Russia-Ukraine Natural Gas Crisis

At this time, we are not affected by this international political stand off.

We've read that Romania has 2 weeks of natural gas supplies in storage, and up to 6 months if needed.

However, we could see a sharp rise in our heating bills.

Most Romanians live in city apartment buildings which are supplied with water and hot water via gigantic underground pipes. Until recently, this meant most households were at the mercy of the city water schedule. In the past, water was turned off completely after 10:00 PM. Hot water was available only a few hours each day.

These days, most cities have water throughout the night and hot water most of the time as well.

Many people have installed central heating systems in their apartments. We have this in our apartment. This means we can set the temperature to whatever we want and have it remain the same for 24 hours. We also have almost instant hot water for showers, cleaning, and laundry.

This abundance of hot water was unexpected and greatly appreciated. :)