Author: Sam Cel Roman

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a blogger's view of Romania, Gypsies

Mici, Photos, a Swede, A Trip to the Hospital and Painting Gypsy Fingernails

Goodness! It seems like people keep writing about Romania and Romanian things! First off we have an American (in USA) who has never been to Romania but decided to cook an entirely Romanian meal, including mici. I will say that it seems the mici came out more or less okay. As for what “mushrooms on toast” or the apple dessert have to do with being … Continue reading Mici, Photos, a Swede, A Trip to the Hospital and Painting Gypsy Fingernails

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Romanian language

In The Room The Women Come And Go (Not Talking Romanian Though)

Gosh, for some reason, recently I was talking about why I blog, especially about all this tedious Romanian stuff (like grammar), since it clearly isn’t for monetary reward. Mostly it’s just a real fun kind of thing for me and I do it just because I enjoy it, I guess. Well that got me thinking so this morning I fiddled around Google for a while, … Continue reading In The Room The Women Come And Go (Not Talking Romanian Though)

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a blogger's view of Romania, crappy guides to Romania, Transportation

Visitor Amazingly Survives CFR (Actually MÁV) Ride

Although this post was actually written in August, I just found it. Apparently it’s the report of an American who “amazingly survived” a ride on Romanian MÁV Hungarian state railways, which were nothing like the real old days on CFR but still scared the pants off this traveler. Something wasn’t right…this didn’t look anything like the photos I viewed online. This train looked more like … Continue reading Visitor Amazingly Survives CFR (Actually MÁV) Ride

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