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New York Times, Cluj Photos, an idiotic Australian and Mormons Carving Pumpkins

Wow, interesting little grab bag for today. First off, probably the creepiest blog I’ve ever seen, this one from a Mormon missionary. This one is about “celebrating Halloween” in Romania and I have to again ask – WTF? This is not even close to being a Romanian tradition. Nor, did I think, was it a religious holiday. I thought (devout) Christians didn’t get into all … Continue reading New York Times, Cluj Photos, an idiotic Australian and Mormons Carving Pumpkins

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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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crappy guides to Romania, Romanian language

Following the 37 Steps :P

Oh my word, I just found this old post that was printed in the (UK) Telegraph newspaper, which made me smile. I have to give this lady respect for her honesty, that’s for sure. A few choice quotes: As my third anniversary in Bucharest passed, I realised I was becoming that person I had previously derided: the expat who has spent years in a country … Continue reading Following the 37 Steps :P

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crappy guides to Romania, Holiday Road

The Cartier

As you remember from previous posts of mine, in Romania all inhabited places are divided into cities (orase), towns (comune) and villages (sate). Although most Romanian “cities” are extremely small, they all usually have a significant geographic feature, a series of internal divisions, each one called a cartier (car-tea-AIR) or a “neighborhood”. All Romanians who live in a city will know exactly where these neighborhoods … Continue reading The Cartier

Unknown's avatarSam Cel Roman2 Comments
crappy guides to Romania, Foodie, People in Romania, Transportation

Dangers in Romania

Over the years, I’ve been surprised at both the dangers that visitors falsely believe are all around them as well as the ones they completely ignore, therefore I thought it was about time to set the record straight, so to speak. Therefore let me say this before anything else: Romania is an incredibly safe place. Really and truly. Outside of the Peace Museum in Sweden, … Continue reading Dangers in Romania

Unknown's avatarSam Cel Roman19 Comments