The first leg of the trip was on Thursday May 13, on RO 372. Check-in was quick and friendly, even though my colleagues had to take lots of technical equipment. But the extra weight had been arranged for beforehand, and we managed to get the whole thing over and done with in five minutes or so.
The Tarom aircraft was a Boeing 737-300. It was parked next to one of SNBA's (Birdy's really) A330s that was bound for Freetown and Abidjan. As I was with colleagues I didn't really have the opportunity to look around. Departure was on-time. The plane was a bit disappointing on the inside - the seats didn't look very inviting. I was in seat 6E - I hate middle seats. There was hardly any room to move at all. The load factor must have been about 95%. The food was mediocre: I went for the pork, which was okay-ish. The guy next to me chose beef: it looked better, but I was told it wasn't very nice. The cabin crew was a disappointment: a collection of four old dragons and a male steward in his fifties who turned out to be drunk. We could actually smell he was drunk. He took away any remaining doubts when he threw a tray with food over a poor passenger. I find that really astounding and frightening. If he gets away with it, who knows what goes on on the flight deck... 8O But at least our fears were unfounded as it was a reasonably comfortable flight, with an in-flight entertainment programme. I didn't watch anything, as I'm not too keen on "the world's funniest animal videos" or music videos, but the audio channels were fine. We arrived at Bucharest Otopeni on time. It's a small but quite modern airport, and not unpleasant at all.
Today we flew back to Brussels. The return flight left at 9.30 am, so I had to get up before 6
The taxi driver - as was to be expected - drove like a madman, so we got to Otopeni well on time. Check-in was smooth. Interestingly, you need to have all your luggage screened before you can proceed to the check-in desks. Each Tarom flight has its own check-in desk (one), and there wasn't anyone queueing at the Brussels check-in. So we didn't lose any time there. The aircraft again was a 737-300, but an older one than the one we first travelled on. No in-flight entertainment this time. But a much nicer cabin crew - and they were completely sober! Load factor again was about 95%, which - in my opinion - was due to the European Judo Championships which were held in Bucharest over the weekend. The entire Belgian team and all Belgian officials were on the flight, as well as most of the Belgian journalists that covered the event (including myself). I had a window seat this time - 16A, and I definitely had more space than on the first flight. We were served a hot brunch - which was quite nice, with drinks and tea/coffee. The weather was okay for most of the journey. I had a great view of Frankfurt Airport, with aircraft literally all around us. I also had a great view of Liège Airport with no aircraft at all araound us.
We arrived well on-time, so no worries! 
If I would avoid all airlines of which I read a bad review, I would better drive from now on.