Merry Christmas!
Happy Holidays! And if you don’t celebrate Christmas, enjoy your 3-day weekend :) Continue reading Merry Christmas!
Category: Holiday Road
Moldovan Christmas, Part 2
Word Count: 981 As I promised in my post The Land of Perfect Christmas, I would report back to you about the festivities here on Orthodox Christmas, January 7. I was actually surprised by just how low-key the entire thing was, even though about 99% of Moldovans celebrate Orthodox Christmas in one way or another. Mostly it just seemed like a day off from work … Continue reading Moldovan Christmas, Part 2
The Curious Case of the 100 Thousand
I was feeling pretty good the other day after writing my post about the December 1 festivities when someone pointed out to me that maybe I had my history wrong. I portrayed the 1918 declaration as a heroically brave but mostly symbolic gesture by just a few people but the history books say that over 100 thousand people were gathered in Alba Iulia that day. … Continue reading The Curious Case of the 100 Thousand
La Multi Ani!
Well today is December 1, Romania’s National Day and one of the country’s biggest holidays. I currently am exiled from Romania and so it was a little bittersweet to watch everything on TV, seeing Traian Basescu stolidly enduring the snow one last final time before he steps off the political stage and leaves Romania’s future in the hands of younger men (and a few women). … Continue reading La Multi Ani!
Games Without Frontiers
Well today is December 1, officially the “national day” of Romania and so I hereby give my official shout out to my adopted home country and wish everyone a lovely day of rest and celebration. I am reminded however of something that happened seven or eight years ago. I was in a van (minibus) heading to Budapest when our vehicle crawled to a stop at … Continue reading Games Without Frontiers
All Things Romania 