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            Welcome to Been there. Your tips on the places you know - that you love,
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                <title>city centre and its charming squares</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[the centre of Sibiu is much prettier than Brasov - wander round the Habsburgian streets and squares and soak in the atmosphere]]></description>
                
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                <title>Parcul Herastrau</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[a lovely park to stroll in, just beware of all the other people with the same idea and the rollerbladers.  Stop off along the way for a beer and some mici at one of the lakeside bars.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Moods</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[the only Thai restaurant in Bucharest with UK and Thai chefs, with a similarly expat pricetag to match.  The food is truly delicious though, shame there's no Thai beer though ...]]></description>
                
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                <title>Shoni</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[A small restaurant/bar hidden away in a lovely old villa, Shoni serves up amazing Transilvanian fare at wooden benches.  Great atmosphere, good music, lacking in the "fitosi" variety of young Romanians.  It closes for a couple of months during the summer when it moves to the seaside.]]></description>
                
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                <title>TMBase</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[The only decent electronic music festival in Romania, with DJs from Central and Eastern Europe and the UK.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Lipscani</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[walk around the recently pedestrianised historic centre of Bucharest before it is renovated and stumble on little gems of shops, bars, old-school tailors, fur shops etc.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Goa</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[An asian/italian/fusion restaurant where I ate possibly the best chocolate cake of my life : chocolate lava cake.  The decor is amazing, music just right, and is the type of place that if it opened in Bucharest would be heart-breakingly expensive, but it's in Budapest so it's not.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Nasser</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[if you want good Lebanese/Turkish somewhere down-to-earth and without pretentious customers this will do the trick, and cheap too.  Eat from formica tables, surrounded by the owners' friends and family, watching Al Jazeera.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Frescoed monasteries</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[This Unesco heritage site features medieval monasteries which are painted on the OUTSIDE.  <br><br>Remarkably, most of them have kept their colour well, apart from the North Eastern walls which take the brunt of the Siberian winds.  A unique shade of blue was used for Voronet monastery, now lending its name to the colour.  <br><br>You need a car to get around all of them or alternatively, hire a Romanian guide to show you round the area.]]></description>
                
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