Ah yes, the sun is shining, the birds are singing, winter is over and so begins one of Romania’s great holidays – First May. Everywhere around the world, except in the United States (anymore – a long time ago it was), the first day of May is known as International Workers’ Day, kind of a day where everybody gets off of work and sometimes holds … Continue reading First (of) May
Ah yes, the lazy yawning cat to your left there is none other than Noodles. That’s not actually her real name on her passport though – and yes, both of my cats have passports. It’s kind of ironic that my cats have EU passports and have more rights to live and “work” here than I do, but so it goes. I guess I must admit, … Continue reading Cats!!
Time to talk about good old slanina. Yep. If you travel to Eastern Europe, sooner or later you’re going to run into it so time to learn about it NOW. As I mentioned in my earlier post on drinking, the very first day I was in Romania, I spent a few hours in the home of a Romanian couple who didn’t speak English. They poured … Continue reading Romanian Food – Slanina
I’m not going to lie. When I met my very first Romanians in the United States, I only knew of two things to talk about. One was Romanian gymnasts (especially Nadia Comăneci) and the other was Zamfir, Master of the Pan Flute. I “knew” of him only because during the 1980s he had a long-running series of commercials pitching his music, which you can see … Continue reading Romanians in TV/Film – Zamfir, Master of the Pan Flute
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