I was not expecting Romania to be like this..
I thought I should share with you the previous 5 days I’ve had showing 2 clients around Bucharest and Brasov because it captures well some of the nicer aspects of living here.
For the sake of protecting the innocent (!) I will change the names. Bob, from Dublin, has an international software company here in Brasov and as such, he has important clients from overseas from time to time here. He also has a house, which we manage for him, and hence is our client in that capacity. One of Bob’s important clients is here this week from America. Let’s call him Bill. Bill is an ex US army Ranger, Gulf war vet and ex chopper pilot. In his spare time, for fun, he runs 160km marathons in 24 hours. You read that right.
I picked Bob up on Saturday in Otopeni airport, one day ahead of Bill, due to arrive the next day. To kill time, we stayed down in Bucharest to await Bill the next day. We went to visit a new Pipera apartment I have just finished, and meet the new tenants to sign a contract with them. From there, we went into Lipscani for the evening..jpg)
It’s funny who you meet! My Brasov competitor and friend was walking through Lipscani with his wife and friends, so we have a few drinks together. Watching the world go by in Lipscani is a fantastic pastime. The bars and clubs here are a match for any top international city I have visited. Places I would say I could easily compare for standard, quality of atmosphere, energy and just general buzz that I myself have spent time in are: London (Soho), Dublin (Temple Bar), Krakow, Warsaw, Paris (St Germain), Boston, Riga, Tallinn, Limassol and Barcelona. Continue reading
