Thankfully, there are trams and subways to ride on when you don't want to deal with taxi cabs, Ubers or buses. The subway system is called the Bucharest Metro and there is a stop right by our house called Universitatea, which means university. When we want to get around some place further than we can reasonably walk, we take the metro first. It's fast and clean and, as long as we don't go during rush hour, we can usually find a seat. People also bike, but less frequently here because the cars can be very dangerous. Very few people ride on motor bikes for the same reason.
I love the metro because they have bakeries and stores in the underground so you can the smell fresh-baked meredenea and placinta cu mere as you jump on the train for your morning commute. Meredenea is a flaky croissant-like pastry with cheese in the center shaped like a square, or cheese pie, and placinta cu mere is a pie with apples. You can also buy a soda or snack for just a few lei, which is about 75 cents. Kelly and I also loved that we could buy a month of transportation on the metro for less than a tank of gas in America! It only costs 70 lei, about $17.50. The metro can get us most places we need to go in the city without having to deal with crazy traffic. At first, the names of the stops Piata Româna, Aurel Vlaicu or Pantelimon and the zig zagging routes seemed intimidating.
