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One of my favourite things when I visit a foreign country is when local people start talking to me like I\u2019m one of them. It happens to me every time I\u2019m in Bucharest: some old lady asks me in really fast Romanian if I know this or that street, and all I can answer is Nu <\/em>\u015f<\/em>tiu!<\/em> with a confused smile, but it still makes me happy because I feel like I belong.<\/p>\n But I also enjoy being a tourist. And even after a few months in Romania, I still feel like one sometimes. I\u2019ve decided to just go with it and write a French Girl\u2019s Guide to Bucharest.<\/p>\n TRANSPORTATION<\/p>\n From the airport to the city<\/p>\n You need to purchase this travel card at a counter downstairs. The lady there won\u2019t speak English very well, but if you\u2019re French it\u2019s probably fine since French people all speak terrible English anyway. Just show the number of calatorii <\/em>you need on your fingers and slip in your credit card. Get on the bus, wait half an hour and you\u2019re in Bucharest.<\/p>\n Taking the Metro<\/p>\n Maybe you got off the bus at the wrong stop or your accommodation is a bit far from the center. Then you can just take the Metro. It\u2019s a pretty regular subterranean network, so just get in. You can even choose to have the machine to buy the cards talk to you in French if you\u2019re too lazy to try to figure it out in Romanian.<\/p>\n Taking the taxi<\/p>\n Ask for the fare before the guy drives off. If you\u2019re French, you\u2019re used to complaining a lot, so it shouldn\u2019t be a problem for you to tell the driver that 80 lei for a ride that\u2019s usually 30 is a bit much. If you\u2019re not French and don\u2019t know how to complain, just pay the guy whatever.<\/p>\n Walking<\/p>\n The center of Bucharest is not that big, so stop Ubering everywhere and walk around. And that\u2019s coming from a person who hates walking.<\/p>\n VISITING<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve been to Bucharest before, you\u2019ve probably seen that passage with the umbrellas. If you have people visiting Bucharest with you who haven\u2019t researched the city, it\u2019s a good place to bring them so you can pretend that you really know all the cool hidden alleys and corners. You don\u2019t need to tell them that it\u2019s actually pretty famous. It makes good Instagram pictures, isn\u2019t that enough?<\/p>\n Back to that French perspective on things, you come from a Catholic country. Religious or not, now is the time to enter one of the many Orthodox churches of Bucharest. You can\u2019t miss them, and they make our cold grey buildings look very sad (sorry).<\/p>\n But seriously, if you\u2019re only here for a few days, just go on one of the Walkabout free tours (yes, I am suggesting that you walk again). They\u2019re awesome.<\/p>\n GOING OUT<\/p>\n I can see you, French person trying to find a cheap glass of wine. It doesn\u2019t exist (unless you\u2019re from Paris, in which case everything will look super cheap anyway because you live in the worst city on the planet). So might as well go for a cocktail, a local beer (some bars and restaurant have their own) or even some \u0163<\/em>uica<\/em> (will make you warmer if you\u2019re visiting during the winter).<\/p>\n The old city doesn\u2019t lack places to go out. It might actually be more difficult to find a place not to go out, there. If you\u2019re on a budget (or cheap), walk around (!) that part of town to find that 5 lei bar. A little further from the old city are a few clubs that will make you feel like you\u2019re in Berlin, but without the impossible dress codes and the scary bouncers. Some places will allow you to see a punk concert and dance to techno one week apart \u2013 que demande le peuple?*<\/em><\/p>\n COMMUNICATING<\/p>\n Just bring your French grandmother who speaks zero English and only remembers German from Christmas carols. For some reason, she will manage to get anything she needs while you struggle to make one sentence in Romanian.<\/p>\n Also, tip people, and if you go to a restaurant, be hungry (Romanian portion sizes > French portion sizes).<\/p>\n *(what more could you ask for?)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Unul dintre lucrurile mele favorite c\u00e2nd vizitez o \u021bar\u0103 str\u0103in\u0103 este c\u00e2nd localnicii \u00eemi vorbesc \u00een limba lor ca \u0219i cum a\u0219 fi unul dintre ei. Mi se \u00eent\u00e2mpl\u0103 asta de fiecare dat\u0103 c\u00e2nd merg \u00een Bucure\u0219ti: ni\u0219te doamne \u00een v\u00e2rst\u0103 m-au \u00eentrebat \u00eentr-o rom\u00e2n\u0103 rapid\u0103 dac\u0103 \u0219tiu o anume strad\u0103 \u0219i tot ce am putut r\u0103spunde a fost\u00a0NU \u0219tiu<\/em>! cu un z\u00e2mbet confuz, dar m\u0103 face fericit\u0103 \u00een continuare d\u00e2ndu-mi sentimentul c\u0103 apar\u021bin locului.<\/p>\n Totodat\u0103 \u00eemi place \u0219i s\u0103 fiu turist. \u0218i chiar \u0219i dup\u0103 c\u00e2teva luni \u00een Rom\u00e2nia, m\u0103 simt \u00een continuare turist c\u00e2teodat\u0103. Prin urmare am decis s\u0103 scriu acest Ghid al unei Fran\u021buzoaice \u00een Bucure\u0219ti.<\/p>\n TRANSPORT<\/p>\n De la aeroport la centru<\/p>\n Trebui s\u0103 \u00ee\u021bi achizi\u021bionezi un card de c\u0103l\u0103torie de la parterul cl\u0103dirii. Tanti de acolo nu va vorbi englez\u0103 prea bine, dar dac\u0103 e\u0219ti francez e \u00een regul\u0103 din moment ce francezii vorbesc groaznic englez\u0103. Doar arat\u0103 pe degete c\u00e2te c\u0103l\u0103torii vrei \u0219i pl\u0103te\u0219te cu cardul. Urc\u00ee-te \u00een autobuz, a\u0219teapt\u0103 o jum\u0103tate de or\u0103 \u0219i e\u0219ti \u00een centru.<\/p>\n Metrou<\/p>\n Poate te-ai dat jos la sta\u021bia gre\u0219it\u0103, ori ai cazarea mai departe de centru. Atunci po\u021bi lua metroul. E la fel ca orice alte re\u021bele de metrou, a\u0219a c\u0103 doar trebuie s\u0103 te urci \u00een el. Po\u021bi chiar alege ca automatul de bilete s\u0103 fie \u00een francez\u0103 dac\u0103 \u021bie prea lene s\u0103 \u00eencerci \u00een rom\u00e2n\u0103.<\/p>\n Taxi<\/p>\n \u00centreab\u0103 de pre\u021bul cursei \u00eenainte de a urca. Dac\u0103 e\u0219ti francez e\u0219ti deja obi\u0219nuit s\u0103 te pl\u00e2ngi, deci nu ar trebui s\u0103 fie o problem\u0103 s\u0103 \u00eei spui \u0219oferului c\u0103 80 de lei pentru o curs\u0103 de 30 e prea mult. Dac\u0103 nu e\u0219ti francez \u0219i nu \u0219tii s\u0103 te pl\u00e2ngi, atunci pl\u0103te\u0219te.<\/p>\n Plimbare<\/p>\n Centrul Bucure\u0219tiului nu e mare, deci nu mai folosi Uber peste tot \u0219i plimb\u0103-te. \u0218i acest sfat vine de la o persoan\u0103 care ur\u0103\u0219te mersul pe jos.<\/p>\n VIZITE<\/p>\n Dac\u0103 ai mai fost \u00een Bucure\u0219ti probabil ai v\u0103zut pasajul cu umbrele. Dac\u0103 ai pe cineva care viziteaz\u0103 Bucure\u0219tiul cu tine, \u0103sta e un loc bun s\u0103 \u00eei aduci ca s\u0103 te prefaci c\u0103 \u0219tii alei \u0219i col\u021buri ascunse ale Bucure\u0219tiului. Nu trebuie s\u0103 le spui c\u0103 e un loc destul de faimos. \u0218i e foarte bun pentru poze de Instagram, nu e destul?<\/p>\n \u00centorc\u00e2ndu-ne la perspectiva fran\u021buzeasc\u0103 asupra lucrurilor, vii dintr-o \u021barp catolic\u0103. Fie c\u0103 e\u0219ti religios sau nu, acum e momentul s\u0103 intri \u00een una din multele biserici ortodoxe din Bucure\u0219ti. Nu po\u021bi s\u0103 le ratezi, mai ales c\u0103 ele fac ca cl\u0103dirile noastre gri s\u0103 arate trist (\u00eemi pare r\u0103u).<\/p>\n Serios acum, dac\u0103 e\u0219ti \u00een Bucure\u0219ti doar pentru c\u00e2teva zile, ia un tur gratuit (da, \u00ee\u021bi sugerez din nou s\u0103 mergi pe jos). Sunt mi\u0219to.<\/p>\n IE\u0218IT \u00ceN ORA\u0218<\/p>\n Ca francez deja \u00eemi imaginez c\u0103 vrei s\u0103 g\u0103se\u0219ti un pahar ieftin de vin. Nu exist\u0103 (dec\u00e2t dac\u0103 e\u0219ti din Paris, caz \u00een care totul va p\u0103rea foarte ieftin pentru c\u0103 oricum locuie\u0219ti \u00een cel mai prost ora\u0219 de pe planet\u0103). Prin urmare po\u021bi s\u0103 iei un cocktail, o bere local\u0103 (unele baruri \u0219i restaurante le au chiar pe ale lor) ori chiar ni\u0219te \u021buic\u0103\u00a0<\/em>(care te va \u00eenc\u0103lzi dac\u0103 vizitezi ora\u0219ul pe perioada iernii).<\/p>\n Centrul vechi are numeroase localuri. De fapt cred c\u0103 ar fi mai greu s\u0103 nu g\u0103se\u0219ti unul. Iar dac\u0103 e\u0219ti cu un buget restr\u00e2ns (ori zg\u00e2rcit) plimb\u0103-te pu\u021bin, vei g\u0103si baruri cu 5 lei. Un pic mai departe de centru sunt c\u00e2teva cluburi care te vor face s\u0103 te sim\u021bi ca la Berlin, dar f\u0103r\u0103 \u0219inuta obligatorie \u0219i malacii de la intrare. \u00cen unele localuri vei vedea concerte punk \u0219i dance ori tehno, la doar o s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2n\u0103 distan\u021b\u0103 – Ce ai putea cere mai mult?<\/p>\n COMUNICARE<\/p>\n Doar adu-\u021bi bunica fran\u021buzoaic\u0103 care nu vorbe\u0219te nici un pic de englez\u0103 \u0219i care \u00ee\u0219i aminte\u0219te doar germana din colindele de Cr\u0103ciun. Nu \u0219tiu cum se face dar ea va reu\u0219i s\u0103 \u00ee\u0219i cumpere tot ce are nevoie \u00een timp ce tu te vei chinui s\u0103 spui o propozi\u021bie \u00een rom\u00e2n\u0103.<\/p>\n Nu uita s\u0103 la\u0219i bac\u0219i\u0219, iar dac\u0103 mergi la restaurant, s\u0103 fii fl\u0103m\u00e2nd (por\u021biile rom\u00e2ne\u0219ti sunt mai mari dec\u00e2t cele fran\u021buze\u0219ti).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n