Danube Delta

(Source: Wikipedia)

I've never been to Danube Delta. It's supposed to be magnificent. And full of mosquitos, especially at sunset. Until somebody with actual knowledge of the place writes here, I'll share some hearsay. 

Danube Delta is a giant natural reservation where many foreigner come for bird watching or fishing. We don't actually care much for those birds as we do our bird watching in clubs. Needles to say, the inventive locals and Romanian tourists use the miracle place they were gifted with for other purposes: illegal fishing of endangered species with electrical power, sport boat races on channels to see how quick the damn pelicans take off or ripping water lilies for souvenirs. All these really happened in the past and we can only hope that stricter rules will enforce some good behavior. 

If you go there on a trip you must know that the most effective currency is "rachiul" - a local brandy - and everything will taste like fish (including fish itself, of course). Even pork tastes like fish, because that's what it's fed with. Try the fish soup, it's... fishy!