all right so Ivana and I have just hopped off the train which took us about an hour
north from timisoara which means we are right now just arriving in uh rad
and as it turns out the train station we are arriving at is pretty Grand and pretty Epic
so we can serve as a very good although very early first impressions of a rad because like I said we
are just arriving here in the first minute but it's my understanding that the population of a
rat is like 150 000 and I guess it's all sort of centered around one main and one historic Street
so it serves as a very convenient walking tour we're gonna find what I think is
called the revolution Road and we're gonna go straight down it and see everything we can in
a red so come along with us on a very direct and very uh exciting welcome to her let's go
check it out the street cars here in a rad look quite similar to the ones
in my hometown of Toronto feeling like home sweet home here in a red foreign
okay first things first is the Holy Trinity Cathedral which is absolutely Grand and
beautifully painted on the inside and actually on the outside it's right in the middle of the
road which sort of makes it very focal and looks very important and my understanding is
there is actually an Archbishop of Romanian Orthodox who uses this as the main Cathedral
so it's the Archbishop of Arad so this place looks like a million bucks and looks very
Grand and important and actually is really really special place and a good start to our tour today
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so naturally we've been to more than a few Cathedrals especially in the Balkans but
actually in all of our travels and this one really stands out because every square inch of the paint
job inside looks like it was completed yesterday I mean it looks brand new it looks perfect it is a
bit of a bummer that they've got some construction going on we can hear the noise but this is why
the place is so beautiful is because the maintenance is ongoing and consistent uh
really second to none in terms of the design and the beauty on the inside a good start to our tour
foreign
I tell you what nice place for a City walk and I love the way that the traffic splits
and the big mature trees and a bit of a park kind of in between the road all the way down
Revolution Road good place for a City Walk
all right so the park in between the road has finally ended this is one of our very
Toronto and street cars and as you can see sort of a beautiful area here with
what appears to be a university here I think one of two universities in Arad
and over here we have the very stunning really just absolutely beautiful white
building which is City Hall and the sun has come out and right on cue really because uh
what a nice looking building I mean as far as City Halls go ah wow very nice yeah and because it's
so bright right now the sun is on the building the white building it's like it's like glowing
and you'll notice this Romanian flag actually has a hole in the center and I believe this is what's
called the flag of the Revolution because during the protests which ultimately led to the fall of
Communism here in Romania the protesters ripped out the center portion because it contained like
a logo of Communism so pretty powerful Monument I believe there's photos on the bottom of the
Monument of people's faces these are probably people who lost their lives in the protest and
it's right in the middle of Revolution Street and it's right in front of the really beautiful
uh City Hall goes to show you how important this flag and this revolution really was because uh
it's more or less the centerpiece of the entire uh City I guess wow
and last but not least the cultural Palace and I'm going to go ahead and name Arad the White
City oh yes all the buildings are white and when the Sun hits them it's like I'm
squinting at the sign and saying what does that say uh really beautiful and very shiny
and right behind the palace is this Riverfront which I believe is the nearest
River uh pretty brown today maybe it was raining earlier today and the water started rushing there
are benches here which make me think man this place is screaming for me to have a
beer but before we go find maybe a cold drink and something to nibble along I will Levy one
small criticism to a red minor criticism okay so far Ivana and I three times have tried to
fly the Drone for some aerial footage it seems like you're not allowed to fly drones in a rad
I get it you guys got some nice buildings and you're sick of foreigners crashing I understand
but this video would have been boosted with some drone shots especially right along Revolution
Road uh beautiful place but obviously I'm just kidding let's go let's go have a beer
tell you what if I ever have a house I want it to look like that look at that vines on
the side of the house just nice right on the corner nice house there it is Ivana
first building we've seen today that was not nicely restored
nice it still looks nice but it's the first one that isn't freshly renovated
look at that wasn't even on our list today but maybe it should have been is that like psychedelic
or is that like gingerbread house or is that like traditional Romanian I don't know maybe all three
interesting right
to the lovely Ivana we ended up coming to the Green Building just because it was so green turns
out it's a pizza shop so we're not going to eat them because we're going to have dinner with our
friend Andre now to end this Vlog Ivana please uh tell the audience what you told me earlier
your expectations of a rad yes I just thought that all right will be like this kind of boring
City nothing to do here because even as soon as I came out the beautiful train station it was just
like little like a regular City that's there's nothing special there but as we walk closer to
the city center I got more and more impressed by the buildings yes but the architecture is just
everything is so beautiful so pretty uh I think the city is well structured with the garden middle
of the two big roads yeah very nice City Walk very nice CityWalk a good day trip a good day
trip from Timmy Shore I thought it was very funny Ivana said I thought this place was going to be so
boring all right thanks for watching Everybody we'll see you in the next one which should be
back in timisoara yes where the revolution began actually yes that's right better guys