Thank-you very much for your hospitality - your people have been warm and inviting, your towns and countryside uniquely beautiful and on the whole you have been a very interesting and rewarding place to visit. But you have been a bit shit too, in the following ways.
Tourists have moneys. Some tourists have moneys in the form of 'kesh' but more frequently, they have moneys in the form of 'kredit karts' eg Mastercard, Visa, AMEX. Tourists cannot spend their moneys if you do not accept kredit karts, or if your kredit kart machines are broken all the time.
Tourists want to see stuff. In order to see stuff, they need signs to direct them where to go.
This is the Romanian Parliament building. It is the world's second largest building after the Pentagon and the country was almost bankrupted in order to build it. Thus it is a fine example of the grandiose madness of Romania's former Communist dictator, Ceauşescu. It required the destruction of most of the historic district of Bucharest, and is so uselessly large that staffers use rollerblades to get around. So you see, it is a fairly interesting place to go and see if you are a tourist in Bucharest. But there are no signs showing you how to get there. Thankfully, nice Romanians who speak very good English are happy to point you in the right direction. Every 100 metres.
Romania, when tourists find the stuff they want to see, they want to take photos and they want the photos to be pretty.
This is a beautifully preserved, UNESCO protected medieval citadel in picturesque Biertan. But you can't take a proper photo of it for all the cables. Romania, its great that you have electricity and cable tv and the interweb, but it would be better if they were not so conspicuous, especially around sites of national significance.
This is the base of huge, glacial Lake Bâlea in the Făgăraş Mountains, of which I have written before, and where all of Romania's rubbish seemingly collects. Time for a Clean-up Romania Day I think.
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