This is Romania: There’s Nowhere F*cking Like it! (#230)

This is Romania: There’s Nowhere F*cking Like it! (#230)

Salute, Chach. We are now in Romania. How do we get out of here? We're in the city of Yash. I think I'm saying that right. Yash. Yashi. Yash. Romania is just one of those places that doesn't have the best reputation. You know what I mean? For example, what have you heard about Romania? Maybe you've heard that it's a country of thieves. You've heard that they're the most backward place in Europe. You've heard that Boret was filmed here. You've heard that Andrew Tate lives here. That it's a complicated country. But I've also heard it's a country of immense beauty. It's the country that has the majority of the Carpathian Mountains. It has Dracula's castle. has all these crazy things. Which side is true? Which of the stereotypes is more important? Well, in this video, we will go and try to dispel those stereotypes or perhaps accidentally confirm them. I haven't seen a wire setup like that since Southeast Asia. Anyway, strong start. Let's go check out Romania. I'm excited for this one. We've been busy traveling around Ukraine, Russian controlled republics. This one might be a bit more relaxed. Let's go. So, what's kind of funny is I didn't just make like some big transition here. This is literally right up the street from where I just was with all those like crazy wires hanging around. Romania. >> Things change real quick in this country. [music] It's >> like somebody's getting married. >> Very good. >> How do you say congratulations in Romania? >> I show speed. >> I show speed. Yes. I am I show speed. I am the white speed. >> Shelly. >> Shelly. Yes. Okay. Yes. Nice to meet you. One. >> All right. >> Okay. >> All right. We're uh a 10-year-old is trying to rob me to a crazy story. Romania. Let me just hide in the pack of remaining old ladies. >> Okay. [singing] [music] >> [singing] [music] >> My man is just putting on a full concert right there. That was worth the 10 Romanian lay just gave him whatever that's worth. Yash is known as the city of 100 churches, the cultural capital of Romania. Maybe that's like strong wine. Chai fruit. Fruit tea. >> Do you speak English? >> Yes. >> Oh, great. Is this one wine? >> Yeah. Balling wine. >> Strong wine. >> Very sweet. >> This is fruit tea. >> Yeah. Tea and apple juice. Hot >> apple juice. Okay. I'll go for uh the tea. I drank a little too much last night. No more alcohol. >> You like to try the wine? It's very nice. I I would love to. I drank too much last night. All >> right. >> I'm enjoying your country. >> Great. Wow. Bye-bye. >> All right. Yeah, I'm not kidding. I arrived in this city yesterday from Maldova. Went out. It was a Friday night, not gonna lie. I got a little hammered. All right, so I've just been out here drinking in Romania. What What is the name of the city again? It's a miracle I'm making this vlog right now. Unique. I love the language here. It's like it's one of the most unique languages in the world. I think it's basically Spanish mixed with Russian. Like the word for yes is da da. Then they're also like I don't think they say that. I just that's from Spanish. What a lovely language. Can't wait to learn more of it. I love Eastern European trams. Is this Eastern Europe? What do the Romanians think? Is this Central Europe, Eastern Europe? It's not Central. Would you consider Romania Eastern Europe or Central Europe? >> Eastern. That's what I thought. Thanks. >> Settle the debate. Eastern Europe. Get out of here with that central European nonsense. By the way, Romanians speak surprisingly good English. Like almost everybody speaks at least some. So imagine that. You think this is some backwards nation of uneducated people? No, they speak more English than the Italians. Probably the French, too. What's a mask? >> Oh, not a gender neutral bathroom. Well, look at that. Here you go. We have a clean public toilet in the middle of an underground station. I mean, one thing I do generally agree on, you charge people to use the bathroom. It works. Keeps it a little bit cleaner. This definitely feels like it was built during the communist era of Romania. Romania, as we just heard, is in Eastern Europe. Of course, they're in the Warsaw Pact. They were with the Soviet Union, united against their will against NATO. And as a result, famously, Romania had their own communist dictator, Nicholas Choesco. I've heard uh very mixed reviews about the guy. Look at this relatively clean public infrastructure. Got a seat right here that literally says Yashi, the name of the city. Not bad. Not bad. And I love cities that I've never heard of before and they turn out to be super nice. And then we got something going on here. It looks like some kind of festival. It was the professor. >> Are you saying I'm professor? >> Yeah, kind of. But did you did you make the seminar today at the >> Oh, yes. That was me. >> I want to be your student. >> Very nice to meet you. Yes. So >> it was so lovely. I loved it. Oh, you're welcome. >> And actually, I I resonate with you so much because I'm also not Romanian. I'm Ukrainian. So, I learned Romanian just like you. And I resonate so much with [laughter] >> I was just in Ukraine. >> But it was it was amazing. I loved it. >> Okay. Thank you. I was love. >> What is this right now? >> We do like it's street photography. >> Oh, street photography. Oh, nice. Oh, you took a picture and it's like a newspaper like person. >> I see. How much is this? >> It's based on donation if you'd like. >> Donation. Okay. >> I kind of recognized you, but didn't really because I have glasses, so it was different. >> Yeah. Um, yeah. Take this. >> You're welcome. >> Um, I I feel bad for this, but I'm just I was just joking actually. I'm not I'm not the professor. I'm sorry. No, >> you're not. >> I'm not. No. >> No. >> No. But what was the >> You looked so much like him. Okay. >> Crazy. >> Was he good looking? >> I hate you. What was the speech about? >> Well, it was it was >> I'm American. I just arrived in this city. Yeah. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm just I'm a clown. I >> know. That's crazy. >> Yeah. >> No, you you look a lot like a lot like him. >> He sounds like a great guy. I don't know who he is. >> A great guy. >> Yeah. I'm glad you can meet me at least. Uh [laughter] >> and I'm happy to meet you. I'm going to take this. >> I'm going to take this and treasure it. Okay. Bye-bye. >> Have a good one. I love you. >> Thank you. Thank you, Jakuyo. God, I love Ukrainians. I didn't know that I can uh impersonate professors now. Is that how old I look now? I look like a goddamn professor. >> All right. Y having a good time here. What's that building over there? Welldesigned infrastructure. I don't know if the uh the road infrastructure dates back to the communist era, but it's good. This is a super communist building right here. You got the uh the bass relief sculptures, the workers, the proletariat, definitely from uh Romania's communist days. Some of the best coolest architecture in the world. the old communist stuff across this entire region. If only the rest of the system could have worked out the same way. So, the war in Ukraine continues and the US is still deciding if it should send weapons to Ukraine or not. On the one hand, you've got Donald Trump saying that Ukraine is gone all because Zilinski refused to make a deal with Putin as reported by the government of Russia. And on the other hand, you have Kiev warning that the surrender of Ukraine would actually cause the West to collapse. Those weapons aren't just for Ukraine, but all of Europe. It feels like all this is being driven by someone with a narrative that they want you to believe. The problem is people tend to only read the first article they come across, missing out on the bigger picture. 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As always, I only work with brands that I actually respect and so by supporting them, you support my crazy trips in return. So, thanks. Now, let's get back to the video. So this city Yash from what I understand is the third biggest city in Romania and it carries historical importance. It used to be the capital of Mulavia. Mulavia. This city was effectively the capital of modern-day Romania for a long time before that title switched to Bucharest. It was important. It was also the wartime capital of Romania during World War II, but uh Romania was kind of in the Axis powers. I'm happy to start here. I'm happy to start our big Romanian journey in this super beautiful looking city. I mean, look at that. Look at that. Look at how epic that looks. I just can't get over how nice the city is. I'm not going to lie, I had very low perceptions of Romania before coming here, but we're going to have to change those. Where should we go next? Let's get to the train station. We'll head to another part of Romania. We'll take the tram to get there. Let's see if the tram system is easier to use than the one in Hungary. At first glance, uh, I think that's a no. Let's chance it and see if I can use a credit card on here. Come on. Don't disappoint me. Romania over there. Very much easier than hungry. So far, Romania has the edge. >> Huh? Why? What? >> J. Uh, because >> I don't understand. >> You can't hear me. >> Oh, you want money? Okay. Let me see. Maybe it'll be your lucky day. Okay. >> Yeah. Yeah. Okay. >> Thank you. Yeah. Just in a good mood here, you know, just want to help out everybody here in Romania. All right, we made it to the train station. Went to go pick up my bags along the way. And uh this also looks really nice. Looks like a church. Let's go do a confession and I'll pick up a ticket. Look at this. They have a vending machine right here in the train station. This is not an uneducated society. This is not the backwards bureau. Look at this. We don't have book vending machines in America. You kidding me? Oh, by the way, let me tell you where we're going. So, from what I've heard, the most beautiful part of Romania is undoubtedly the Carpathian Mountains. Carpathians run right through the heart of the country. They're supposed to be like Switzerland, but in Eastern Europe. And uh there's a lot of stuff. I'm pretty excited to go there. We got a long train ride ahead to get there, but let's do it. So that we are right here and then we're going to follow some convoluted route to get all the way over to Mash and I believe that would be Transylvania probably the most famous part of uh Romania. I was kind of expecting this to be like one of those old Russian Soviet trains with the beds and stuff, but no, it's like somewhere in between. It's more modern, but still a little shitty looking. Let's get comfortable. This is going to take a while. >> It could have taken a flight. We're not in Ukraine anymore. What's the fun in that? What's the fun in that? Right. Feels like a million hours later. We're in Russell, Transennsylvania. I need a hotel. I'm I'm slowly coming to the realization that uh while the trains in Romania aren't like that bad, they aren't really that good. I I think we should try and rent the car tomorrow. Where are we going? Now, see, some people have the mistaken belief that if there are like no migrants or uh minorities in the country, there'll be no graffiti. That's not true. That's not true. You still get graffiti in like 90% white countries. To be honest with you, it's kind of worse if anything, you know. I think we need more gang members in Romania. All right, found an Airbnb. I don't know why I always do things the last minute. It's just my personality, I guess. All right. All right. Not looking too bad. Not looking too bad. [laughter] I Is that What? Hold on. I can't show you that. That's going to get the video demonetized. That is the first time I've ever had an Airbnb where they put an erotic art painting right above the bed. Oh. Oh, is Romania. They're Latinos. Slavs with passion. Wait, actually, this this isn't a brothel, is it? The uh upholstery has a bit of a 70s porno vibe to it. No. What is it with European doors? Like, you know, it's like it depends on the way you turn the handle. If I do that, doesn't open. Do that. All right. This the backyard here. This looks like Transennsylvania to me. They recommend that you come to this region in the autumn time and uh I certainly didn't plan that out that way, but came here accidentally during the autumn time. You guys get to enjoy it with me. Look at all the fall foilage. I don't think we've ever had fall foilage on this channel. Fall [snorts] foilage. Fall foilage. Telling you Romanian graffiti. You guys got to step it up. Not impressed. Look at that full foilage. Oh, this is exciting, mate. Can barely contain myself. And look at this city. Look at that old medieval fortress wall. What a place. Brashov. Here's a fun fact about Brashov. This city was started by the Germans. Technically, like the Saxons, a group of Germans. They spoke German. That's what I understood. And then eventually the city was taken over by the Hungarians. Complicated history here. >> But throughout time it remains majority Romanian. And that is why it is in the nation of Romania today. Having so much fun here. [music] >> Imagine having your basketball court right here. That's your background. That's your background. Oh. Sometimes I really do appreciate Europe and yet these Europeans are not even using it. What are they playing? Soccer. >> Oh man, >> this city is beautiful. >> This city is absolutely beautiful. This is one of the most beautiful cities I've seen in Europe. I didn't know they had stuff like this in Romania. did not know. I mean, it is a little weird how they insist on just graffitiing up like every damn medieval wall in the city, but they do that in Italy, though, which is still dumb, but yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's really nice, but it's also uh just a bit touristy. So, you know what that means? It's time for us to do what we do best on this channel. It's time for us to get lost in the middle of nowhere in Romania. Let us leave the friendly confines of the tourist haven and let's find an adventure. Let's go. All right, I have commandeered a vehicle for the journey and of course it is a small tiny European car, but it'll probably be better for parking. Was also the only choice available. So, my goal is basically just to see the Transylvania region, but the Transylvania region that no one else goes to. There's a lot of things. There's a lot of history in this area. You had the Hungarians. It was a Hungarian region for most of the last thousand years. You had the communist reforms, the communist infrastructure that was built during uh the era of Chaoescu. You even had Germans here as we just saw here in the town of Brashov. So, who knows what we'll find. We'll just, you know, we'll just move along. If I find something interesting, we'll stop along the way. How about that? Okay. You fine with that? Good. Otherwise, you can watch another video. You know, I I don't know why you're watching my channel. You could be doing so many other productive things at the moment. Man, I feel like Romania is one of those countries where it's going to be a lot of fun to drive through. You just see a lot of cool on the side of the road. Like, look at this church. Look at this church. Like Romanians, I'm getting the impression they like to flex on you with their churches cuz that is a crazy looking church. Like I'm not exaggerating. Apparently next weekend they're about to open the biggest Orthodox church in the entire world. They're just going for it. They're going to set the record. That's how they do things in Romania. catching up or going backwards, depending on how you feel about. Okay, let's not lose the conservative audience, Tommy. Oh my god, this is such a beautiful drive. You have no idea what's even better in person. Professor Sobatical Tommy definitely approves. All right. By the way, I know you're going to ask about this, so this is going to be as disappointing for you as it was for me. Don't go to Dracula's castle in Romania. It sucks. Really sucks. It's just ran with tourists. And the worst part is there is actually no connection to Dracula. There's no connection even to the guy that it was based on, Vlad Tippish, who's actually a pretty badass dude. But this place has nothing to do with it. So, let's just take a quick view of the castle up there. A castle that he never lived in. And uh let's get out of here. Bit of a traffic jam here. All right. Well, as I said, driving in Romania, it's an adventure. Look at that fall foilage. 10 out of 10 full foilage right there. It's definitely something a professor would drive through in the mountains of Roman path and mountains. Oh, okay. Okay. Romania might have the cutest old ladies in all of Europe. This kind of feels like Switzerland. I've been to Switzerland once. It was really cool. I enjoyed it. And uh this feels kind of like the budget version of Switzerland. Is that I'm not trying to be insulting here. It's just cheaper. Toilet. >> No. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Okay. I have no idea what you think, but she said maybe you can go pee over there. You damn English-sp speakaking barbarian. Okay, relieving myself here in the Romanian countryside. By the way, I got to say this village looks exactly like the one in Resident Evil 4. Should I be scared? Okay. Okay. Um, don't understand what she's saying. We're not completely sure just yet that this isn't the village from Resident Evil 4. So, don't want to wait for her to turn into a zombie. So, I'm currently heading towards the city of Cibilu, which apparently was another place started by the Germans, the Saxons back in the day. It is now Romania now. And uh anyway, in the surrounding areas, it's supposed to be very beautiful, very mountainous, very rugged. So, looking forward to that. Like I said, you know, this is a very casual drive through Romania. We're just going to go we're just going to go wherever tickles my fancy, you know? So, let's go get tickled. Okay, I just drove over here for one specific reason. I want to show you something cool. And then look at the peaks of those mountains. Look at the peaks of the Carpaths. There's snow [snorts] on top of them. snowcapped mountains in October. Granted, the end of October, but look at that. This is why I travel. This is why I travel, gentlemen and ladies, for the few of you that are here. It's not just for the Makos. Is for immense beautiful vistas like this. And to know that we live on such a gorgeous planet. Look at that sunset. Oh man, Romania. Definitely not a hole. So again, historically, these mountains, the Carpaththeians, they shielded the local kingdoms from outside invaders. They were a strong defense, the greatest defense you can have, mountains. But although they worked most of the time, not always, this region was eventually conquered by the Ottoman Empire. The Turks got them just as they got Hungary. But there was one man who led quite the resistance. You may have heard of him. He's called Vlad the Impaler. Vlad Tepish. And this dude was a bit wild. He would take his enemies and then just place them on a steak for everyone to view. Kind of like to drive fear into his enemies, Mongol style. His kingdom was not far from here. Vlad was eventually defeated by the Ottomans and his head was sent to Istanbul. Crazy story. Crazy story. The story of this whole area is basically if it wasn't the Turks messing with them, it was the Russians. That's basically been Eastern Europe for the past 500 years. All right, [clears throat] bua demon. Good morning. There we go. Let's get back on the road. Look at that. Isn't that a lovely thing to wake up? All right. So, this is Cibu. And Cibu, apparently, is another city that was originally founded by the Germans. German engineering back in the 12th century. Here we go. So Romania, I guess over the past 30 years has had this reputation of having a lot of thieves come out of here. They also kind of mistakenly get associated with a certain other minority group. But you know what? After traveling through here, honestly, I feel so kind of relaxed. I think I'm just going to leave my luggage in the car here while I walk around. I would not do this in New York. Would not do that in New York. But Romania, Romania is a different story. All right, I'm not going to lie. If you travel enough in Europe, which I've only started to do over the past couple of years, you will start to see a lot of these old like medieval squares, but this is a good one. This is a good one. I don't think a lot of people travel here. Yeah, this city feels way less touristy than uh the last big one we were in. Brush off. I like it. >> [music] [music] >> Yeah, this feels like the kind of place I'd like [music] come and take my mom to. [clears throat] Get her a house to live in or maybe a nursing home. Just joking, Mom. >> [music] >> I'm not kidding. Like this town, this city. Seriously nice. Seriously nice. [music] This place is basically what my stereotypical image of Europe was as a child, which was derived from playing Japanese video games. >> [bell] >> Well, I mean, you know, probably also doesn't hurt that there's like no scammers here that arrived in Europe yesterday trying to slap some stupid bracelet on your wrist. All right, Tommy, stop. Now you got to lose the left wing, people. What are you doing? Don't you know you have to pander to one side of the political fence to have an audience? >> See, there you go. Right there. The original name of the city, Hermanat. Of course, all the Germans left apparently after World War II. Yep. Luggage still there. Romania. I think I like Romania. I platia Romania. But then again, not saying they're not going to jack your in Bucharest. So don't copy everything I do. But you can in C view CU Seoll at me. Give me some money. You don't even have to pay me. Like this is a beautiful city from city. >> Yeah. Okay, there we go. You heard it. Romania, beautiful cities. What were we talking about again? Okay, let's get back in the car. Let's get back on the road. All right, we are heading towards Where are we going? We're going west. We're heading west in Romania and we're going to pass through an area called Hunada. And I think that's going to be interesting because it was apparently there that the communist leadership of Romania tried to copy the Soviet Union and rapidly build out factories, industrialize, move a bunch of people over there, take people out of the countryside. And since then, much like the former Soviet Union, a lot of it is abandoned. And if we don't get lost doing that, then we'll keep driving west until we reach the other beautiful city of Romania. As that lady back there said, Timmy Shawada. So, we got a fun action-packed day ahead. [music] >> Salude. Okay. >> Apparently here in Romania, you just get a uh you just get a roadside performance. [music] >> Okay. Mask, >> where are you from? >> America. >> America. >> Yeah. There you go. See you later. >> But uh also, why is there a traffic hold up in the middle of nowhere? I guess they're like doing road work. We have entered the industrial heartland of Romania. Or maybe the former industrial heartland of Romania. Welcome to Hunid Dada. I was told that there's no area that better encapsulates the socialist era, the communist era of Romania than this place right here. These are the commie blocks of Romania. And these are the stray dogs of Romania. This place is quieterista. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Oh, cool. Well, somebody liked the comma. Quite an interesting place. Looks like pretty much all these storefronts are abandoned. Guess this is like the West Virginia of Romania. But the West Virginia of Romania still looks pretty nice and they seem to be taking care of it. I mean, you know, look at this plaza. This was clearly rebuilt recently. And they're like building something new over here. >> Oh. >> Okay. He's drinking. >> Okay. >> Okay. Okay. Both of us. In the communist era, first under Giorgio Dej and then later under Chescu, this was a planned city. It was planned to be the steel making capital of Romania. They were going to make some steel. They were going to produce. They were going to industrialize and they were going to beat the capitalists. Romania was going to be a powerful nation. This was supposed to be a symbol of it. But it is still wild how even after everything falls apart, people move out broader horizons to find their capitalist destiny. When these towns just turned to you ask the old people and they still say life was better back then because it was simpler, because everything was planned out. Didn't have to stress finding a job. didn't have to stress paying bills. I think did communists have to pay bills. I don't I don't know how that worked exactly. You can see the tops of one of the old steel mills right there. It's no longer operational. Now it's a parking lot. Of course, after the end of the communist era, after Chaoescu was taken out and shot with his wife, Romania transitioned to a capitalist economy and the population here basically half people moved out. All right, this is an appropriate place to put some graffiti. Finally, remains. I guess this place really is abandoned. downtown Hunadora. [laughter] And then on the other side of the abandoned socialist steel production building is a giant advertisement for McDonald's. Oh man, that is perfect. It's perfect. Welcome to capitalism, Romania. Welcome. Enjoy the problems that it provides. Certainly, it is the better option compared to communism. But, uh, I want to show you one more thing that I think is cool or at least interesting. This neighborhood was called Micro 7. Micro 7. And there was a micro 6, there was a micro 8. These were planned neighborhoods for the steel workers. And many of the people that came to work in those steel plants, it was their first time ever seeing electricity, running water, heating. This place was designed to be, as all the communist places were, a utopia. A communist utopia. Ironically, for a place where many people had their first introduction to electricity, there's no electricity. Back then, the way that life apparently worked was that people would go and do their shift at the factory, but the shifts were long. They would often be day and night. Once they were done, you know, there wasn't much to do except go drinking at the local bar. Romanians love to drink. Found that out last weekend. YouTube. [laughter] >> Okay, we're about to get my first Romanian subscribers. Let's go. >> Sabbatical. What content? >> Uh, travel. Travel. Vaji. >> What? [snorts] >> How do you say travel in Romania? >> My dance. Yeah. >> Uh, no, no, no. Uh, it's just Aventur. >> Ah, Aventuri. >> Aventur. Ai. There we go. A. >> Yes. America. America. >> America. America. Slowly. Slowly. >> Please. My YouTube. >> Your YouTube. on the YouTube. Which one? This you six subscribers. Kevin. >> Okay. Okay. So, nice meet you Moto. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. Yes. Likeli. [laughter] All right. >> Good. Growing my Romanian subscriber base. So there you go. This is what life would have been like back in the commiss area. Minus YouTube, minus cell phones, minus all modern conveniences, but people just gathered in the courtyards. >> Bye-bye. >> Bye-bye. Should probably get out of here now. Causing a stir in the neighborhood. They might get nostalgic for the old days and call the secret police on me. Let's get out of here. Let's get back in the car and drive another two hours. All right. Welcome to Timmy Schwara and Joy of Joys. I finally got to stay in an old Romanian communist building. Look at this. Definitely nicer than the former Soviet buildings, but I think the um the Romanian government actually came in and touched all these buildings up after the revolution. And speaking of the revolution, Timishwada is where the revolution that led to Romania becoming a free country. It's where it started right here. So, I'm excited. Excited to explore the city and probably wrap up our journey through Romania. And look, we have some more glorious Romanian capitalist graffiti here. Good to see. Still not very high quality. Professor Tommy does not approve. And we are blessed with a day of beautiful weather. A surprise day of beautiful weather. It might be the last day of the year of beautiful weather here in Romania. End of October. What a day to explore the city of the revolution. That is literally the nickname of Tinishwatada. Romania had you could argue Romania had the craziest revolution in history. It's worth talking about and we're going to do that. Look at this thing. >> [music and singing] >> Shockingly, it was actually a Hungarian that began the Romanian revolution. It was a Hungarian pastor that inspired a lot of people and the evil dictatorship of Nikolai Choescu. They tried to arrest him. They tried to detain him. They tried to take him away. And on December 19th, 1989, the people in this very square, they rose up to defend him. He rose up in revolution and that created the spark around the entire nation of Romania to end the communist dictatorship. It's crazy. Things kicked off here on December 19th. And by Christmas, December 25th, just 6 days later, Nikolai Chowescu and his wife, his wife was also a leader of a brutal person as well. They were lined up with a public square of Bucharest and put to death. And don't shed any tears for that man. Nikolai Chowescu was brutal. He tried to emulate the Soviet Union, but he quashed all disscent. He put many people to death. He had a secret service spying on people. And by the 1980s, people were basically starving. There was no electricity. It was crazy. And from that point onward, Romania became the happy capitalist society that it is now. And in celebration of that, there's McDonald's. McDonald's take full advantage of Romania's historic square. Glory to America. Fattening up the Romanians. They also have the Langos is right next to McDonald's. Might be a bit better, but not if I'm going to try something Romanian on camera. I know you guys don't actually enjoy watching me eat anything. So, let's make it count. Let's give a proper outro to this video. Romania as a country of alcoholics has quite the selection. Choose. What should we go for? How should we celebrate being in the city of revolution? >> Excuse me. Yes. What is the worst drink in Romania? >> Oh, that would have to be the Nor. Uh, it's the biggest bottle we have and the worst type of beer we have. >> All right. Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Might go for that. Do you don't have a smaller bottle though? >> Nope. Only the three liter one. >> I don't recommend drinking it all. >> Um, what about this one? >> The chukash is better. >> Chukash is better. This is probably going to be terrible, but I'll try this. >> The chukash is better. The the worst you can have. It's either the or the >> I'll save that for when I'm homeless in Romania. Thank you. You're welcome. Have a nice day. >> You too. There we go. That was a strong recommendation for a traditional Romanian beverage. One other thing I wanted to try actually. Romanians have told me that they have the best candy in the world. It's called Rome because it literally has rum in it. A rum flavored candy with actual rum in it. What a wonderful country. I don't know how ridiculous I look at this stupid bottle. I must look like a homeless person. And I'm sure most homeless people have more class than I do. He's got the Yankee hat on. >> Let's go. That's pretty good. Not bad at all. You've impressed me once again, Romania. So, oh god. There we go. In honor of Romania. In honor of the Romanian Revolution. In honor of [snorts] how beautiful this country is, in honor of how much this place has exceeded my expectations. I think Romania is one of my new favorite countries. Certainly one of my favorite countries I've visited on this trip so far. It's great. Certainly Romania has some problems. But what country doesn't What country doesn't have problems? What country doesn't have corruption? So, this is for you, Romania. And I recommend all of you watching at home to come and visit this country yourself. You know, forget about France, forget about Italy. Come see something new. Come see Romania. Just don't go to Dracula's castle cuz that thing was total tourist trap. Total tourist trap. as a newly anointed professor who is drinking uh the equivalent of a 40 hours here on the streets of Tishwara. I encourage you um what a trip. It turns out I did so much exploring in Romania that I can't even fit it all [music] into this video. If you want to see some extra deleted scenes that are just as entertaining [music] as the video itself, including my visit to a town named after uh an offensive slur for some reason. Uh you can find them on Patreon. By supporting my travels with as little as $5 a month, you get access to an entire library of extra adventures. [music] adventures that didn't make it onto the main channel and there's some full videos on there. So, thank you, Montosque, and I'll see you in the next one.

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I don’t believe there is a nation in Europe with a more tarnished reputation than ROMANIA. Associated with thievery and backwardness, Romania hasn’t quite made it’s name as a world class tourist destination.

But hey, these were old stereotypes. People change, countries change. What is Romania like in 2025? Well, I took a rather casual trip across the entire nation to find out. Join me as we explore not just major cities like Iasi, Brasov and Timisoara, but also Romania’s famous countryside, where old women still walk their herds of cows down the street.

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