Well I fully admit I’m a a loquacious bastard (just imagine the academic papers I used to write for money!) However, if you like reading about Romania in English in a much shorter and more enjoyable fashion, I cannot recommend enough reading my buddy’s blog “Expat in Romania”, especially his recent post A Country’s Search for Meaning: Is it really fair to compare Romania and … Continue reading The Crash of the Shenandoah
As usual, during the day I had the sound off but was keeping my ever vigilant eye attuned to the the various TV news channels when I espied this: Greenpeace activists stormed Romania’s environment ministry on Tuesday, chaining themselves to radiators in the minister’s office in an attempt to stop approval for Europe’s biggest open-cast gold mine in a small Carpathian town. This story (and … Continue reading While Romanians Talk, Greenpeace Actually Does Something
All hail the great Alliance! —Zoe When things start to fall apart, people (and countries) start turning on one another. I knew something like this was bound to happen sooner or later: Spain Gets Approval to Keep Romanians Out BRUSSELS — In the latest challenge to the European Union’s drive toward closer integration, Spain won approval Thursday to keep Romanians from seeking work there, arguing … Continue reading A Hungarian Gives Spain Permission to Restrict Romanians
Found a lovely new blog from an American here in Romania who is really enjoying her time here. Probably my favorite quote from her curiously-written last post: You will realize that, as of now, this blending in will be both to your advantage and terribly problematic. It helps because everyone speaks to you in Romanian because they think you are and therefore assume you understand. … Continue reading Kibbles and Bits: March 8, 2011
Got a lot of little short pieces today instead of one long one: The other day I went down to visit a local publisher (Rom: editura) here in Cluj. Knocked on the door, went inside. Nobody was there. Door was open and it was during business hours but nobody was around. There was a sign on the door so I knew I was at the … Continue reading Odds and Ends – January 26, 2011
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