith-to7jw]

min 6:44 ... That's not just any street ... That's CALEA VICTORIEI, the main street of the city and the most famous boulevard in Bucharest because many historical and important buildings are on both sides of it ... Walking on Calea Victoriei is like walking on a promenade ... It's a very old custom from the 19th century ... in parallel there is MAGHERU BULEVARD (From ROMANA square to Unirii square) .... the "new" main bulevard of Bucharest

[@gabrielsilviu3718]

You missed the biggest Church in Europe called “Catedrala Mantuirii Neamului” it’s located in Bucharest too.

[@Zigg-s5s]

I don't think it's the biggest 🙂

[@GreatCityAttractions]

Nice video guys - An interesting city.

[@scottcorney3633]

I stayed right outside old town. I was travelling alone! A lot went down in old town. Lol

[@shapeoftimes]

I agree, Bucharest is amazing! It's like Paris and Havana had a baby, this would be Bucharest, in my opinion 🙂

[@sorinpopa1442]

Lol it got nothing in common with Havana .

[@n0m3rcyro]

@@sorinpopa1442 the here and there unmaintained buildings that look like are about to collapse would be one thing in common

[@sorinpopa1442]

@@n0m3rcyro Still nothing in common , u can see old rundown buildings in almost every city in Eu more or less . Means those cities are similar to Havana also ? Very dumb to assume this thing just judging by some old rundown buildings state atm.

[@n0m3rcyro]

@@sorinpopa1442 I never said they are similar cities, just said they have that in common. Which is true. And you basically say they have nothing in common while agreeing they actually have something in common in the same sentence.

[@sorinpopa1442]

@@n0m3rcyro Lol ok that makes sense then ^^

[@ItStartsWithAStep]

This was so cool, the food stop looks great, nice cocktail and doughnut style desert :) enjoyed exploring with you so cool you got concert tickets by mistake happy days! Looks like a cool city :)

[@vernonandmaryana]

Bucharest was a great city, we really did enjoy our short visit here.

[@sorinpopa1442]

@@vernonandmaryana Hmm if u enjoyed Bucharest thats its a very big and very busy city , with some rundown parts in some places but some great ones also its a mix beetween old and new and some old communist era buildings also that werent refurbished yet. Guess u will be blown away by other cities in Ro. like Sibiu ,Brasov, Oradea . Cluj , TImisoara , Sinaia or Alba Iulia or Iasi . Maybe u will be back sometime and def. need to add those cities on ur list . like i said Bucharest its a huge crowded city not so tourist friendly like the cities i mention above ^^

[@val91201]

Too bad you guys didn't get to visit Stavropoleos Church, my favorite place in Bucharest

[@vernonandmaryana]

We did, in the other video. It’s beautiful

[@razvanteleanu4302]

Well...tripe soup is very good for hangover 😁 (with a lot of pickled chilly)

[@mnmlro]

For what it's worth, you usually put wine vinegar and sour cream in the tripe soup until it feels tasty enough. As a Romanian, it's not really my cup of of tea, first because it's a bit too oily/fat for my taste, second because, well, it's kinda specific to certain regions and I guess I didn't grow up eating anything related to that. Also, there's a bunch of recipes for every single dish. Although Romanian cuisine is fairly consistent across the country, local taste differs quite a bit. For instance, I was never able to find a beans soup that I enjoyed. In the south, namely Bucharest, it's a rather sweet soup, while in Moldova (the eastern part of Romania, not the Republic of Moldova), it's made with fresh borscht, which makes it a sour soup (and that's the way I like it). There's also a bunch of other dishes like "gulaș", which is basically the Hungarian gulyas but adapted somehow to Romanian taste. Generally speaking, Romanian cuisine is a massive combination of oriental dishes (think sarmale, cabbage rolls aren't unique to Romania, there's a bunch of other countries where you can find them, like Turkey), some slavic or central European (Poland area) like any soup made with borscht, and a fair amount of dishes similar to the ones in Western Europe. There's also quite a large selection of cheeses, but unlike Western Europe, fresh cheeses, not dry cheeses, so in this regard it's more similar to Greek cuisine (think feta or even something closer to mozzarella, we have some similar ones, although not identical) and a pretty generous selection of sausages (although we kind of share that with the Poles). Anyhoo, if there's one observation I'd make about your videos from Bucharest, it's that Romania was never a soviet country. Communist yes, soviet no, we were never part of larger Russia although Russians would've loved it to be. Also, the round tower next to the old town, that's actually a modernist art deco building from the '30s and it used to be an office building - I think it might've been converted to flats like 30 years ago, but I wouldn't bet my life on that :)

[@filipcolumbeanu5447]

Walking around a city and discovering its hidden gems is a unique experience. When in Bucharest, tho, I suggest hiring a local guide to give you a more in-depth look about the stories and social context that shaped the city. There are some truly fascinating stories from the XXth century and you will feel like you're walking through a great television series.

[@shockandawe7274]

Sorry to see you go so soon. Have fun in your next adventures and hope you'll visit us again. I would say that if you want to see Romania you need about one week in each part of the country. To get to know Romania and the people, you would need to stay a couple of years. Upside of living in Romania is it's cheap comparing to other EU countries.

[@vernonandmaryana]

We will be coming back in the spring to see more of the smaller towns and countryside. We really loved our visit.

[@shockandawe7274]

@@vernonandmaryana Glad to hear you enjoyed your time here and that you're coming back soon. If you haven't planned yet, I suggest you stay longer. People generally take it easy here, even in the cities. Give yourselves time to get bored and to take it slow. If you visit Bucharest when you return during spring, you have to visit the Botanical Garden next to the Cotroceni Palace - it used to be the garden of the palace. Preferably during a sunny day. It's very cheap to get in, students get in for free and few people know about that little gem which is almost free to see.

[@JohnnySmith-to7jw]

min 8:58, the weather is amazing in the summer. Try coming to Bucharest in the winter at -10 degrees Celsius :)) or during the rainy autumn season-you'll have a different perspective. But summer in Bucharest lasts about 6-7 months, from March-May to middle of September, so it's quite enjoyable.

[@TITANICO41]

Vivo actualmente en España y mira que España tiene buena comida... Pero, RUMANÍA es la mejor en tema de comidas y naturaleza. Mis hijos tienen que conocer las tradiciones rumanas le entrarán

[@Valent_Nomad_vlog]

Bucharest is such a charming city and almost each corner have a story to tell. I enjoy as well always vlogging in Bucharest #TravellingToBucharest #BucharestVlog

[@shockandawe7274]

In Romania there's a huge tipping culture, if we don't tip workers the wages are way too low for anyone to want to work or to provide good service.

[@darkalba8184]

Nice so for tripe soup, you can use a teaspoon of vinegar and a bit of garlic to give it that sour taste, but pepper works too, or if you like it spicy, it depends on your taste.

[@MarianaIonelAlban]

You should have seen also Village Museum, in open air. With houses from all over Romania from 18th century up to now❤

[@radudumanovschi3387]

Many of those abandoned houses in Bucharest have been retroceded, but those who win them in court do not have the money to renovate them

[@DukeOfTheYard]

Wrong. Most of the derelict buildings are the ones which were NOT given back because private owners do not let valuable properties go unused. They either put them to use themselves or sell them.

[@ionelghiorghita688]

​@@DukeOfTheYardexcept if they are waiting to colaps and use the space for a huge building...

[@AzoRevan]

​@@DukeOfTheYardit can be a mix. Most of such buildings in Bucharest are stuck in property law hell, with MANY inheritors, legal challenges, unclear partitions. Being retroceded is usually just the first step out of property hell.

[@shockandawe7274]

I don't think there was a special exhibit of religious art, I visited some years ago and those artworks were there. If you want to see the real art it is in the Churches around the country, those you saw were donated by Churches to the museum. The Romanian art and culture is centered around religion. All inns (Hanuri pl. from Han) in Bucharest were built as fortresses surrounding small churches, resembling the layout of monasteries. People go to church all the time. Many don't go to church on a daily or weekly basis, but when it's Easter everyone tends to go and light candles to take them home. About churches owning land, back in the day whe Ottomans were suzerains, most of the rich people used to give their possessions to the Orthodox Church for safe-keeping as the Ottomans could not confiscate Church lands, although they broke the treaties we had and looted many poorly defended churches or monasteries. Many people still donate to the church, especially if they don't have inheritors.

[@FlorinR]

Nice ,thanks !!

[@fightingitems3689]

Hey guys, time to come back!

[@vernonandmaryana]

Funny you say that, planning our calendar for the next 3 months and Romania is there 😊

[@fightingitems3689]

@@vernonandmaryana great timing.

[@shockandawe7274]

You went to the street with umbrellas in the morning when there isn't a lot of light to bring life to the colors, but I still agree. It's not that exciting and a kitch on already nice street.

[@nycstudio5931]

NEXT Sibiu and Brasov please!!

[@drvicki07]

Lovely video. Bucharest is beautiful and the food looks amazing. But it's Budapest that's know as the Paris of the East. But Bucharest is gorgeous.

[@qwertyqwerty-zi6dr]

That s Bucharest

[@sebastiandiaconu1221]

That name has been given to many cities, Bucharest and Budapest among them. Beirut, Riga, even Warsaw. Bucharest is the most known, because of the strong french influence and the fact that the language is latin based.

[@positivechaos101]

The restaurants there are very expensive, Old Town is mainly for tourists and they up the prices at least by 30% in most tourist areas. Also there are way better and less expensive places in Bucharest, usually the very expensive and the very cheap are kinda bad, when the prices are somewhere in the middle usually the food is best. Let me know if you need recommendations.

[@clarakam3858]

Ohhh i am sorry if you don' t stay for that concert. Beautiful. And that is the most know composer & valued from România😢. Please at least google it, see what you miss❤. No worry maybe if you like what you see on you tube you will see one next time you come in our country❤ you passed and didn' t visit sooo much amazing thinks. But maybe you will come again in our country❤ and ask ppl, almost every one in Bucharest speack english & they will tell you what to visit❤

[@vernonandmaryana]

We sadly only had two days and only one city. Will be back for sure!

[@marius-cristianbaboi5341]

Tribe soup must be eaten with vinegar and garlic for a better taste😊

[@silviumoraruSTEAUA1986]

THE UMBRELAS ARE IN TIMISOARA,NOT IN BUCHAREST[THE NICE UMBRELAS]!!!

[@vernonandmaryana]

We’re going to visit that town in the spring

[@lauradicu6273]

These umbrellas are in Bucharest, too

[@omi685]

Bucharest has umbrellas, too...

[@chhavou]

@@vernonandmaryana Silviu seems to be frustrated with Bucharest 😂😂😂😂

[@seiaghen]

if you get the icons from the churches they will also be blessed with holy water and give +50 all passive resistances :D

[@vernonandmaryana]

Totally, I’ve equipped a couple on my desk at work. Not only do they max out my passive resistances, but I’ve noticed my charisma stats have soared when dealing with bosses.

[@ela_seo]

Lovely to hear someone's input on the streets of my city. PS: at 2:02 subtitles say $112 but $12 is the correct price.

[@vernonandmaryana]

Oh no, that’s on KZbins side unfortunately 🙁

[@valimatei9]

In italy tripa and other organ meats are apreciated so tripe soup is not so different, bur in Romania they like ciorba a little on the sour side so this one is dressed with some vingar!

[@JohnnySmith-to7jw]

min 5:00 The real estate mafia is very powerful in Bucharest... they let heritage buildings decay over time so they can demolish them and build glass and steel buildings on that land, thus destroying the city's identity.

[@covaciumarius]

there's no musical instruments playing in the ortodox church only chanting :))

[@ParisDoNotFaceMe]

Bucharest Unofficially actually has about 4m people

[@leisuretime4756]

The building from the minute 26:15 is not from comunist era it is interbelic era, made in ‘35 by the architects Harry Stern, Rudolf Frenkel, Marcel Locar. It is modernist stile art deco. It’s better to make some research before to go with bla bla bla. The building is not in the best shape but is not comunist building.

[@DanielBrown-nj3th]

What nationality are you? The misses.

[@robertrobidoux3725]

If you buy a castle in Romania,is Dracula included?🤣🤣

[@MaximDL1410]

👆👏❤️✊🇷🇴

[@themixt6468]

i don t wanna be mean or anything but youre the first people who dosen t like romanian soup :")

[@vernonandmaryana]

It’s not mean, you don’t need to like 100% of everything you eat. Keeping it honest. I think adding some vinegar and pepper (other people suggested) probably would have changed the taste a bit.

[@vintagepipesnightmares]

Eastern Europe the last bastion of normality. They also know what a woman is

[@DanielBrown-nj3th]

Sorry. Maryana what nationality are you?

[@vernonandmaryana]

Ukrainian

[@DanielBrown-nj3th]

@@vernonandmaryana I thought I picked up on some Slavic facial traits and the accent. I have hobby friend from Russia her name is Olya and she is a wonderful person. I’ve worked along side some Russian guys and they really mind their business until they really know you. Respect does wonders. Love you and your husbands content. 🙌🏼

[@DanielBrown-nj3th]

I do understand Ukrainian’s are not Russians. Don’t want to hurt feelings in that matter.

[@kafka27]

Viva Ukraina @@vernonandmaryana

[@kafka27]

shut up now@@DanielBrown-nj3th

[@cristianmoroianu6716]

Brașov the best city of Romania !!! ♥️💛💙

[@kafka27]

Sighisoara and Sibiu ( Brasov, Cluj ,Iasi, Piatra Neamt)

[@mihai4754]

Conclusion, too many churches

[@vernonandmaryana]

Haha if there’s a demand. It’s more than what we usually see. Next time we’ll be going to all the castles in Romania.

[@LupulSai]

the demand is very high. The wast majority of romanians are eastern orthodox and wherever they life they build eastern orthodox churches. You can see this in Austria, Germany, Italy etc. where live now a lot of romanians, they already have 3 eastern orthodox Churches only in Vienna. Its normal that Romania which is full of romanians to be full of eastern orthodox churches. The problem with Romania si the ruling class that have high budgets but dont care about infrastructure, education or health.

[@alifc1082]

​@@LupulSaiRomanians lov their church.. But not loved back. Except for building churches, they don't do much else for the people.. And tax quit a bit for any service

[@LupulSai]

@@alifc1082 As I can see the romanian church it fulfills its purpose by building churches and keeps the churches in good condition. They even spend a lot of money to help poor people and for romanian cultural purpose. For example outside of Romania many romanian churches teaches romanian children for free the romanian language and organizes many romanian cultural events. But the romanians state doesnt fulfill its purpose, but it happens because there are many dump romanians that confuse the church with the state and instead to attack the respective ministeries they attack the church as if the church is responsible for infrastructure, health and education. I mean, its not normal that the romanian church does more for the romanians that live outside Romania than the romanian state and it is even more anormal when many romanians attack the church instead of the state. I would allow the romanian church to rule the health, infrastructure and education ministeries and to have the budged of these ministeries because I think the church would change whole Romanian because they would use the money much better. Just look at all the cnurches and what the church does with way less money than these ministeries have. It just shows that the church is ruled by monks that have no wife and dont have the right to own land and houses.

[@f.a.8510]

I really wish people stop associate Bucharest with Paris 😫 Bucharest WAS called little Paris before the earthquake, American bombings and the communists destroyed most of the historic buildings. Now, Bucharest is like an architectural landfill. It’s one of the ugliest capitals in Europe.

[@ai-no3ib]

Adevarat!

[@dacian_1346]

Literally, people in Bucharest live by the old times thinking the city looks like in the early 20th century

[@DukeOfTheYard]

Când alții îți spun că arăți bine tu încerci să-i convingi că ești urât? Chiar dacă ai fi cu adevărat urât, nu e nevoie să fii și prost.

[@zoeo7732]

Nu inteleg obsesia asta stupida de a ne face singuri rau.Nu-ti place ceva incearca sa imbunatatesti nu sa manjesti in continuare,pune o floare tu nu arunca un gunoi,dar cred ca e chestie de educatie!

[@f.a.8510]

Vorba lui Brâncuși la întoarcere in România: “V-am lasat saraci si prosti, va gasesc si mai saraci si mai prosti". Educația proasta crează oameni prosti.

[@Romeroifly]

Bucharest no good its like all major cities of the world, a tourist trap,better visit transilvania cities if u wanna experience real romania

[@danielvelkov116]

A Romanian already stole in this video

[@vernonandmaryana]

😂

[@iuliangabriel6386]

Practically you went to the most "touristic" places in Bucharest. Most of the restaurants you went are overrated and you totally missed the real romanian food,or he best food the city could offer. The graffitis are annoy us too,is ridiculous that are graffiti in the middle of the city when we have local police that patrol day and night.i guess they are not so efficient and are needed some measures by local authority. If you go further from center of city you will noticed that are no grafitti,or in low amount at least. Anyway, you are most welcome again and again!

[@ai-no3ib]

As a romanian I Find Bucharest filthy, in fact it’s the filthiest I’ve ever Been to, really disappointed! All the Historical buildings are left to Rot, they’re calling apart, a lot of grafitty on historical buildings!

[@dixtr3m3r]

Cand ai fost ultima oara in Bucuresti?

[@ai-no3ib]

@@dixtr3m3r acum 1 an! Am fost pentru prima data și am rămas socata de cât de urat și murdar e orașul! Clădiri de patrimoniu lasate in paragina, mâzgălite cu graffiti, mizerie, miroase a pisat peste tot, trotuarele lipicioase, aer lipicios și murdar! Am fost in multe orașe din afara și nu am văzut asa ceva acolo, dezgustător!

[@dixtr3m3r]

@@ai-no3ib Ciudat. Nu e cel mai OK oras dar nu am mai vazut de mult ce descrii pe acolo. Cu exceptia anumitor cladiri, multe sunt renovate / reabilitate. Prin ce zona ai fost? Nu de alta dar mie mi se pare mult mai curat decat majoritatea oraselor europene prin care am fost, inclusiv capitale. Si e o remarca pe care am intalnit-o la toti KZbinrii straini care ajung in Bucuresti...

[@ai-no3ib]

@@dixtr3m3r sectorul 1

[@simd5776]

@@ai-no3ib "trotuarele lipicioase, aer lipicios" 😂 Ești ungur? Că numai lor le place să-și denigreze țara.