We've done liberation square we've done unity square and this is.. can i have a clue?
i'm Emily and this is my boyfriend Jordan we have a mission to travel the world for as long as we
can before our money runs out yesterday we moved further into south eastern europe by taking a
train from Budapest to Romania and over the next few weeks we will be exploring this spectacular
country starting right now with an incredible town that we absolutely fell in love with
good morning from our second day in Romania we are actually in a small town in the western side
of Romania called Timisoara, we got in pretty late last night so we didn't see much of the
city other than our walk to the airbnb and if that's anything to go by this city is going to be
incredible usually when we come to a new city our first thing is to go to the main square and check
out the real heart of the culture Timisoara has three main squares so we want to see
all three squares today and i doubt we will be able to resist the smell of the food
we do also have to check out of our airbnb this morning which means we're gonna run around like
crazy people try and see all three squares maybe even sneak in a coffee before we have to check out
this is Union square it is home to what they think is one of the most beautiful facades in Europe
it's so pretty in the morning light all the colors of the buildings the architecture it's really nice
so Union square is the biggest of the squares here in Timisoara so i thought we'd start big it is
absolutely lined with coffee shops for some reason it seems like the further you get along this
line of squares the less it goes from morning to night time so you go from coffee shops to like
lunch eatery bars and then finally to bars start your day over here slowly make your way over there
so two things i really love about Timosoara some of the architecture has the funny little
roofs that like curve up and it looks like it has eyes so the whole house looks like a smiley face
and there are so many flags around it's like we're here on
national day or something but i don't think we are
i think they're just really proud of their country so they put the flags everywhere it's so pretty
it is almost mind-blowing how many cafes and restaurants are in this city
and they're all on amazing streets like this where it's all just for pedestrians they've
got all of the alfresco dining the lights above the pretty architecture this is such a cool city
look it's a little map of the town which one are we
second square of the day and we are in Liberty square
this one is full of more restaurants and bars also has a statue in the middle
it's a little bit smaller but still super cute it has all the pretty buildings with
all the pretty colors one thing we love about europe is how prominent piazzas and squares
and stuff like this is for people in the city like it just makes for such a nice vibe you can come in
and catch up with all your friends and family and there's actually space for you to enjoy the city i
love it and it looks like there's like an umbrella street over here so i want to go over there
how freaking cute is this i've seen these kind of things on instagram so much but i've never
seen one in real life i don't think let alone one this long and this is taking us to the next square
so we've done Liberation square we've done Unity square
and this is.. can i have a clue? inspiration marathon inspiration greek god greek god
nike this is nike square? running shoes when you're running a race what are you trying to do
achieve a goal achievement square what do you want first and what does that grant you gold winner
winner square another one winner is the greatest winner winner winner winner winner
winner winner winner harry potter something von krum victor victor victory square all it
took was a harry potter reference so Victory square is named such because Timisoara was
the first town to rise up against communist rule and they they won and timisoara was the
first town in europe to ever light their streets with electricity wow let's go see the church
this is definitely the square you see when you google Timisoara
yeah it's more of like a rectangle shape and it connects this church to what we think is like
an opera building it's a massive white building but we've hit our goal and seen all three squares
and i think we still have time for a coffee i think we should reward ourselves with the
coffee before we have to move airbnb yeah back to the first square where it's at cafe yeah
we've come to what we think is only like one of three open cafes it doesn't look that open but
i asked and she was like yeah but we're back at liberation liberty unification unity square
i think this is my favorite square
thank you
we were trying to stay here for the whole time as cheap as possible and airbnb does
this thing now where it lets you split your stay over two different spots
so that's what we did to get the cheapest price now we have to run from our airbnb to a new one
which should be just around the corner so it's not actually that bad luckily he's
letting us check in early as well yeah which is really nice but then the next thing on the
list is some traditional food that Jordan really wants to try yeah it's like a beautiful sausage
so we came to this restaurant just because it looks cool we were about to give up on our search
for the traditional sausage thing Jordan wants to try and they have it
so lucky the real reason i picked this restaurant is because they have these furs on the seats and
i think that looks pretty Romanian so picking a place that looked pretty Romanian has served us
very well i ended up getting what i wanted which i thought was called a michi it's actually called a
Mici was corrected pretty quickly we did get some timosuriana beers which are delicious
uh Emily got mac and cheese less traditional but should be tasty and we got some french fries to
round out for lunch i don't think we'll need dinner seems like it's gonna be pretty hearty
'Noroc' we asked the lovely waitress how to say 'cheers' in romanian she said 'noroc'
she could be lying she could be telling the truth we're going with it
i've got like homestyle fries
hot but instantly amazing i love it it's exactly what i thought it was going to be
maybe better it's like a effectively pork mince squished together made
into a sausage it kind of reminds me of chevups but like the Romanian version
juicy savory meat in there very tender
very delicious now for my super traditional mac and cheese
nice pasta with a nice cheese sauce
truly delicious what a way to finish to the day i love Timisoara. Timisoara is
like you need to add that to the list if you're going in the eastern side of europe
come here 'Nova-scocia, novak, noroc