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UrBarn: a Cozy Coffee

Addres	Str. I.C.Visarion 6, București
GPS	N44,44717 E26,09541
web	http://urbarn.ro/
What	cafea și sandvișuri

Lovely place, unique atmosphere. The coffee is a very interesting blend and the staff is friendly. Put a sandwich aside, and you will have an excellent afternoon.

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A Highly Rated Noisy Place

In the last period Hanul lui Manuc became a very commercial place, too rated: it is too noisy, with little room for your chair, with too loud music (is almost impossible to talk with the person near you). It became like a busy restaurant in a busy transit area.  Many tourist are coming here in organized tours for a taste of Romanian food (yes, the food is good, but it served, for them, as in a canteen) and Romanian folklore (if you are lucky to be on the right time you will have 12 minutes of folk dances).

The food is tasty, the prices are OK, but you can find many more other small and cozy places where to taste the Romanian food, spirit and spirits.

In my opinion, Hanul lui Manuc became a must NOT to visit place in Bucharest.

Good relaxation in an almost empty location

Some notes about Arena Regia Hotel & Spa (Mamaia Sat):

• After mid September the area, as well as the location, is almost empty. This is very good for total relaxation but you do not have too many things to do.
• Pool is excellent (especially as you are the only one using it!).
• Breakfast is brighten the day!
• The restaurant is expensive (and wines, very expensive). Likely, there are some good restaurants still open in the area.
• For myself, it was strange to be on the seaside, but not able to see the sea from the balcony.

ΝΙΚΟΣ Greek Taverna: Greek Delights on Romanian Seaside

After a long walk, on a sunny-pleasant autumn day, we were hungry. With the nostalgia of the Mediterranean, we think at a Greek restaurant. We did not have any idea where to stop, we choose the place where we saw a lot of people. And it was excellent!

Destroying the past

We are talking about new technologies, digital life, virtual reality and augmentation, and so on. Changes are drastically. But what about our parents as they are used with the real world, face-to-face dates and no digital life? We are here due to them. While changing, we need to keep the future in sync with the past. Digital disruption should not become the destroyer of yesterday (and, after this, of the tomorrow too)! At the end, we are living in a real world and not in a digital one.

Counts

Everyone has the age he feels. (Jerome K. Jerome)

Daily Log: Sunday July 15, 2035

As I have nothing planned for today, I tried to sleep more in the morning, but the cat-bot did not agree: it is scheduled to get me up every day at 6:00 to give its food (actually, pretending to feed it, as it works with microwave energy). I have tried several times to disconnect it on such days, but I have received a fairly consistent fine from ABoPBa (Animal-Bot Protection Bot-Association).

So, unwillingly, I get out of bed and start the daily routine. I will have to solve the problem of apartment automation (yesterday I was the 500312th in line for this): for four days now, I have no contact with the exterior except the emergency line (with no video signal, connected only to 911 and limited only to information strictly necessary for life support). I have no idea if out there is clear sky or rain. (And I suppose it is morning, because the cat-bot got me up!)

Four days ago there was a major solar storm alert and the whole city, every apartment, was totally isolated from the outside. After 4 hours everything should have returned to normal, but it seems that part of the Intelligence Power Plant robots have refused the high volume of work required because they have not been in General Maintenance and Cleaning Program for more than 3 years. Half of the city remained in major disaster mode. Good luck that the Centralized Emergency Survival Plan works in normal parameters. (However, after four days, the diet on cereal biscuits and vitaminized water became quite ...)

...

The awakening clock comes alive. The lazy cat comes to wake me up (in her own way, with meow). She hurries to the kitchen asking for the bowl of food.

I realize that again I had one of the nightmares on the absurd intelligent technology. We were lucky with the Great Revolution to Nature in 2025, when, after a major fall in smart computer networks (unfortunately, with a huge loss of lives), all the madness toward robotization and artificial intelligence was rethought.

A new sunny day is starting

The way

It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.

You

Did you find out who you are? But did you find out who you aren't?

Salt mine Ocnele Mari

GPS: N45.085445, E24.310126

Sf. Ecaterina Church

GPS: N44.424555, E26.101660

Dream!

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. (C.S. Lewis)

Why?

At some time in our evolution, the existential questions arise: what is our role on Earth, where did we come from, what happens after? (And many more in the same register.) There are theories, specialists and attempts to answer. Although we can not clearly tell why, with some of the theories, we resonate immediately, others, although with many followers, we categorize them irreversibly as aberrant.

Discover Kansas City

Known as the “Heart of America”, Kansas City doesn’t just get its nickname because it is located within 250 miles of both the geographic and population centers of the nation; the city will charm you with its big-hearted graciousness and hospitality. And the heart of KC is the Central Station. Start your discover from here!

Quick Tip: KC is a city that doesn’t take care of boundaries. Be sure, at least in the first day here, where the hotel is. It is not good at all, after 23 hours trip, to take a cab, to know that your hotel is near 100-th Street and the taxi driver to ask:
      110-th? Where?
      In Kansas City, OF COURSE!!!
      Yes, but in Missouri or in Kansas?
I answer, in doubt, according with what I knew from a searching engine: "MO". But the address was on the other... state.

Be

Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be. Karen Ravn

Good morning!

It's so simple!

Sea is Calling!

Evening on Rainbow Bridge

Why?

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. (Soren Kierkegaard)

The Two Wolves

A native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt.

He said: „I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, angry, violent one. The other wolf is the loving, compassionate one.”

The grandson asked him, „Which wolf will win the fight in your heart?”

The grandfather answered: „The one I feed.”

[Source: Native American Story]

Cyprus Memories

Do you remember Cyprus, where the love was born?

May be October is the most beautiful month to come here: friendly sun, not so hot, good seawater and not so many tourists. Ask a Cypriot friend, rent a car, book a taxi or even take a walk: there are many nice places to see.

Lets look to simple things around us and learn to love a little more. We all have one single Earth.

Invitation

Petra tou Romiou

Good Morning!

Another way of travel

Shadows

Resilience

When we do not like the present we want to revive the past instead of changing the future.

A Morning in Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the constitutional capital and principal city of the Netherlands. It is divided by canals into about 90 islands joined by about 400 bridges. Almost the entire city rests on a foundation of piles driven through peat and sand to a firm substratum of clay. Amsterdam is Europe's second largest port and one of its most important commercial centre. Amsterdam has been an important centre of European cultural life since the 17th century. The royal palace, originally built in the 17th century as the town hall, stands on a large square in the centre of the city.

Schiphol International airport (built on lands "stolen" from the sea) is one of most important on Europe. If your connecting fly is after 5 hours from arrival, you can take a ride to see the beautiful "blue-canal" town. (Every 10 minute there is a train from Schiphol to Amsterdam "Centraal Station".)

Flavor

Your Way

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there. Kofi Annan

New Destinations

From Pacific to North Sea

San Francisco, city and port, coextensive with San Francisco county, northern California, U.S., is located at the northern end of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. It is a cultural and financial centre of the western United States and one of the country's most cosmopolitan cities. Economic life in San Francisco is dominated by service industries, many of which are geared toward the city's large numbers of tourists. Finance and international trade also constitute important parts of the economy.

Serving as the constitutional capital and principal city of the Netherlands, Amsterdam lies on the IJ (an arm of the IJsselmeer). It is divided by canals into about 90 islands joined by about 400 bridges. Almost the entire city rests on a foundation of piles driven through peat and sand to a firm substratum of clay. Amsterdam is Europe's second largest port and one of its most important commercial centers. Leading industries in the city include shipbuilding, sugar refining, publishing, and the manufacture of heavy machinery, paper products, textiles and clothing, porcelain and glass, aircraft, cars, and chemicals. Amsterdam has been an important centre of European cultural life since the 17th century.

The link between these two towns? A KLM direct flight plus 10 and a half hours journey.

Seconds

Sea is calling!

What's next?

Another way of travel

Tomorrow

It does not matter what happened in the days that passed, but where and what you are today. The rest is history.

Noone

The friend of all is not the friend of nobody. (Proverb persan) (Persian proverb)

Booking Referral

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New challenge

Needles

Relaxation on seaside

January is off-season on Romanian seaside, so it's a very quiet period for total relaxation. And Splendid Hotel in Mamaia is a clever choice. You start the day with a healthy breakfast, continue with a walk on the sea shore and a relaxation in the hotel spa. And you close the day with a glass of wine in the hotel's restaurant. (Please note that the spa is open only for adults: +16 years.)

Tip: The lake view rooms are quieter and you can admire a beautiful sunset.

Road

Too many times our path is defined by interdictions and not by dreams.

Summer nostalgia

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