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Originally Posted by Shoehorn
HAHA, I didn't mean it quite like that, I imagine Bucarest is similar to any major city, but I am really hell bent on going to Translyvania (if you really live there, then you're just the person I want to talk to), but everyone I talk about it to (mostly Europeans) say that there are a lot of gypsys and people who will try to rob me and/or cheat me when I buy stuff (which is pretty much the standard for a foriegn tourist anywhere in the world, so my main concern is getting flat out robbed). If I stayed in Bucarest and went to Translyvania for a day would I be pretty safe as an American tourist?
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yep, absolute no problem, just be safe as usual, don't carry big amounts of money with you, avoid public transportation (there's where the pickpockets live), change money only in a BANK, never on the street, buy stuff from shops, not from ppl trying to sell you things on the street, (not there are many of those..), as for rural Romania, if that's what you want to see in Transilvania, better have a romanian with you, as rural ppl usually don't speak foreign languages.. (maybe some german in Transylvania), anyway, if you really want to come here, i might be interested to be your guide, as long as i can speak with someone from the biz... ;)