Category: Foodie
The Illusion of Choice
Well it’s Monday and about half of Romania is officially off of work for the big four-day weekend (tomorrow is May 1 in case you’re unaware and a major holiday) and the half that is “working” today will be doing it at half speed and ducking out of the office as soon as possible. But in my book it’s still Monday and time to get … Continue reading The Illusion of Choice
Looking Out My Back Door
Hey what’s this, growing just outside my back door all wild and untamed? Hmm, I wonder what I could do with this. Harvest time: 90 seconds (including play time with the cat) Monetary cost: 0 lei Prep time: 2 minutes Monetary cost: about 1.5 lei Oh and did all of these vegetables come from Romania? Why, golly gee, they certainly did. Oh snap, it’s a … Continue reading Looking Out My Back Door
1 leu 10 bani
I kept the receipt precisely so I could calculate the price. The oranges were 1.25 lei a kilo (16 US cents/lb) and the grapefruit was 5.79 lei a kilo (79 US cents/lb). Mind you, these are both imported fruits! Yeah, with these prices it’s so hard to be so “poor” in Romania! How can anyone survive? Enjoy the sunshine, folks :) Continue reading 1 leu 10 bani
A Millionaire’s Breakfast
You know, most of my life has been extremely difficult, quite often stressful and occasionally violent. I’m not the kind of person who is easily given to tender emotions but yesterday I almost burst into tears. It takes a lot to really touch me on the inside but what happened yesterday really came close. As you know, I spent last weekend with a whole crew … Continue reading A Millionaire’s Breakfast
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