let's get back to business:))

So... initially this blog was meant to be a spot I can direct my non-Romanian friends to when they (finally) decide to visit Romania (just in case I am too busy- being a corporate lawyer of course- to show them around).. insider tips for the world traveler:)
Let's start with essentials: arriving in Bucharest. Really nothing that hearty can be written about that, so please, dearest friend, once you decide to go to Romania remind me I left you in the dark about arriving at the airport:)
Arriving in Piata Victoriei (which one could translate as The Victory Square) Bucharest becomes a very nice, architecturally challenging city. You will see for yourself because finding (online) a picture to do it justice proved to be a very difficult task:( Now, that you are here look around, enjoy, get a good breath of Bucharest and go find your hotel. (Once again, dearest traveler, please let me know once you have decided to go to Romania that I should try guiding you a bit with this part of the planning:)
Now you've rested, you are all ready for a Bucharest day (or night) out.
Let's get you started on something to eat. I suggest going to "La Mama". It is a very nice, popular among Bucharest locals, Romanian restaurant (which in translation means "At Mom's Place" - implying of course the good food you eat at home, especially in Romania:)). They have an English menu, I think you can ask the waiter for some tips on the food and I will also post some suggestions: tochitura moldoveneasca (which is like a ton of meat with pollenta and some scrambled eggs, delicious! and very Romanian - from the Moldavian region of the country, not Moldavia the other country), sarmalute (minced meat in rolled in cabage, also best served with pollenta and sour cream) , ciorba de perisoare (which is a sour soup - very specific to Romania, which also the Russians and, if I'm not mistaking the Germans have, but Romanian one is better, trust me on this one:) and ciorba de burta (which is a disgusting thing, also a sour soup, made out of cows' stomachs - very Romanian - hate it or love it! I personally hate it, but hey, if you are a person who wants to try the new - this is a good choice! You might end up loving it:).
For the vegetarian part of my friends: I am sorry! Romania is a country where people eat a lot of meat! Also: if you have something against pork... I'm not as sorry as I am for my vegetarian friends, but still I am sorry, cuz the most traditional dishes include a lot of pork.
For drinking I suggest either the house wine (which comes as white or red) or their lemonade. Oh, and if it happens to be autumn when you go, you have to drink "must" (this is the wine before it becomes wine, it's almost non-alcoholic, and my favorite drink in the whole world. Careful though if you have a fragile stomach:).
Now you have a full stomach (and you are also happy with the quite good deal you made price wise:) you are ready to sink into the adventures that Bucharest is ready to offer you.