Back during the summer, I unwittingly was called onto a stage and thrust directly into the action. It was my very first appearance on the Romanian theater. One of the lines I had to repeat twice included a word I did not know at the time. Later I asked about it and added it to my vocabulary. The other day while standing in an alley, … Continue reading Word of the Day: Hal
Jeez, martorii lui Iehova organizeaza ambuscade. Merg normal pe strada iar cand esti langa ei scot brosura din buzunar. -_- — Diana (@new_daianara) November 24, 2010 Further proof of why they continue to be rated Romania’s Most Tenacious Missionaries. Yes! Translation: Jehovah’s Witnesses are masters of the ambush. First they walk right next to you normally on the street then they whip out the literature … Continue reading Now You Know Why I Wear The Crown
Oh my word, I clicked on this link on an impulse – flipping hilarious! It’s a short, 3 minute podcast from an Australian woman who spent some time in rural Romania. First off, it’s hilarious that somehow she gets stuck with neither a translator or a dictionary to even learn how to say hai ma, am zis ca nu beau cafea so these poor Romanians … Continue reading Romanians Get An Aussie Girl Addicted to Coffee
I have to give credit where credit is due. The Romanian-language newspaper Adevǎrul has been running an interesting series – can 4 university students live on the legal minimum wage, which here is 461 lei (after taxes)? At today’s rate that’s 107 euros or 147 USDollars. Interesting concept but today I see the boys went grocery shopping and made some horrible choices. Still, they spent … Continue reading Eating Well in Romania On a Budget
Let’s dip our toes in the pool and see what we come up with, eh? :D First off, turns out if you’re interesting in caves, caving and cave exploration, this is your guy. With Romania being such a mountainous and hilly country, there are caves all OVER the place, some of them quite amazing. Yet another missionary has crossed over the border, this one going … Continue reading Early Christmas, Caves, Timisoara, Hungry, Homesick and a Peck of Missionaries
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