I spent most of today touring the city. And wow. I mean I’d spent some time in Bucharest yesterday, but today I had a guide who showed me some of the churches, many of the sights, took me to the Village Museum (get this, they actually moved “traditional” houses from each area of the country, so that part of their heritage would never be lost!) and all kinds of other things.
Along with more traditional food (stuffed cabages, amongst other things), today was a lot of fun. I saw even more fantastic Romanian architecture, and every now and again I’m able to catch snippets of folk talking. I’m pretty sure I won’t be able to grasp much more than that by the time I go, but this certainly is an amazing country, and it’s a real honor to be here.
I’m going to pop some sleeping pills tonight, as tomorrow’s the big day. 5-6 hours of speaking plus 3-5 hours of interviews. Hopefully the interviews will be sitting down 
#1 by slicknfun - July 3rd, 2006 at 11:21
I guess it’s too late now but where will you be speaking?
#2 by ary - July 4th, 2006 at 05:58
Unfortunatly, we do have pay phones and we do know how to use online marketing tools and Internet users in Romania knows as much as all the others. Also, an amazing number of Romanian people speak English better than natives (English is compulsory in Romanian schools, but the majority learn it from tv).
Anyway, I liked your presentation (got yourself a new reader), but I had the impression that you were so amazed because we were aspecting to find a total underdeveloped country. Surprise!
I hope you will come back again, and this time you will benefit from the presence of guide that realy loves this country (not only the architecture of it) and will show you the amazing Romania.
Sorry for my bad English, but I was always the best at French.
#3 by Cristian Mezei - July 5th, 2006 at 02:28
And congrats on the RadioLynx show .. It was great man