On March 12th, 2001 Natalia landed at Otopeni International Airport in Bucharest, Romania in a stormy weather. She was accompanied by her mother, Mabel. A lot of fans and journalist were waiting for her. A bit later, she gave a press conference at Sofitiel Hotel. In the evening she was invited to “De 3 x Femeie” program with Corina Danila and Michaela Tatu for Acasa TV and by the end of the interview she received a cake with her face. Also, she was invited to “Chestiunea Zilei” program with Florin Calinescu for Pro TV where she chose a petrol dress with a deep neckline. On March 13th, she went with her mother to explore the sightseeing of Bucharest. On March 14th, Natalia stayed the whole day at her hotel and get rest before the concert. The concert was held in Sala Polivalenta with 45 minutes delay. After the concert, Natalia was invited to dine with some television stars in town. On March 15th, the second concert was held in Bucharest.
On March 16th, around 4 o’clock in the morning Natalia and her mother arrived in Bran with a black Lincoln limousine where it had prepared a special room for her. Around 10.30 she appeared with a minibus accompanied by her mother and film crew. Fans were outside the Bran Castle and Natalia signed a few autographs behind the fence. Only Acasa TV was at the filming of the videoclip “Como te olvido”. Natalia was wearing clothes of the 14th century period. Some of the scenes were filmed in the three castle’s rooms, including Queen’s Maria bedchamber, where the four-poster bed is located, one of the most visited room of Bran’s museum. In one shot Natalia is seen to climbing to the secret stairs of the castle with a candle in her hand. After finishing the filming of the videoclip, Natalia flew to Timisoara.
On March 17th, she arrived at Timisoara International Airport in Romania with 2 hours behind the schedule. Fans stormed at the airport with flowers, posters and many dolls. After spending a few minutes with them she headed to Continental Cornel Hotel where there around 200 fans were outside of the hotel. After two hours Natalia appeared again to head to the soundcheck. The concert was held in Sala Olimpia with 25 minutes delay. Between songs, Natalia was approaching the audience and she was signing autographs. After the concert, Natalia and her team was invited to a private party at the hotel and she attended it around 1 o’clock in the morning. The surprise of the event was the presence of the Romanian singer Adrian Enache, who dedicated the song “Life of an artist” to Natalia. On March 18th, in the afternoon Natalia flew to Czech Republic.
After one year and a half, Natalia arrived at Otopeni International Airport at 3.30 in the afternoon in Romania on December 15th, 2002. The motive of this visit was the promotion of her third album “Turmalina”. She filmed her appearance to the Christmas’ Eve program “Dana de pica” at 8.30 at the evening where she chose a red dress leaving one shoulder exposed. Natalia was moved when the children’s group “Allegretto” where the sang “Alas de libertad” and “Cambio dolor”. She replied to numerous questions and sang three songs: “Cuesta arriba, cuesta abajo”, “Que digan lo que quieran” and “Me muero de amor (Remix)”. The show lasted 3 hours and she revealed that she went once to a story teller: “At the age of 17, I gritted my teeth and I went to a fortune teller. She told me I would become a star. I left laughing and thinking she is an impostor. But it turned out she was right”. After the filming, she agreed to speak to the journalists at her cabin. The same night she left Romania to flew for Israel.
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