Hey you guys! Thanks for joining us on another journey. Today we are sharing
with you the things to know before you go to Brasov, Romania. Welcome to Go
Travel On The Cheap's first episode in our silent film series, hahaha. Yep our
microphone died we have a bunch of episodes of around Romania with no sound
so frustrating to find out! have you ever had an equipment malfunction before? Seems like it's the story of our lives
Comment below, we want to hear your stories.
So sit back, relax and enjoy the journey--this unusual journey! my name is April. we're gonna eat some Romanian breakfast, heeheehee. I got sugar, lots
of sugar--I'm gonna get it--we're standing out here freezin'. there's nowhere to eat
at this particular restaurant so we're gonna walk next door and go to the
coffee shop. nice pastry breakfast, lots and lots of sugar!
Mmm-mmm. I'm Wayne and I'm filming. Got the heart-shaped cookie. look at this
heart-shaped cookie, this reminds me try of trying to steal kisses from Wayne
*kissy sounds* Come here and kiss me, kiss me, kiss me! It is so soft and delicious had a hint of spice to it. it wasn't overly sweet
which kind of upset me a little bit--hey, no it did not!--but it was so amazing--I was glad, you turd--and to top it off I
even got a sugar cookie. why don't you show the camera what kind of pastries I
got herb and cheesy one it was quite good. we also had this beautiful fluffy
pastry that I thought was gonna be full of apples or something nice and sweet
and it was cheese so I gave it to Wayne. and then I got this other one that I thought
was eggy but it was actually lemony. yep I like the cheese she likes the lemon. so
just a quick travel tip for you when you're out in Romania a lot of places
don't take Visa credit cards and so we found ourselves at the coffee shop,
ordered a couple cups of coffee a piece, they didn't have a problem with
sitting here eating the next-door's pastries, they were super nice let us
walk down the street and go get some money from the exchange place since they
didn't take Visa or MasterCard.
*traditional Romanian singers/musicians*
Dees is da Black Church
dees is, dees is da Black Church? Jaaa! the Black Church is over 600 years old and is the
largest hall-style Church east of Vienna. it gets its name from the devastating
fire that happened in 1689 which destroyed Brasov. only the walls, the font
and the Treasury from the vestry survived from the original edifice.
rebuilt in the 18th century and are actually still working on restoration
today. we weren't able to film inside unfortunately admission is 9 Lei for
adults, they do organ concerts in June through September like I think every
Tuesday those cost 10 Lei. it would be amazing to come and see. it's so amazing
to be here in Romania I can't believe all this old architecture. now I am
making fun of Wayne because you know he probably said something wrong way so
here we are an old town Brasov. i can't believe you did it right, good job!
we had to come check out one of the narrowest streets in Europe
it's called Strada Sforii (I'm probably not saying that correctly I'm sorry)
which basically means Rope Street and it is the third narrowest street in Europe.
it was built in the 15th century to help firefighters gain quicker access to the
more major roads and neighborhoods at either end.
we found this to be an intriguing statue, but how ironic is it to look at it now
especially with the mask. cannot believe that the world has changed so much that
this is the new norm--in only a few months--yeah. crazy!
*traditional Romanian singers/musicians*
we've got a cute Airbnb this time. I really like how they decorated it. check
out this bathroom, this is pretty cool. place is definitely got a little bit of
flair to it, I like it
I like how it'd decorated and--how much do we pay for this Airbnb for the night? I
think $35 us? US I like that it's a cute place. the bike house is a 250 year old
building that used to be the first bike shop in post-communist Brasov. this
couple has done a phenomenal job with refurbishing and decorating this house,
that they actually divided into more than a few different spaces available
for rent. we enjoyed our stay at this labor of love so much that we came back
to stay another night when we circled back through Brasov at the end of
our time in Romania.
How long has the restaurant been here?
More then 25 years
Oh wow
That's impressive
this is really like a neat building. I've never been in anything like it.
what was this originally? It was a winery, it was a winery, many many years ago. In the king's years, we used to have a king.
my understanding it was also a women prison...
Oh really?
After that was a cellar for because up upstairs...the
building, the buildings all the shops all the banks there used to live
the regular people everyone used to have his basement. Interesting. this is--nasty--pork belly
deep-fried--blech--that they serve it with some bread and--the bread's amazing--some onions the bread, is
amazing I don't know if I'm doing this right--no, you're not--it tastes good my doctor probably won't
like it because my triglycerides are already high, but when in Romania eat Romanian. so what are we drinking? It's Palinka, yours is palinka......
translating to English is sour cherry. okay so it's a drink from sour cherry. oh nice.
so is this like a whiskey or brandy or? it's a Romanian whiskey. Cheers then
right how do you traditionally drink it? You sip it......
it's quite strong so. oh, I like that
interesting yeah it it's very similar to yeah Rakia--Slovenian or Montenegro pretty similar rakia
think so. we have also Rakiul. What's that? rakiul
similar but it's quite...alcohol is lower. this one is 40 degrees stronog
and the other one is 27. oh so more like a liqueur yeah okay okay
is that like an after-dinner thing? No, just an anytime
have a we have customers who wants a stronger drink or a weaker drink so when they
want a weaker drink we give them that one. oh okay
and yeah I like this. What, that's too strong for you? You should've seen her face
oh that's sugary. You may as well just drink acid. I thought it was quite good. It's like drinking battery acid, gasoline. You may as well just pour that down your hatch. I feel like I'm in Alice in Wonderland
drink the shrink me juice...
it's quite good, the cherry
yeah, i liked that
Papanas which is a Romanian traditional dish, like donuts they coming with the homeade sour cream and sour cherry jam
sure yeah, i'll try those. yes please. There's two in a portion... I'll haveone bite of
hers and I'll be good
*traditional Romanian singers/musicians*
so I ditched ya, and was it good? I left you some. dinner was an amazing meal we had two different
entrees I had to traditional shots of palanka
which was super tasty even though April thought it was gasoline
also April had some traditional dessert and for all of this it was about $36 US
dollars we don't have the receipt anymore so I can't tell you for sure and
can't read our lips. we highly recommend you go here when in Brasov. yes I would
I'm gonna stick my tongue in your ear, nanny nanny boo-boo! We want to thank you guys for watching
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