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For whatever reason I kept forgetting to post abt this…as we stayed in a hotel and the weather was downright horrible in Bacau (RO) we took the taxi cpl of times to go to the Mall. Well, to my surprise, some forgot to use the meter. We asked the lady at the reception to call a taxi for us and we knew how much the fare was to the Mall..in some rare cases they did use the meter but in some, they don’t! Btw, they have several tariffs as there are several companies.

On the other hand in my town, Arad, they always use the meter. And the fare is the same for all companies, except the private taxis (which are a HUGE scam but you can easily spot them).

So, in case the driver doesn’t start the meter politely ask them:

“Nu porniti va rog ceasul?” / Can you please turn on the meter?

If they refuse, then get out of the car. They cannot force you to stay in.

On Wednesday night (Nov 5) we finally ended up at the Mall; it’s small compared to the ones in Bucharest but at least you can have a bit of fun. Namely: bowling, pool, snooker…

Of course, there are stores and bunch of fast food places, which we carefully avoided (both the stores and the eateries).

It was fun but it wasn’t cheap. Still, if you need to relax, you can’t ask for more [ok, I can but let’s keep it for when we go back home!]

In photo (up): me playing bowling

In photo (down): me playing pool

I'm staying here in my hotel room, perched on top of a night stand wt my laptop (the only place I have good wireless reception in the room) and I'm still bitching abt yesterday's late lunch. We (me&hubby) went to a ... [Continue reading this entry]