Oh my goodness I’ve been busy of late (I’m starting to ask myself when am I not crazy busy?) and I’ve got plenty more on my “plate” this week but I had to take a moment to write a story. It’s a story that most of you should know, at least in broad strokes. It’s about a former Communist country in eastern Europe. It’s about … Continue reading Listening to the Wind of Change
Well after yesterday‘s foray into the Wonderful Wide World of Statistics, I thought I’d head on over to Romania’s national statistics website (INS) and have a look around. A lot of times Romanians don’t believe me when I tell them how many tourists visit this country. Therefore below is a graphic taken from a bilingual 2011 report (monster PDF) on the state of tourism in … Continue reading How Many Roads Must A Man Walk Down?
After a ludicrously long day of work, I passed through Piata Unirii here in downtown Unicorn City tonight and chanced upon an anti-Basescu march of about 50 middle aged men. I had to stop as they passed by me and a young woman standing next to me (wearing some kind of comical rabbit hat) whipped out her phone and began recording it “for YouTube!” as … Continue reading Here We Are Now, Entertain Us!
Yesterday I was interviewed by a local TV station (NCN in Cluj – I’ll post the video when I have it) about me, my book and my life here. And they asked me the same question I always get asked, which is why choose Romania? I certainly understand that question. Romanians have been raised from birth that “other” countries are nice, wonderful, beautiful and worth … Continue reading Why We Come to Romania
For the last three days I have spent more time with foreigners than…. well ever, I believe. I ran into many people I’ve known for a while and met others who literally just got to Romania days ago. It’s been quite the mixed bag and all of it very, very interesting. It’s been really fascinating for me to hear the stories, whether about getting ripped … Continue reading Through a Glass, Darkly
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