Ep. 54: We APOLOGIZE for complaining (but not really). Romania to Moldova Travel Guide
Feb 25, 2022
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Okay, we're leaving our hotel this morning for the second time
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Yes, you heard me right. I said for the second time. We left a little while ago because we wanted to be proactive here in Romania
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and go get bus tickets ahead of time before the bus left
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But here they have these mini buses. And so the bus is supposed to leave at 1 according to the schedule
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but it'll leave earlier depending on how quickly it fills up. So we got to the bus station at about 11 30 and the bus driver is telling us well
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we're gonna leave in about a half hour. Well, we didn't have our backpacks. We
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didn't have anything with us because we just went there proactively to buy these tickets. So he said oh, but we'll probably leave at 12
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It's that feeling when it rains, it pours. Lately. The last couple weeks have just been really rough
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I didn't say weeks. I was thinking like a couple days. A week
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So in my eyes, it's days. The odd reason it's weeks. It just feels like it really bad
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It's the public transportation. It's awful. Airbnbs haven't been so hot. So when you talk about how you're getting from one place to the next
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and where you're sleeping, That's like a big part of your day. Yeah
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So we apologize for everybody that watching me We not trying to be complaining but it really rough It really rough And we just went to the bus station and they basically said the bus is full the mini bus is full and we have to wait for the next minute to come
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It's supposed to come in 10 or 15 minutes, supposedly. But they said it's full, and they're telling me, well, it's full, then why is it
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I'm like, well, why isn't it leaving? Why is it still here if it's full? They're supposed to leave when they're full. I'm just sitting there
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So it could be God knows how. There's just no rhyme or reason to anything that's taking place
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And when you're people that are planners and scheduling and trying to figure all this stuff out, you want consistency and planning
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And it just, I think that's why we've been so frustrated. I agree. And, you know, we're supposed to tell our Airbnb host what time we're arriving in Chisano, Manolva
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And no one even knows really how long it takes to get to Manolva from here. With buses, some people say 3 hours, 15 minutes to as high as 4 and a half hours
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Trains is anywhere I've seen from 7 to 8 hours. It's just mind-boggling
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Back at McDonald's. So we're back at the bus station after we walked about two blocks to McDonald's
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sat down, went on the internet, had a couple hamburgers, ordered at rush hour
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I mean, it's like about 12.30 when we order. It's been at least a half hour since we left here
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And they told us, oh, the bus will be here in 10 or 15 minutes. So the bus is still not here
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And thanks to our benches to row up. Disgusting. What is it
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Stop putting gross stuff on close-up on the GoPro camera. On the vlogs
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I want them to get a sense of what we're dealing with. Well, I did want to take footage of the bathroom yesterday
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After the train was complete. After the train ride. So you have to show the stuff
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It's our duty. It's our ethical, the ethical duty of a travel vlogger
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Maybe we need to get a new duty. Maybe this is a good time to talk about switching from budget travel to luxury travel I think it getting to be that time Okay we made it to the border here at Modova
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and Romania. We're about to get our passport stamps. We're getting stamped right now, right
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Here we are! So we actually sat in the bus for about, I would say 45 minutes to an hour before it left
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so it showed up about a half hour late then we had to sit on the bus for about
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45 minutes before it left and now it's 3 o'clock and we left at about 11 a.m. to
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get bus tickets today. just another day of traveling, huh? slow travel. slow travel
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through Romania Shishinau Moldova after a very very very long bus ride oh my god it's so hot in
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there I'm sure Audrey will have some details to share but we're just trying to
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hunt down our apartment right now we know we're close so let's go find it
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okay we're in Moldova we left our apartment we went to go look for a
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grocery store I'm being very quick and short here because I don't know how much
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Okay, we just made it into Madolda. We left our apartment about an hour ago to go look for a grocery store to get simple things for breakfast
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I sorry I have had nothing to eat today It now about 8 at night I am so running on MC I can even believe I standing up at this point We haven even had water Because you can drink the water here You not really supposed to drink the water here So we went to go look for water milk yogurt something for breakfast just a few things
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And there's nothing open. Nothing. We walked for like miles. Not even that there's nothing open
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There's like nothing. So now we know there's a restaurant down the street
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A Mexican restaurant we're going to go to. and that's where we're just going to overindulge because we don't know when our next meal is going to be
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and we can't just go to even a convenience store on the side of the street tomorrow because we can't get cash out of the ATM
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Everything has to be credit card. So we might end up buying water at this restaurant for tomorrow and tonight
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God only knows. Our luck is changing. We found a grocery store and a restaurant
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So we have food for tomorrow. How many blocks do we have to walk to find a grocery store
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Wait a bit. And it closed at 9 and it's 8.52 right now
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I think we've both been looking at each other like, is our credit card not going to work? It wasn't getting off
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It wasn't at first. Then we had to enter a PIN, which you usually don't have to. So that'll be the next thing
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Then we'll really be screwed. Oh my god. We asked our Airbnb host, where can we get basics
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Milk, yogurt, water, toilet paper? Her response was... I didn't even hear this. What is it
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All the shops are closed now. Thanks. We found one. But we walked probably about, I'd say close to 2 or 3 miles
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Maybe 2 miles. Walking the streets to find anything. Shops nearby may be closed now
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So, we're getting a little ex... I should say I'm getting a little excited. I'm getting a little excited for my split vacation
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And I said, let me check the weather. And remember in an earlier vlog it said, where is it 75 and perfect
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Check out the weather and split
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