Romania was a HUGE SHOCK - Budget MOTORHOME Europe Trip
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- Our Wales to Greece Budget motorhome trip has arrived in Romania, and wow were we shocked with what we've found!
Romania has a very dark history, however watch our video to find out what we thought of our first few days here.
Our first stop is close to the border, where we had a long wait to get our documents checked.
Please follow us on our journey to travel from Wales to Greece on a spending budget of £2500, we are doing this trip in a 3 month period.
You look to be having a wonder time. So many beautiful places to enjoy. I am thoroughly enjoying watching your videos as you travel from New Zealand. Love seeing all the different countries. Can't drive to another country here in New Zealand 😅. Love how you are just letting life happen. Safe travels 😊
Hi Pam,
Thank you so much for watching. We are loving being able to explore all of these incredible places and share our experiences, we can’t quite believe we are being watched from as far away as New Zealand (but we are delighted you are ❤️)
Corrin & Paul
@@redsgotravels Your very welcome I love your videos and the plus is you seem lovely people. Keep traveling and enjoying life
❤ Another great video and thank you for sharing... Them gypsy palaces are amazing, ive never seen them before. Romania looks like a beautiful country too...
Take care and have fun xx
Hi Kim!
Hope you are well.
Those Gypsy palaces were incredible, love coming across completely random things like that that we knew nothing about! Romania is stunning and we’ve got lots more to show you 😉
Corrin & Paul
Can you stop complimenting those disgusting gypsy "palaces"?, They have the most tasteless design, as well as the fact that they're built out of stolen money usually, or money coming from shady sources, on top of that, they intentionally don't finish the houses outside entirely, so they don't pay taxes to the state, they're disgusting and deserve to be torned down
👋 👋 Best of luck! I recommend crossing from Timisoara to Oradea-Cluj Napoca-Sibiu-Brasov, everything is a must there, but also in the East part Bucovina monasteries near Suceava and Maramures rural area..
How to know what eggs are which
First number:
0 - From hens that live Eco/Bio/Organic free range
1 - From hens that live in open courtyard
2 - From hens that live in a hall
3 - From hens that live in cages
After one of these numbers you would find letters, the first 2 are for the country of origin, next 2 for the region/county and the number of identification, and down below expiry date
THANK YOU!
This will be so useful!
Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave us the comment
Wow both of you these videos are awesome 👌 Your journey is going great. Each time we watch we learn something else. Didn't know you needed the paperwork for Romania vinaigrette? Hope that spelt right 😅. So can't wait to be doing what you both are doing! Getting excited for you getting to Greece ❤
Thanks Guys, there was SO much we didn’t know before we got here, and Romania has been a big learning curve, but a brilliant experience. I’m so glad we took the risk of coming to countries we knew little about.
Won’t be long before you are out here too!
@redsgotravels we cannot wait we are so ready to go full time. But can't wait to go to Canada in July xx
Vigniette, not vinaigrette.
@@mimisor66 ha ha 😂 us just seen that ha ha thank you 😊
Hi, my wife and I are enjoying your travels, we especially like the fact you explain where you are, having a view of the stops gives us a good idea of what it’s like and gives us ideas of where we might like to go, have you published a list of all the 3 word phrases of the places you stayed at anywhere.. would be good to see that.
Good evening ! So glad it’s been of use, when we started out we unfortunately didn’t have the what 3 words in use , however we do plan to put a list together when we have a moment 🥰👍 thanks once again, really appreciated x
Happy you are staying for 30 days , I hope you get to see alot of nice places.
We love Romania, look forward to exploring more
I have been fortunate to have visited 19 countries and find Romania to be one of my surprisingly favorites. My husband and I went in 2019! We went thru a Romanian travel company and had one other couple touring with us. We had the tour for 11 days and flew over with British air. We travel from the far north to the south of Romania seeing everything in each of the villages and cities. We had 2 meals each day plus wonderful places to sleep! The entire cost us less than 6 000 including air! That was total cost for both!!
Wow ! What an amazing sounding trip and what an incredible experience ❤️ the price is superb, Romania is very beautiful and accommodating, we loved it too x thanks for sharing this with us, very much appreciated ❤️ and 19 countries ! Amazing 🤩
Fab video guys 👍
Thank you so much for watching and your lovely comment ❤️
Very interesting video. Thinking of travelling to Romania ourselves. Just curious, but how do you secure your dogs while travelling?
Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment.
Both dogs are on a harness with a seatbelt attachment, they stay on the back seats. Both seem very happy to travel like that
Hello my friend 🙋🤝🙋🇨🇭
Very nice video👍❤️👍 Tank you for charging
Thank you
Loved this video, I saw the Romania shopping prices and said to Gary that I wanted to go there and he said "at them prices we can buy our own gypsy palace" 😂...that border though😱
Those Gypsy palaces are really something!!! Apparently they are built to show your wealth, but they spend so much on them that the whole family only lives in a couple of rooms as they can’t affords to heat and light them … mad eh!
@@redsgotravels absolutely crazy, basically making your life uncomfortable to show off to strangers 😞
Try building you own gypsy palace in your town, see what happens!
@@redsgotravels Those Gypsy "palaces" were made with money gained from begging, prostitution, scams and stealing in Western European countries and the UK government and NGO's played a major role in allowing the "oppressed" Gypsy minority to do those things.
@@anewlifeinthevan they're disgustingly ugly, built with money which came from shady sources, and they don't finish the outside of the houses, so they don't pay taxes to the state, they're tasteless and should not even be allowed to be kept up
Prices in supermarket not that much less than UK......BUT people's income is MUCH lower in Romania than in the UK so it must
be quite a struggle for the local population there.
Enjoyed your video.
Thank you, yes this was something I pondered as I was walking round the supermarkets. I did wonder where the average wage earners in Romania shopped, as it couldn’t of been there
Hi Corrin and Paul. Just a quick question about the Romanian vignette. We are a small motor home weighing less than 3.5 ton so I assume we just buy the “car” vignette? Do you need to print the paper work off to show at border control? Thanks for that. We are in Croatia at the moment, we have to be in Romania by 5Th June as that is when my 90 days are up. Just getting prepared. Still having a fantastic time. Regards Annette and Pete
Hi Annette,
Hope you guys are well and enjoying Croatia.
You are right, it’s the car vignette you need.
They want your v5 and passports at the border crossing, they looked at our insurance too, but they didn’t in Bulgaria.
You don’t need to print out your vignette, it’s all held in a database showing you have paid.
Keep a copy handy on your phone though as we saw the police constantly pulling cars over throughout the country (and more so in Bulgaria)
Enjoy Romania, it’s a wonderful country
Best wishes
Corrin & Paul
@@redsgotravels Thanks so much for your reply. Looking forward to it. I hope you are getting on ok, I haven’t had chance yet to catch up on your blogs. Safe travels. Annette and Pete
the bordery border is there because Romania is not in the Schengen area yet
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
I wonder how long before Romania will get into the Schengen zone
Is Ireland a country of travelers? When I go to Wales, am I after filming travelers? Or am I generalising?
Umm that issue with the radio and solar seems a bit odd
They’re quite often wired to the leisure battery so they can be listened to when not driving but the solar should be able to keep up….
Yes, I thought so too, I've got an older style charger that needs upgrading, some of our trips have been overcast, or at night, with the fridge pulling too, it's quite a draw, it's certainly time for a charger upgrade and better b 2 b, thanks so much for watching and your valuable comments, much appreciated 👍
Quoting those prices for the rovinete, I think you got the wrong one. For a 3.5t van, you pay about 70ron for a month. Your price is for a car.
Hi Thanks for your comment.
We’ve been through so many countries we now check because every country has different rules. We checked and the information with the online Romanian official website and the reply was as follows
“In order to drive on Romanian national roads with a motor vehicle, an electronic vignette is generally required. Motorcycles are exempt from this requirement. Motorhomes are tolled like passenger cars, regardless of their gross vehicle weight.”
Thanks for your comment, it is a good reminder that it’s very very important to double check every country as a mistake can be an expensive fine.
Corrin & Paul
@@redsgotravels You are right, if your log book says motorcaravan then you are ok. They check the logbook at the border. We have property there and travel to it since 2012.
See what you meant by the bordery borders 😂 those flies I get a complex too when they fly round me 🤣 can’t get over the Gypsy palaces 😮 wow 🤩 they must all have the same architect 🤪🤣🤣🤣 xxx
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Stupid buzzy little flies 😂😂 We had our mouths open as we were driving through, each one getting worse (or better if you loves a blingy house)than the last 😂😂
Apparently they never go up for sale, no one knows their value as they only sell them within their own communities. I had to do a deep dive on them I was so fascinated xxx
i am correct thinking its a good way of dodging the Schengen??? Can you stay 90 days???
Hi Colin, they join the Schengen in March 2024 , so that little loophole is sadly closing 🥲
Também quero 🎉😂
Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment!
Corrin & Paul
Gypsies are indians ... romanians are caucasians. Gypsy population of Romania is between 3% and 5%.
Thank you for your information, we are fascinated by the different cultures in Romania
Please stop humiliating yourself, they know exactly who the Gypsies are where and where they drove their caravan to. Nu le mai arunca mingea la fileu.
@@GholaTleilaxu You gypsy I assume 😄
@@covaciumarius Nope, I am not gipsanache! I'm Dacian mixed with some Greek and some Magyar or Secui. Not even Daco-Roman or Daco-Slav, just Dacian Carp. What are you, Roman, Goth, Rusnac, Neamț?
@@GholaTleilaxu caucazian din Cluj
Hello
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Hitlers homeland Austria is to be blamed for this border. BTW along with Germany and Hungary they are Putins main sopporters in Europe.
Thanks for your comment
The water is potable, but Romanians have not been drinking tap water for decades. There are very few who do. Bottled water.
We drank the tap water with no ill effects, so hopefully things have got lots better
@@redsgotravelsthe water tap is safe. There is an institution that checks the levels everyday, but a lot of people don't like the taste.Some cities have also public fontains(free) and people get their fresh water from there or get bottled water. It's just a matter of preference and taste.
@@redsgotravels No ill effects? What ill effects were you expected to have? Tap water was never a problem in Romania, not even in the communist years.
@@airspeedmph I did not expect to have any, I was replying to the first poster who stated Romanians have not drunk tap water for years! We were happy to drink it and did not consider it a problem.
We do not have a problem, we liked Romania very much, however we are getting a lot of negativity from Romanians on here. Do you not like us to visit ???
@@redsgotravels I don't see my question as a negative comment. You made me curious why did you even mentioned those ill effects, the phrase was a bit ambiguous for me.
You also made me curious about those negative comments so I read them all. So far I found several that can qualify, in three videos:
- "2 rednecks and a dog. Perfect recepie for desaster."(sic).
Yep, that was rude indeed, sorry about that.
- "The video will only show you. Nothing from gorgeous Romania. What have you visited? Nothing else."
For the record, I don't agree with that, I see just two people recording *their* trip, and under no obligation to act as complete guides. Again, rude, but I don't see it as a negativity from Romanians specifically, but rather from rude people. We do have those.
Other remarks about our "unusual country" and gypsies are different though, you can sense the chip on commenters shoulders. And the reason is that basically we are sick and tired and bored and annoyed (you get the picture) with the preconceived ideas that foreigners have about us, and being associated with gypsies. We are very sensitive about that, and so far the western media hasn't done anything but to reinforce those preconceptions. Your video also didn't helped too much by showing first thing first in Romania a gypsy village and making random "looks like a prisoners of war camp" comments...though (between you and me) it did looked like a prisoners of war camp.
We do like to be visited, and we are lucky that this happens more and more in recent years, because this is the best advertise that we can get. As opposed to the mainstream western media, these traveling videos are overwhelmingly positive about us, and as a consequence the outside perception is starting to slowly shift towards reality.
Had to go to Romania with work 9yrs ago. The poverty and stray dogs and cats were terrible. People I worked with said too much back handers and corruption by officials with EU money. Lovely scenery and food though.
Firstly, love your name 👍👍👍
It’s such an unusual country, we had some very preconceived ideas and our visit was a very different experience, although the stray dog situation was probably as bad as I expected ☹️
Depends where in the country… there is a huge difference in development between Transylvania and the rest of Romania and also in 10 years everything changed too…
@@redsgotravels And what is usual?
@@GholaTleilaxu well, as we and the person I was responding to are from the UK then obviously to us the UK would be our ‘usual’
hope u don't get eaten by a bear
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total contrast to France and uk great roads
Very very different to France and UK indeed!
There's no town in Romania with the majority being ethnically gipsy. What you saw at 9:42 was a well known neighbourhood of Huedin, town with 10% of the population as ethnically gipsy. And since not all gipsies have gipsy looking houses I would say that like 5% of the houses in Huedin are gispy houses, not 80% -_-
Thanks for the information !
Wow both of you these videos are awesome 👌 Your journey is going great. Each time we watch we learn something else. Didn't know you needed the paperwork for Romania vinaigrette? Hope that spelt right 😅. So can't wait to be doing what you both are doing! Getting excited for you getting to Greece ❤
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