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
Whew, still busy as heck trying to finish up a project so no time for longer articles. I did find however, the usual mix of oddness whilst trawling the wire. First off, some photos of a “Fall Party” on a Do-Gooder’s blog, which as usual (from the dozens of missionary blogs we’ve seen so far), this always turns into some recreation of Halloween. Still, the … Continue reading Pumpkins, Queen Marie, the Church, Thanksgiving and the Professor Gets His Drink On
As you (probably) know, I like to keep an eye on the wire to see what pops up. Just a few hours ago, CNN started running a piece on one of Dracula’s real castles in Romania. I assume this is “for” Halloween but it’s filed by Adam Cooper, so I wonder if he truly did come here. The article is a puff piece but there … Continue reading CNN and a PCV
I keep posting these because I know, deep down in my heart of hearts, that this is shocking reading material for most Romanians – the fact that people come here, visit here, live here and yes like it here. So without further adieu, this woman just arrived in Bucharest, apparently for a “cross-cultural book exchange”: Shopping is like…Brooklyn! No big department stores or supermarkets..just small … Continue reading Yep… even more visitors
Picked up off from the feed from here: A sixth man stood over a smoking fire, grilling lunch. When it was ready we sat down and learned how delicious a barbecue could be. We had mititei, or grilled mincemeat patties, along with iahnie, a dish of cooked, sticky beans, some rice and a tremendously harsh, warming red wine. As we ate and laughed, I realized … Continue reading Short But Sweet
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