My bags are packed I’m ready to leave

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My company had a contest — Global Insight Trip — with simple rules:
Team of 3 (diverse as possible)
Pick a place anywhere in the world you would go for 1 week with a $12,000 budget.
Why you want to go there and what you would get out of it.
Out of 1200 employees and almost every country submitted my team won. We leave this Friday for Romania and Ukraine (all on the company’s dime :thumbsup: ).
Here’s our itinerary:
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Outstanding!! Post pics when you get back.
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What a terrific opportunity for you. Good job and congratulations.

Have a terrific trip. I'll be anxious to follow your experiences. I think I might pass on the Chernobyl event.

Bon voyage!!
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Congratulations...have a great trip
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JQP's Foregin Babe tried to talk me out of Chernobyl too (and I did watch The Battle of Chernobyl), but the other 2 were persistant.
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Dracula slept here
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Nice. Wood chips in the toilet paper?
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not yet.. we're in Brasov right now.. very goddy hotel.. the toilet paper is pink. go on my Facebook and make your pick for the most. goddy room.. I think I got. it.. Vila Trapez.
the rooms in both hotels have been interesting. there is a slot inside the room you have to put your keycard in order to turn on the lights. and it has to stay in there. so it kinda sucks if you want to leave your room but you need to charge a phone or something... you can't
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You can put almost any card in that slot, it does not have to be the room key.
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dang! good to know.. tonight will be Costco!
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[blockquote]all on the company’s dime :thumbsup:[/blockquote]

That thumb pointing up got me rolling. :D :D

I hope it is fun.
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having s great time, Visited Peles Castle, Dracula's castle and the fortress. today we your a bunch of little villages then back to Bucharest. leave for Kiev tomorrow
this jet lag sucks
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That brings back memories! Went there in 1981. Any chance that you visited the impaling museum in or near Bran--if it is still there.

Piona Brasov was also a high point on my trip as I had a great few days with a very lovely Romanian girl.

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[quote=""SoMelo"]this jet lag sucks[/quote]
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Interesting Foreign Babe failed to mention the toilets..
So not cool
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Chernobyl - Pripyat
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Our first morning in Romania we were sitting at a signal and snapped a picture of a fat partially clad guy talking to a guy on the street. Check out the guy on the street!
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Little known fact that early in his political career, Lincoln changed his name from Lincolnescu.
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The guy in the window is a giant! Or the Lincoln guy is tiny :eh?:
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