Is it Thursday?

[TataBobu]

Yes. Yes it is. So it's collecshun day. Still some hours to kill before leaving, so I'm still working. But let's go trough the checklist:

 

Breakfast: coffee and cigarettes

Poo count: let's not go there.

Lunch: in an hour or so.

Weather: nice British weather we're having, a storm was here last night and more rain and heavy winds are expected.

Distance to car: google maps says 127 kilometers by car.

Mode of transport: multiple.

Destination: Buzău.

[fatharris]

Chodspeed good sir! 

[N Dentressangle]

28 minutes ago, TataBobu said:

 

Destination: Buzău.

Looks interesting.

Was quite fancying a bit of a tour round the Balkans until Vlad the Shithead started his campaign for the 'Biggest Tosser in the World' award

[TataBobu]

It's still safe around here, at least as long as the battle next door is still not decided in that way.  And even if worst case possible happens, a flight out is still pretty cheap and trains run mostly on time.

[TataBobu]

We're on! First station achieved after a brisk 5 minutes walk.

It's windy, so the train is  coming. Here it is.

[TataBobu]

Second achieved in 6 minutes. Way more crowded, and so is the metro car. I had to change the metro line for the one going to the București Nord railway station. No pic of the metro train, it's the same type of Bombardier.

 

[TataBobu]

Train station achieved, a half an hour early. Weather is starting to act up again.

 

My train does not have an advertised platform yet. It's IC571, going to Galați. I won't go all the way unless I fall asleep. Well, time to get some snacks, water,and maybe a cigarette.

[TataBobu]

I'm in, we're on time apparently. The train is completely booked. 4 Romanian cars, made at Astra Arad. Have no idea of the year. The locomotive is one made at Electroputere Craiova, I think sometimes in the '60s or '70s.

 

There was enough time for a slice of cheese pizza (7 RON) and a one litre bottle of water (8.5 RON), and even a cigarette. Now I'll be cramped for close to 100 minutes.

 

And we're on the way:

 

[TataBobu]

Rural Romania, as seen from the train: 

[N Dentressangle]

6 hours ago, TataBobu said:

It's still safe around here, at least as long as the battle next door is still not decided in that way.  And even if worst case possible happens, a flight out is still pretty cheap and trains run mostly on time.

I'll be there in a few years I expect.

Hearty grub, great beer and some stunning women. What's not to like?

[TataBobu]

What's Buzău like? This is not a mine, it's going from the platform to the station:

 

But outside the station you see this:

Elsewhere in the city there's this:

 

 

Yes, the yellow one is a Dacia 1300, older than 40 years and in daily use by the look of it. Here's a newer one:

 

 

[TataBobu]

And finally the answer to the question: did I struck a deal? Yes. Yes I did. One week left of ITP (Romanian MOT), 19 years old, one of the only 4 for sale on OLX, and a bit too expensive for what it is. 7900 RON. The colour code is SK. As soon as I'll stop in a petrol station I'll take a picture.

[hairnet]

japanese car?

 

[mk2_craig]

4 hours ago, TataBobu said:

a slice of cheese pizza (7 RON) and a one litre bottle of water (8.5 RON)

Ah, so this is currency and not octane rating? 

[N Dentressangle]

38 minutes ago, TataBobu said:

What's Buzău like? This is not a mine, it's going from the platform to the station:

 

But outside the station you see this:

Elsewhere in the city there's this:

 

 

Yes, the yellow one is a Dacia 1300, older than 40 years and in daily use by the look of it. Here's a newer one:

 

 

I actually really like that kind of E European shit.

If you were trying to put me off, you're not succeeding 🤣

[N Dentressangle]

£1350 quid's worth of Mitsubishi something?

[TataBobu]

31 minutes ago, hairnet said:

japanese car?

 

No, Korean. Not the one that has "democratic" in the name, the one that rather is. 

8 minutes ago, mk2_craig said:

Ah, so this is currency and not octane rating? 

Yes, one pond is almost 6 RON.

1 minute ago, CGSB said:

You could have had 1000 slices of cheese pizza for that!

Now I'm hungry again! But behold what I've got for myself. It's my third:

[TataBobu]

9 minutes ago, N Dentressangle said:

£1350 quid's worth of Mitsubishi something?

Would have loved some, but other than ASX and Colt there's no much choice over here.

[N Dentressangle]

and how much is a litre of unleaded for it?

[TataBobu]

7.36 RON for the 95 one, at the 100 one I'm not gutsy enough to look. Diesel is 7.54 for regular and 7.9 for super, LPG is 3.39 and adblue is 5.69 if I see it correctly.

[Ghosty]

18 minutes ago, TataBobu said:

Yes, one pond is almost 6 RON.

I wouldn't expect a pond to have an octane rating!

[mk2_craig]

I didn’t expect a bottle of water to either! 

[N Dentressangle]

18 minutes ago, TataBobu said:

7.36 RON for the 95 one, at the 100 one I'm not gutsy enough to look. Diesel is 7.54 for regular and 7.9 for super, LPG is 3.39 and adblue is 5.69 if I see it correctly.

£1.27 for basic unleaded then. Happy days!