Tried to pay with my Revolut at a ticket machine in Brașov and it glitched. Ended up buying a paper ticket from a kiosk-cash only. Metrorex in Buchare...

Withdrew cash at a BRD ATM inside the airport using my Wise card, skipped the DCC option, and got close to market rate. It was still better than excha...

Romanian cabs are hit or miss. In Timisoara, the Nova Taxi cars had working POS terminals, but my Revolut card still got declined. I had to dig out 10...

I rented a small flat in Cluj-Napoca and worked from cafés, so my daily average was more like 250-300 RON. Coffee’s cheap, coworking spots are solid, ...

The screen made it seem like “With Conversion” was safer-like I’d know what I’m being charged. But when I checked my bank app later, it was way worse ...

In Moscow, Yandex Go was a lifesaver. Linked my Wise card and never had to touch cash for cabs. But when I visited Suzdal for a weekend, I had to pay ...

Public transport in big cities is modern, but still tricky for foreigners. I had to use cash to load my Troika in Moscow. The NFC terminals on buses d...

I booked a co-living style hostel near Red October and they were upfront: cash only. Said it was due to “foreign card issues” post-2022. They let me r...

Tried multiple ATMs in St. Petersburg. My MIR card worked at Promsyyanz and Ural Bank, but not Alfa-Bank. Each withdrawal had a 300,000 RUB limit. No ...