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 National Bank of Romania

The National Bank of Romania (BNR - Banca Națională a României) stands on the site of one of am old famous buildings: Hanul Șerban Vodă. From 1678 until 1883 it was the home of various activities: from a pub to an inn and to a girl's dormitory! After two fires gutted the building, the land was levelled and in 1883 work began on the BNR, completed to the designs of French architects Cassien Bernard and Albert Galleron in 1885. Built in a French, neo-classical style, the building boasts a facade with Corintian columns, and an enormous central banking hall. The passing of time has seen the building become rather hemmed in, but it remains a classic worthy of admiration. 

Address: Str. Lipscani 25

The way

It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.