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Friday 01-May-2009

I didn’t know what to expect in Romania nor had I planned anything on this trip. Thanks to Ioana who does live there, she was going to plan everything for Alin & myself. I’ve heard countless scams that go on in Romania and also have read and seen the infamous gypsy community in various parts of Europe. Now that I was in the heartland of gypsies what was I really in for?

At Luton airport I took enough money out for the 3-4 days I was going to be there. It was just a mere £100 and I wasn’t planning on taking any more money in Romania at all. The flight to Bucharest takes just under 3 hours and we were going to arrive in Bucharest at about 2am. Bucharest is 2 hours ahead of London hence the stupid hour of arrival, sometimes you wish everyone was on the same time zone.

Alin was sleeping on the plane and snoring quite loudly. He had his chair inclined so in that position, it could be possible for one to snore. However if I was sitting up right and sleeping, I wondered if it was possible to snore? Do let me know if I sit next to you on a plane and I fall asleep and snore.

Apart from the long, strange stare from the passport control officer which felt like my passport is fake written all over it, we gout out of the airport relatively unscathed. Ioana was waiting for us outside the airport at 2am and whisked us away to Alin’s grandma’s place in the heart of Bucharest or rather the ‘Mayfair’ of Bucharest. However I still had no idea where I was and I didn’t have any maps of Bucharest.

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