My cat Mr. Zig (shown here on a sunnier day – lately it’s been raining “cats and dogs”, excuse the expression) will serve as a placeholder for the moment as I begin tinkering around with a few things here on the site. More details to come shortly (I promise) but the short version is that soon there will be a lot more activity on the … Continue reading Sunnier Daze
Yesterday was a bit of a banner day here in Unicorn City as a delegation from Rotherham, England (an official “sister city” of Cluj) as well as the prosaic British Ambassador to Romania, Martin Harris (who both has his own blog as well as an active presence on Twitter) were on hand to dedicate a British style call box (US: telephone booth) and thank many … Continue reading On Her Majesty’s Public Service
Anyone living here for any amount of time knows that Romania is a comedy of errors, where even the most routine things get cocked up (as British people say). A case in point is a screencap I took of the welcome message of the official website of the Romanian embassy in Britain: Seriously, you’d think someone, somewhere would notify the Right Honorable “Doctor” Ion Jinga, … Continue reading More Gooder Relations with the English
Whew mercy, well I’ve just returned from the longest road trip of my entire life here in Romania, and that’s saying something ;) We left Unicorn City (Cluj-Napoca) on Monday evening, passed through Bucharest, shot up to Galati, spent part of the day there and then crossed through Braila and Constanta to get to the famous Vama Veche on the evening of April 30. The … Continue reading Mircea Geoana for President
Well folks, if you can understand a little Romanian, you get a treat today. Below is a short film I had intended to submit to the TIFF Local Competition this year but I was on an extremely lengthy road trip (story to come shortly) and returned back to Cluj too late to get it in on time. Nonetheless, I decided to upload it to YouTube … Continue reading TIFF Local Competition 2013
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