One of the strange and serendipitous things about my life is how it’s been linked to the Roman Emperor Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus, known in English as “Trajan”, Spanish as “Trajano”, Italian as “Traiano” and Romanian as “Traian”. Years ago I went to see Trajan’s Column, created specifically to commemorate “his” victory over the Dacians, one of the most famous landmarks in Rome today. Later … Continue reading The Statue
This morning I had the pleasure to speak at yet another high school, this time to a group of all Hungarian kids here in Unicorn City (Koloszvar in their language) and it made me truly appreciate the story of the blind men and the elephant. The original story came from India but you can read a Romanian version with a Christian interpretation aici. Over the … Continue reading The Blind Men and The Elephant
Well as you most assuredly know, there was a championship game of soccer (football) played last night in Bucharest between one team from Spain and another team from the Basque part of Spain. Tens of thousands of fans from the motherland were in Romania for a few days and it seems like a good time was had by all. I don’t care much for sports … Continue reading Muy Bueno Es Bucaresto
Well folks, as much as I hate to say it, I’m getting desperately close to a flameout. Lately I’ve been making mistakes at my (paid) work and I’ve got a stack of things to do that just aren’t getting done. I’ve got half a dozen articles plotted for the blog plus at least 4 more episodes for the “Romanians on American TV” cued up, more … Continue reading Flameout
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