Quit taking my picture and buy mah spoons!

Poza Zilei: The Spoon Seller

Okay, as has been requested many times, I am now going to include more pictures on my blog! Yep, I am going to call this series Poza Zilei which means “Picture of the Day” in Romanian. I can’t promise I’ll get up a picture every day but I’ll certainly try. . Today’s picture is of… Read More ›

Expression of the Day: În carne și oase

It’s no surprise that Romanians eat a lot of meat (especially pork!) and thus have a lot of slang expressions and euphemisms based on the word carne (meat). One interesting one is în carne și oase, which literally translates to “in meat and bones”. But what does it mean? It’s exactly equivalent to the English… Read More ›