Dangit, lately I’ve been slammed, crammed busy and so haven’t been a very good blogger and uploaded many photographs. In fact, my camera still has about a dozen good ones on it waiting to be transferred to my computer. The photo above was taken a month or two ago. If you live in Unicorn City, I’ll tell you it was shot on Str. Napoca right … Continue reading Poza Zilei: The Supervisor
You know, even when I talk to Romanians who have been to the United States, they often fail to grasp just what life is like there. Without turning this post into a jeremiad, I was reading through a new report (PDF) issued by the U.S. Census Bureau (Rom: recensament), talking about official levels of poverty. There were 49.1 million poor [people] using the SPM definition … Continue reading Poor in the USA
Whew, enough posts about me! Let’s talk about a word you’ve likely been hearing a lot in all of those clips and debates, and that is dezvoltare. The word is fairly easy for English speakers to master because it looks a lot like its translation – development. In most cases, it has a very identical meaning and if you look it up in a dictionary … Continue reading Word of the Day: Dezvoltare
I already wrote a guide to Romania but it is entitled the Complete Guide and I realized that sadly, there’s some information missing! Just in case you ever find yourself called by a Romanian television station to be interviewed (in Romanian!), there are a few things you need to know ahead of time. Actually, there’s only one thing you will need to know ahead of … Continue reading Just In Case
Well Realitatea called me and so I’ll be live on the national feed again this evening some time after the 7pm news break. If you’d like to see me, now’s your chance :) If you’re not near a (Romanian) TV but you’re online, the live feed can be found here. If you’re not sure what time it is in Romania, you can click here. PS … Continue reading Back to Life, Back to Realitatea
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