this is Romania what's up guys it's Alexander travel bomb and today we're in
Romania we go a little deeper into this country to find authentic experiences
far away from the tourist destinations
today we're driving north toward khumba loom a small city where Sandra's grandpa
lives but first we stopped on the side of the road to buy some berries from a
gypsy child gypsies also known as Romani are all over Romania and they get a bad
rap but they have a truly interesting culture we drive through one of their
towns on the way to Campulung.
gypsies seem to set up camp wherever they want and so they picked the most
beautiful spots to start making a life there they sell everything everywhere
you'll find them on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere sowing
mushrooms they foraged in the forests nearby and they sell for
a fraction of the price you'll pay at the market
this is a typical scene in Romania cows and horses take over the roads on a win
and you have to either wait like we did across this bridge or go way around them
like everybody else's
next yet again we stopped on the side of the road at what seemed like an ordinary
house in the countryside but Sandra's dad was there to buy some of the best
cheese in these parts made right here at this house a huge smoked cheese we'd be
eating for dinner I'll stop for the old dead no yeah they were moving around for
ten minutes that's very very nice smoked cheese but this is authentic no country
sign fight it takes on top
we made it to Koopa loom and then went out to take part in the fair that was
going on for the last three days here in Romania
each city celebrates once a year at all different times of the year all over the
country so you'll be sure to find these festivals going on somewhere at any time
we are in Coubertin Romania at Sandra's Grandpa's house and we're about to have
breakfast right here and then we're gonna go somewhere for the day and I
have no idea okay we're having the cheese that we got on the side of the
road I finally tried the cheese we picked up on the side of the road and it
was some of the best that I've had in any country it was packed with flavor
like a potent mix of Swiss and mozzarella all right we're leaving the
place so we're going to the mountains
this is another cheese that they place inside the bark of a tree to get a piney
flavor to leak into it we made our way further into the mountains to get some
of the fresh Romania air
so we keep stopping along the way wherever we see gypsies there selling
things on the side of the road so we just bought a bunch a ton like a crate
of porcini mushrooms and it was just a few dollars yesterday we bought some
raspberries wild raspberries they were very good better than regular
raspberries that I get in the States
so we just drove up here into the mountains of koopa loon and there's this
river right here that we got to stop at a couple little gypsy villages along the
way it's a perfect Romanian experience rabbit I'm not sure where we are exactly
a near koopa loon but up here in this area there's a lot of camping it's kind
of like a seems like a national park but I'm not really sure I'll have to find
out but there's people camping all along the river over here and you can just
park your car right there along the river doesn't seem to be any rules or
anything
so we just saw a bunch of sheep on the side of the road so we're gonna go check
them out
I was one of the flimsiest bridges I have ever crossed
look at all these sheep up up in the hills over here and then down over here
in the flats and then by the river
this is amazing this is Romania alright ready to go back over the bridge
we went back to Sandra's Grandpa's spent the night had a great breakfast and then
headed back to the crest for breakfast I have a chicken egg and a duck egg and
some pork
ah so we just got back from an awesome weekend in the mountains of Romania
thanks to citizens family we had a real authentic Romanian weekend and it was
amazing now we're getting ready to go to Greece we don't even have to unpack
because we already have our bags packed and we're leaving in the morning one
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