Bucharest taxi snag

Prior to our trip to Romania in April ’07, we had read many bad things about the taxi drivers in Bucharest, so we had the hotel send a taxi to the airport for us since we would be arriving at 12:30 a.m. on British Air.

The hotel did that, but it was not a good idea as the flight was over an hour late; instead of its costing $20, it cost us $50 because the driver had waited for the flight.

Plus we had to use American currency because the driver spoke no English and did not understand we wanted to get some Romanian money at the airport.

RACHEL BALDWIN

Anchorage, AK