Unlike ANY train I've EVER been on. The 'SLEEPER' from Bucharest to Chisinau...

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  • čas přidán 7. 04. 2023
  • Join me in the unique world of Moldovan Railways onboard the sleeper train east from Bucharest to Chisinau. It will be an experience for sure, but what did I really think of it? Well join me to find out...
    10 March 2023 Bucharest North to Chisinau 19:20 - 08:10
    Train number 402 (sorry I can't remember carriage number and they don't let you keep the ticket!)
    Price approx £42.00 oneway with single occupancy cabin
    Map courtesy of Google Maps
    Music courtesy of epidemicsound.com
    ('What's the Hurry' by Alysha Sheldon)
    Be sure to check out the Moldovan Eurovision video from 2022, search 'Trenuletul' on CZcams - it's fantastic and took place on this very service :) I wish I could've put a clip on the video but it's not allowed I'm afraid!
    Hi, I’m Steve, a travel reviewer from Scotland. Join me on my adventures as I discover my own country, often visiting places for the first time, so hopefully it's as much of an eye-opener for you as it is for me! Don't expect expert opinion, just a very honest journey of discovery. Sometimes featuring my intrepid sidekick Alicja, sometimes featuring adventures beyond the borders of Scotland. Enjoy!
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Komentáře • 906

  • @shadmandem918
    @shadmandem918 Před rokem +152

    As a new viewer, I have to say that I really appreciate your patient, calm, and respectful demeanour. Other travel youtubers are not so gentlemanly!

    • @steve-marsh
      @steve-marsh  Před rokem +11

      Thanks so much, really appreciate it (and your views!)

  • @optimisticgal
    @optimisticgal Před rokem +152

    Respect to the railway workers and your patience!

  • @D_B_Cooper
    @D_B_Cooper Před rokem +79

    They think it’s all over…. It Chisinău

  • @robbojax2025
    @robbojax2025 Před rokem +40

    Once again you show the oddities of travel unlike any TV equivalent.

  • @moat9
    @moat9 Před rokem +24

    The piles of clothes on sheets on the ground outside the station brought home just how poor people are there😢. Reminded me strongly of Paddy’s Market in Glasgow where we had to shop when I was growing up there many years ago.

  • @BenCG
    @BenCG Před rokem +96

    A video like this is simply not complete without Moldova's 2022 Eurovision entry included somewhere. "Join the train! Be our guest! Chisinau to Bucharest!"

    • @mungbean09
      @mungbean09 Před rokem +14

      Hey ho, let's go! 😂

    • @steve-marsh
      @steve-marsh  Před rokem +12

      I wish CZcams would let me include a clip in the video, totally love it!

    • @shakostarsun
      @shakostarsun Před 9 měsíci +2

      Folklore and Rock N Roll, Chisinau to Bucharest!

    • @shakostarsun
      @shakostarsun Před 9 měsíci

      I saw them live at Ia Mania in 22.

  • @billymcl63
    @billymcl63 Před rokem +29

    You really suffer for your art, Steve!
    It’s refreshing to see a travelogue where the emphasis is on the journey and not about being on an ego trip.
    Don’t ever change 👍

  • @michaelscott2789
    @michaelscott2789 Před rokem +79

    Absolute classic. That is surely one of those bucket list train journeys you have to take if you are a train enthousiast. Can't help thinking that getting everybody onto another train might be a bit easier than physically changing the bogies!!! What an adventure though, as you said you got the full experience. You are living the dream m8.👍😁

    • @steve-marsh
      @steve-marsh  Před rokem +5

      Cheers Michael! So glad this kind of authentic experience is still available!

    • @francescadp
      @francescadp Před rokem +3

      I thought the same, would have been easier to provide another train at the Moldavian border.

    • @batonnetdecannelle
      @batonnetdecannelle Před 4 měsíci +1

      And maybe changing the schedule to make this train change happen at, say, 7 AM rather than 4 AM?

  • @nickbeer2658
    @nickbeer2658 Před rokem +21

    The most remarkable thing to me - in what was a remarkable journey - is that the station is such a fantastically presented building but which seems to have virtually no use! Love the video.

  • @DaveyPalmer1
    @DaveyPalmer1 Před rokem +45

    That was a crazy, crazy ride Steve - but utterly brilliant! Hope your journey back was just as memorable 👍

    • @Xantec
      @Xantec Před rokem +1

      wander how many beer glasses have fell through the gap between the sleeper and dining cars?

  • @elizabethwood395
    @elizabethwood395 Před rokem +15

    Amazing old school technology. I always wondered how they did that. A beautiful train as well. I loved the vintage style of your compartment. Great video. Keep up the good work.

  • @PRRswope
    @PRRswope Před 6 měsíci +5

    The best travelogues on the Internet. Love watching Steve's travels!

  • @howardalexander0621
    @howardalexander0621 Před rokem +33

    Steve, I don't think you go purposely out of your way to find Europe's strangest journeys, but you do find them anyway. Thanks for sharing.
    Imagine if the GWR remained as broad gauge and services from Scotland to the South West needed to stop for hours to swap the bogies 😂

    • @steve-marsh
      @steve-marsh  Před rokem +3

      Oh I'm so glad I found this one Howard! :)

    • @Ragnar8504
      @Ragnar8504 Před rokem +3

      They might have gone for something like the Spanish. Their trains have adjustable bogies and the gauge change takes less than a minute I think. The train just goes really slowly for a bit and then it's off again.

  • @johnallan4826
    @johnallan4826 Před rokem +11

    Think I prefer a later arrival but not a 3am call, and we complain about a bus replacement service, love the train set and the train station. Thanks for showing us this special journey, glad you can deal with scammers. Take care

  • @billymcl63
    @billymcl63 Před rokem +7

    I’ve decided to watch your travel vids in chronological order , and it’s great to see how your confidence and style has evolved over the past few years . Keep growing keep travelling .
    Your followers will keep watching 👏👏👏

  • @rabh6746
    @rabh6746 Před rokem +17

    Totally insane Steve, lifting the train while you are supposed to be sleeping🤣Chisinau station was incredible indeed, shame about the lack of trains but maybe its a seasonal thing? Cool video mate👍

    • @andrei19238
      @andrei19238 Před rokem +2

      chisnau has very little train service because they have no money
      everyone uses busses

    • @barvdw
      @barvdw Před rokem +3

      @@andrei19238 yes, I believe CFM even went bankrupt a year or so ago? We're lucky this train is running at all!
      It's even better than the last few years, as this train is now daily, up until a few months ago, it was only 2-3 times a week. This area really is on my bucket list.

    • @isthatrubble
      @isthatrubble Před 3 měsíci

      I guess they figure everyone will be awake anyway because of the passport check....

  • @SyifaAdriana
    @SyifaAdriana Před rokem +47

    Steve, I think your channel is so underrated! Love your effort to travel far and beyond 😊

    • @Digitall3
      @Digitall3 Před rokem +5

      Who underrates his channel?

    • @allanmorton6022
      @allanmorton6022 Před rokem +4

      @@Digitall3 not me, I think he's great and has taken us to many places we would never go ourselves including all forms of transport!

    • @narabdela
      @narabdela Před rokem

      Underrated by whom? Do you understand what the word means? Your comment makes no sense.

    • @paulhollis8879
      @paulhollis8879 Před rokem +2

      I think Adriana has it right. Steve is literally underrated at 55K followers. It deserves to be at 550K.

    • @fredemny3304
      @fredemny3304 Před rokem

      @@Digitall3 Nobody. It's just one of these silly 'underrated' comments that are polluting CZcams at the moment.

  • @trainsandmodelshungary
    @trainsandmodelshungary Před rokem +9

    “…and make it even heavier” 😂🤣😅 love your content!

  • @gabrieleortiz5041
    @gabrieleortiz5041 Před rokem +8

    Your blog today leaves me speechless….the architecture, especially those carved pillars and little courtyard areas at the church in Bucharest, is stunning! So much history there.
    The whole idea of the bogie change is fascinating to me - never realized it was a possibility.
    I don’t know how you’re smiling and functioning with two overnight train rides, including interrupted sleep. 😵‍💫 You’re a travel hero!

    • @steve-marsh
      @steve-marsh  Před rokem +2

      Haha thanks Gabriele! I have no idea how I stay awake either, just running on adrenaline I think :D

  • @kelleywoods5244
    @kelleywoods5244 Před rokem +18

    The video of you walking between the carriages bought back childhood memories of me doing the same on the old trains between Invercargill and Dunedin.... just as terrifying 😂
    And there the similarities end... ha ha.
    Fantastic video 📹

    • @blj007
      @blj007 Před rokem +3

      used to do that as well,the old man worked for the NZ railways so we only travelled by train

    • @kelleywoods5244
      @kelleywoods5244 Před rokem +1

      @@blj007 our train would stop at Clinton where there would be a mad dash to the refreshment room (no buffet cars then) for a 15 minute break to buy a cup of tea and a pie.
      Passengers would take the pie etc back on the train for the rest of the journey, and the naughty ones would throw their New Zealand Railway cups and saucers out of the window when they were finished 😄
      The discarded NZR crockery is now a collecters item, the cups etc were very thick and heavy.... no doubt in the hopes that the would survive they impact from being thrown from a moving train onto the tracks below 😅.

    • @steve-marsh
      @steve-marsh  Před rokem +2

      I certainly felt like a child :)

  • @emanuelneiconi
    @emanuelneiconi Před rokem +17

    I don't know what's better in this video... Visiting my country (Romania), the fantastic old school train, your great accent or the fact that you're a Mentour Pilot fan as well... (I've also visited Moldova twice).

    • @emanuelneiconi
      @emanuelneiconi Před rokem +2

      @Alex Macedonian In Chișinău și la un sat în afara orașului. Sincer să fiu, nu îmi amintesc numele. Aveam cam 15-16 ani și am mers cu un prieten să ducem niște ajutoare la oameni pe care i-am întâlnit la o biserică. Drumul de la Timișoara a fost lung, schimbarea roților la graniță a fost un eveniment interesant și vizita a fost bună. Chiar și acum îmi aduc aminte ce zgomot făceau garniturile de tren în Chișinău când le manevrau și se "întindeau" cuplele între vagoane - venea zgomotul de la îndepărtare și ajungea la noi.

  • @RichardFelstead1949
    @RichardFelstead1949 Před rokem +12

    Very interesting video, Steve. Usually travel shows on TV just show the "good" bits but you've shown warts and all. Love it. This area would have been behind the Iron Curtain .Greetings from Australia.

  • @briangentle5515
    @briangentle5515 Před rokem +24

    It's an amazing experience, isn't it. I travelled by train from Oostende to Minsk in 1970s and experienced the gauge change in Brest, along with the Soviet border controls of course. We were asked if we wanted to change money. I didn't and so stayed on the train. Otherwise I would have missed all the excitement!

  • @slipperchicken
    @slipperchicken Před rokem +11

    Nice inclusion of @Mentourpilot !🤩
    13:49

  • @Onestepbeyond89
    @Onestepbeyond89 Před rokem +3

    Looks like you had a relaxing night mate 😂 like stepping back in time on that train. Thanks for sharing the experience Steve. Look forward to the return leg 👍

  • @exileinderby51
    @exileinderby51 Před rokem +5

    That trip was mind boggling what with the gauge change and all. It's not a journey that I would make but thanks for taking us along. Looking forward to your next adventure.

  • @helenwallis5914
    @helenwallis5914 Před rokem +1

    Loving your train journeys taking us to places we will probably never go. Laughed all the way through this one .

  • @powmillon
    @powmillon Před rokem +1

    Absolute classic Steve. Well done once again. Looking forward to the follow up.

  • @roroger2402
    @roroger2402 Před rokem +3

    What a fantastic looking train and cabin Steve.. Stepping back in time.
    Hats off to the train crews.

    • @steve-marsh
      @steve-marsh  Před rokem +2

      So true mate, and to think they need to do that twice a day!

  • @pixelfascination
    @pixelfascination Před rokem +4

    Ah! I loved this. That's how I remember the trains being in Eastern Europe 20 years ago, slow, rattly and dark. I'll have to do this run myself at some point.

    • @steve-marsh
      @steve-marsh  Před rokem +3

      Aye it's so good to know experiences like this still exist!

    • @kevhynaleks2631
      @kevhynaleks2631 Před rokem +1

      Czechia, Poland and Hungary now don't have this trains - but they are Central Europe.
      This train to Moldova is a time travel back, but Moldova is pure Eastern Europe, as Romania also between Central and East...

  • @jackyyuen1939
    @jackyyuen1939 Před rokem +1

    Thank you very much for sharing this great video. It is an awesome train journey to Moldova and keep safe, Steve. Looking forward to watching more of your adventures in Eastern Europe.

  • @brucedanton3669
    @brucedanton3669 Před rokem +1

    Thank you of course for another fine video-well done too!

  • @McSynth
    @McSynth Před rokem +4

    Absolutely astonishing that they change bogeys. Great video Steve ! 🙂

  • @ihavegreeneyes14
    @ihavegreeneyes14 Před rokem +20

    This is how you sort the "westerners" from the "easterners" - I bet my dad who grew up during the soviet union occupation could have slept through that whole border gauge change ordeal! 😂

    • @steve-marsh
      @steve-marsh  Před rokem +2

      Haha love this!

    • @zianeshkasparen4358
      @zianeshkasparen4358 Před rokem +5

      My Dad is from the Caribbean and I bet you he would have slept through it all too. 🙄
      We had an eartquake about 20 years ago hit us and shake us good for some seconds, 45 ish seconds. He slept through it aaaall. Things were falling, we were shaking and we fell and screamed, chairs toppled over, and all the rest you can imagine. He woke up looooong after it was over stating that he felt weirdly strange. He did not even knooow we wete hit by an earthquake. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @ihavegreeneyes14
      @ihavegreeneyes14 Před rokem +1

      @@zianeshkasparen4358 Hahahahaha, amazing!

  • @DSTWizz
    @DSTWizz Před rokem +2

    You're taking us to places most of us will never go, Steve! That was some journey, mind you. That station in Chisinau! Just a wee bit quiet just now, but it must have been a busy place in times gone by. Thanks for the ride!

  • @stevedeakin1883
    @stevedeakin1883 Před rokem

    Looks great Steve , I really enjoyed the video . Keep up the great work. Look forward to seeing the next video 👍👍😀😀

  • @lightanddreamsphotography7140

    Brilliant stuff Steve, what a crazy trip, like time travel! I went to the Czech Republic in the early 90s, before it was taken over by drunken Brits on stag parties, and the whole country was fascinating. There is something otherworldly about eastern Europe, that train was fantastic :)

    • @evabalga6133
      @evabalga6133 Před rokem +1

      Dark and depressing. Makes me glad I don’t travel anymore.

    • @kevhynaleks2631
      @kevhynaleks2631 Před rokem +3

      Czechia not Eastern Europe my friend, and Hungary also. They are Central Europe
      Romania is South-Eastern Europe and Moldova is the real Eastern Europe...
      You just see and feel the difference immediately.

    • @lightanddreamsphotography7140
      @lightanddreamsphotography7140 Před rokem +4

      @@kevhynaleks2631 No offence meant, I was using the description in terms of the Cold War period rather than geographically

    • @Ragnar8504
      @Ragnar8504 Před rokem +3

      @@lightanddreamsphotography7140 The Iron Curtain is still deeply ingrained in many people's minds. The Ukrainian border is closer to where I am right now than the western parts of my own country, yet Ukraine feels to us as if it was on a different continent. Slovakia and Hungary are less than an hour by train and they feel far away (by now you can probably guess where I am).

  • @legionnairegonk4425
    @legionnairegonk4425 Před rokem +10

    😮 What an experience Steve! Surely it's got to be easier to get all the passengers to change to a different train at the border? I mean what difference does it make compared to getting everyone out of bed for an hour and a half to complete all that faff! Bizarre...

    • @valuetraveler2026
      @valuetraveler2026 Před rokem +1

      normally there would be a switch in trains but Moldova is Moldova I guess. Romania is very chilled - you have a lot of freedom to fk up if you want to

    • @steve-marsh
      @steve-marsh  Před rokem +1

      I was thinking the same!

  • @navin1in
    @navin1in Před 10 měsíci +1

    Love your inquisitiveness and ability to rough out these train journeys. I really loved the old-fashioned train journey.

  • @Blablagerman
    @Blablagerman Před rokem +1

    Great and informative video. Thank you!

  • @travellingboardingtime
    @travellingboardingtime Před rokem +3

    That’s crazy ride indeed. But I believed that it would be an unforgettable experience 😄

  • @MrSketchydave69
    @MrSketchydave69 Před rokem +6

    Wow Bucharest has arcades Cardiff style!!!

  • @jeffreyskinner6281
    @jeffreyskinner6281 Před rokem +1

    Steve, that has to be one of your craziest adventures yet! Great to see you going to such places.

  • @katesterly547
    @katesterly547 Před rokem +2

    Another great video. The work you do and the stuff you put up with to bring these videos to us is really greatly appreciated. Please be careful and don't fall off a train going from car to car. And yes, that dinner looked yummy. Thanks again for all the work that you do to bring these to us. Say hi to Alicja for me. Be well, stay safe, be careful of those trains, love from Texas.

  • @michaelsaayman2802
    @michaelsaayman2802 Před rokem +4

    What a interesting journey Steve. Love that train looks like something that came out of the 30's. Question why do rain tracks to the station always have to be the ugliest part of the city lol imagine if they went through the nice parts. Thanks for a great video as always. Happy Easter

  • @ychaps
    @ychaps Před rokem +3

    I just got back from a two week cruise in the Mediterranean and saw some amazing and inspiring places (please go to Kotor in Croatia...one of the most scenically beautiful places I have ever seen). I sure don't travel to these older less visited places like you do. Some of the cities ,(as in this video) make me sad...the people there look so care worn...truly made me appreciate my own circumstances...which isn't a bad thing is it? But I love old and historic...and that train sure fit the bill.. beautiful.

    • @steve-marsh
      @steve-marsh  Před rokem

      Hope you had a lovely time Yvonne and I have heard often how amazing Croatia is, somewhere I NEED to get to soon!

  • @Nook747
    @Nook747 Před 10 měsíci

    I love the music to go with the different parts of your video.....Thank you Steve for another really cool time !

  • @TXMEDRGR
    @TXMEDRGR Před rokem +2

    That was a wonderful ground-level look at Bucharest and the train to Chisinau, I really enjoyed tagging along. Thanks so much.

  • @Ice_Karma
    @Ice_Karma Před rokem +3

    Wow! I wasn't expecting them to do the change of gauge by lifting the carriages bodily off the old bogies and rolling new ones in! I was expecting a variable-gauge system, where they unlock something on the bogies, drive the train slowly through a special section of track, and lock the bogies again.

    • @2Dylandog
      @2Dylandog Před 7 měsíci

      Me too; that's how they used to do it on trains between Paris and Madrid.

  • @enjoypladecorrals
    @enjoypladecorrals Před 5 měsíci +5

    Great video. I was on a train to Chisinau back in 1994 from Kiev..same kind of train! I would love to go back and enjoy the experience again. Before the war the station served more trains like to kiev and Odessa. Hope peace will come again soon cause Moldovans are suffering a lot from it.

  • @sarimento1
    @sarimento1 Před rokem +1

    Bravo Steve! Epic train trip! You stepped back in time by perhaps 50 years!!

  • @royjennison3916
    @royjennison3916 Před rokem +1

    wow now that train was impressive . well done Steve , i love your adventures .

  • @vlee3880
    @vlee3880 Před 6 měsíci +3

    I love that you were watching Mentour Pilot!!! 😂 He’s fantastic!

  • @franp.4676
    @franp.4676 Před rokem +8

    Now that seems like a proper good old sleeper journey, after watching this I feel like I will have to add it to my bucket list. Is it not possible to collect the tickets from Chisinau? Also was it hard to communicate in English in Moldova and Romania?
    More about the fun fact, last year's Moldovan eurovision entry was not only filmed in the train but the whole song was about the train, which had a bit of political meaning hinting at a possible unification with Romania as some Moldovans think they might be the next Ukraine

    • @steve-marsh
      @steve-marsh  Před rokem +2

      Thanks Fran! Communication in Moldova was a bit tricky, I used the little Russian I have to get by. I bought my tickets on the Romanian website, hence the ticket collection in Bucharest only. I wasn't brave enough to navigate the Moldovan website :)

  • @janetmackinnon3411
    @janetmackinnon3411 Před rokem +1

    What a train of character! THat's real travelling--thank you.

  • @SMILEVIDEOTRAINS
    @SMILEVIDEOTRAINS Před 6 měsíci +1

    Fantastic. Thank you

  • @patriciafuchs5970
    @patriciafuchs5970 Před rokem +3

    Bucharest looks like an interesting city. Your train ride was epic, like going back in time. Loved it!

    • @andrei19238
      @andrei19238 Před rokem

      you can visit..

    • @steve-marsh
      @steve-marsh  Před rokem +2

      I left Romania with great memories after meeting some wonderful people and seeing incredible places (a video to come on this) It is a shame though for the train station to be such a poor welcome to a fantastic country, glad it will be refurbished!

    • @CalinFR
      @CalinFR Před rokem

      @@mihaelafilipescu5818 ești din București?

    • @zoeo7732
      @zoeo7732 Před rokem +1

      @@mihaelafilipescu5818 ,de ce suntam primii care ne vorbim tara de rau?Bucurestiul e foarte curat comparativ cu multe capitale mari europene,e plin de istorie ,de arta si oameni frumosi! Cand mai veniti pe acasa ,veniti cu sufletul deschis.

  • @keithparker2206
    @keithparker2206 Před rokem +3

    Steve, you get the same problem with the gauge change between Poland and Belarus! Strangely enough they use similar sleeping cars (all ex-RZD from Russia).

  • @sandiandgregh
    @sandiandgregh Před rokem +2

    That train. Wowzers. Like you teleported to the past! We love how you always find something positive to say, no matter. As always, really enjoyed this one. We're counting down to our return to Scotland in September and are doing some new-to-us things, thanks to your channel. :)

    • @steve-marsh
      @steve-marsh  Před rokem +1

      Superb! Thanks and enjoy planning the trip :)

  • @aslandama
    @aslandama Před rokem

    Love your channel, probably your best upload yet, thanks for sharing.

  • @barrywood2806
    @barrywood2806 Před rokem +22

    My thoughts: I've never met anyone who wanted to go to Moldova. I experienced the bogie change when I went from London/Hook of Holland to Moscow, as we moved from Poland to Russia. We had to all get off the train then. Your dinner looked excellent. And the station in Moldova is outstanding. Your videos continue to both entertain and fascinate.

  • @TheAllMightyGodofCod
    @TheAllMightyGodofCod Před rokem +3

    If you think it is crazy from Bucharest to Chisinau.... Wait untill you get to the Chisinau to Bucharest part! It will all be.... Folklore and Rock and Roll! 😂

  • @georgemacdonald8899
    @georgemacdonald8899 Před rokem +1

    Wow, how cool to see such a place! I learn so much by following your channel. I love to stop the vlog and read wikipedia about the places you travel through and then check the maps to get routes and geography... Keep up the adventures!

  • @MrWebbster1997
    @MrWebbster1997 Před rokem +2

    Great video been wanting to go to Moldova for a while but been unsure it’s nice to have a video of the train as well

  • @CampoJaxx
    @CampoJaxx Před rokem +3

    Went on this train trip in 1996 to watch Moldova v England in a World Cup qualifier for France 98.
    Don't think much on the train has changed but we were 4 to a cabin, and the change of train wheels took 4-5 hours at the border so things have improved now it seems.
    We were sold wine in old plastic bottles and there were about 20 English all together on board and will always be remembered as another great trip going unofficially and without England travel club membership
    We couldn't stomach the same journey back so 4 of us got a taxi back to Bucharest, 7 - 8 hours trip, costing about 100 us dollars. The driver only fell asleep at the wheel once.
    Next was Tiblisi, Georgia. We flew to Atlanya, then Trabzon and coach from there to Tiblisi. 37 of us travelling unofficially - Loaded magazine did an article on us; Georgian Mildred.
    Great days

    • @steve-marsh
      @steve-marsh  Před rokem +1

      Superb mate! Haha the taxi sounds dodgier than the train :D

  • @seedhillbruisermusic7939

    the meal looked great but all that hassle changing gauges at the border, no thank you!

    • @alal2192
      @alal2192 Před rokem

      Its cause of holland and austria😂

  • @suzannebell51
    @suzannebell51 Před rokem +1

    Love your spirit of adventure and taking us places I may never get to see

  • @lauraautry6992
    @lauraautry6992 Před 9 měsíci

    Enjoying the journey seeing places I have never seen. Moldova at first glance looks like you have stepped back in time. Eager to see the next video 🤗

  • @starrycrown
    @starrycrown Před rokem +4

    Come home, Steve. I’m afraid you’ve wandered into a Cold War spy movie!

  • @robinjones6999
    @robinjones6999 Před rokem +4

    You make Alan Wicker look a complete amateur

  • @dazzlingdaz187
    @dazzlingdaz187 Před rokem +1

    Brilliant, Steve, I love your sense of adventure. Not a place I'm likely to go to - too few holidays, too many other places - so look forward to seeing your next video so I can see what I'm missing. Hope you stay safe from all the hawkers. Take care

  • @sheilam4525
    @sheilam4525 Před rokem +1

    I don't think I could have done that journey, Steve, so hats off! Fair play to the workers, must be a tough job! The station at the end was stunning😍

  • @BobTravellin
    @BobTravellin Před rokem +2

    I had a month's work in Bucharest some years ago, and it is indeed a crazy place. Stayed in a hotel where I had an inch long cockroach in my bedside table (happily a dead one!) that was never removed by the cleaner. It was next door to fairly decent Irish pub, I remember, and that August it must have been 30C. Loads of outdoor tables to eat and drink at in the evening, enjoying the scenery - mostly stunningly beautful Romanian girls wearing very little and with a quite evident underwear shortage. Extraordinary place.

  • @simonamarant6139
    @simonamarant6139 Před rokem +1

    Thanks for the great review. We are doing the same trip in June, we are under no illusions that it is not the most comfortable of journeys but are very much looking forward to it. We have checked out many vlogs on this trip and this is the best by far. We also travelled on the night train from Brasov to Budapest a few years back and loved it.

    • @steve-marsh
      @steve-marsh  Před rokem +1

      Have a fantastic time! Just be ready to catch up on some sleep afterwards :)

  • @ghuntman77773
    @ghuntman77773 Před rokem +1

    What a different world - Steve love how you take us to places no one else would dare

  • @SimonLiddo
    @SimonLiddo Před 9 měsíci

    Absolutely fascinating vlog Steve!

  • @lucabaracuda987
    @lucabaracuda987 Před 11 dny

    Like others said, very nice person, showing respect and tell it like it is. Well deserved sub. All the best from a Romanian living in Sydney.

  • @guillermocaram3094
    @guillermocaram3094 Před rokem +1

    Steve, Found your videos by accident several weeks ago. I've been addicted since then, not only because of your witty and charming comments, but also due to the places you visit that most people couldn't find on a map (Chisinau, Ardnamurchan Lighthouse, Ludza (?!), etc.). Keep on traveling, I'll be following every trip. Guillermo - Miami, USA.

    • @steve-marsh
      @steve-marsh  Před rokem +1

      Hey Guillermo! Thanks so much for watching the videos! Really appreciate your comments :)

  • @trainsandmodelshungary
    @trainsandmodelshungary Před rokem +2

    Looooved your video, was really informative and enjoyable - especially since I really don’t see a chance I’d make the same trip myself 😅 hats off to u n thanks for sharing it with us!

  • @davieislay
    @davieislay Před rokem

    Just brilliant! Loved it, Steve. 🔥

  • @essentially_grey
    @essentially_grey Před rokem

    Love quirky things like this! Fab vlog, thank you 🙏

  • @Matt-rq3bu
    @Matt-rq3bu Před 7 měsíci

    Been watching you for awhile now, though this is my first comment on one of your videos! Really liked this one, though I don’t agree with the majority of what the Soviets did, I can’t deny that I love the aesthetics, with a lot of it showing in this video. That meal looked excellent as well, especially for a sleeper train! Keep up the great content!! :)

  • @Hortondlfn1
    @Hortondlfn1 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I absolutely agree with you - I would have LOVED that train ride; particularly getting to be in the compartment they needed for the change-over work!

    • @steve-marsh
      @steve-marsh  Před 3 měsíci

      It was good for the video anyway :D

  • @skintslots
    @skintslots Před rokem +2

    I've just found your channel recently and I like your style. A simple Travelogue by train without the techy stuff I know nothing about and through the old Eastern Bloc countries which fascinate me too. Bon voyage.

  • @michaelstaunton1632
    @michaelstaunton1632 Před rokem

    Another enjoyable & interesting video once again we’ll done now great content 👍👍👍

  • @RobRoy2012
    @RobRoy2012 Před rokem

    Fascinating video, Steve. It certainly opened my eyes as to the places I have never visited and probably never will.

  • @richardgeorge8612
    @richardgeorge8612 Před rokem

    what a beautiful railway station, great insight thanks Steve

  • @kathrynstemler6331
    @kathrynstemler6331 Před rokem +1

    Mentour Pilot! Great video as always!

  • @emiliocardemil9389
    @emiliocardemil9389 Před 5 měsíci

    Excelent! I plan to do the invers journey, from Chisinau to Bucharest, by early August. I look forward to that, thank you for this video, travel all you can!

  • @858493
    @858493 Před rokem

    Thank-you for taking us off the beaten track just loved it ...regards
    Doc from Down Under

  • @joshweinstein5345
    @joshweinstein5345 Před rokem +1

    Very true about sleeper trains! They get you where you want to go, first thing in the morning... and ready for some sleep! Great video, nonetheless! I definitely want to take that train.

  • @jonathangat4765
    @jonathangat4765 Před rokem

    Great video Steve.

  • @austynmitchell3707
    @austynmitchell3707 Před 2 měsíci

    I love watching your videos. I live in Australia and moved here 25 years ago. You make me miss Scottish Patter! Your great!

  • @zoltanofthepeople8654
    @zoltanofthepeople8654 Před rokem +1

    I travel quite a lot by train between Cluj-Napoca and Budapest. A sleeper is an ok option but you get disturbed a lot. I need to try that Bucharest - Chisinau route tho' . Great vids Steve, safe journeys.

  • @ukdavepianoman
    @ukdavepianoman Před 6 měsíci

    Love this video. "Unusual" trips are so much fun. This train reminds me of a train i took from Zaporizhia to Kyiv 20 odd years ago - old Soviet style but actually very comfortable (i think the slow, rocking nature helped me with sleep) and luckily I didn't have any borders/gauge delays to deal with. That dinner looked wonderful - and unexpected. Will look for your Bucharest/Chisinau videos now :)

  • @ChrisBarney
    @ChrisBarney Před 2 měsíci

    I’ll be taking that train next week. Thanks for the video.

  • @johnmull59
    @johnmull59 Před rokem +2

    What a superb train journey. Be fascinating to do it in daylight too.
    Great video

    • @steve-marsh
      @steve-marsh  Před rokem +2

      So true! Would love to go back and do just that!

  • @sjb1058
    @sjb1058 Před rokem +1

    what a wondrous and surreal video!! once again, you have outdone yourself, Steve! beautiful railway station, but surrounded by much dilapidation... sad in many ways, which could account for why Moldova is the least-visited country in Europe. there's something quite touching, too, about people selling their wares in open "markets." makes one appreciate what you have. awaiting the return video for more adventure! cheers!

    • @steve-marsh
      @steve-marsh  Před rokem

      Yeah, it sure is a surreal experience on the streets on Chisinau!

  • @mrtiabrown
    @mrtiabrown Před rokem

    Great vid Steve

  • @nicolaetim
    @nicolaetim Před rokem

    Excellent video !