I've been in Bucharest for about six days now and so far things have been going pretty good. It is a very interesting town. Structurally it is a weird mix of old 19th & early 20th century neo-classical buildings, Stalinist housing blocks, a new ultra-modern buildings.
I have met a number of Romanian people through CouchSurfing, having attended their December 1st meeting, a number of English & Irish folks through the big expat pub here in town, as well as a number of interesting people (Romanians, French, Germans, and even a guy from Tennessee) through the hostel I am staying at.
My primary goal at this point is to secure a room or studio for a couple months, but this is proving problematic. It is easy to get a room for a week or so and easy to get one for a year or more, but very hard to get one just for a couple months. One of my Romanian friends is helping to look around for me, and a French guy has a friend whose roommate just left so it is possible I may be able to work something out like this. But otherwise, I'll just have to go with a hotel, which is very expensive. Regardless, I really can't wait around much longer in this respect. Three months seems like a long time, but it isn't really and I seriously need to get to work on the language. As it is, I'm still very much on holiday, drinking way too much and blowing money.
I actually took a lot more photos of Bucharest, but this time of year the city is very foggy and hazy so many of photos turned out bad. I'll get some more in the future.
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