Today I was idly browsing through what has to be my all-time favorite gossip rag, Stiri De Cluj (Cluj News), where every minor occurrence is a scandalous, breathtaking event, when I came across this fine, fine piece of journalism, wherein an anonymous spokesperson of the Youth Wing of the PNL party lashes out at the Lord of Cluj, Sorin Apostu: Sorin Apostu, in loc sa … Continue reading Word of the Day: Iobag
Coming directly from the Hungarian (and pronounced virtually the same), the word musai (moo-sigh) in Romanian is identical in meaning with the Latin-based word neapărat. Because of its Hungarian origins, musai is generally only used in certain parts of the country, especially the parts with a greater Hungarian influence. Neapărat! AND NOW YOU KNOW! Continue reading Word of the Day: Musai
This is the picture of the WW-2 era field phone that I mentioned in this article. This field phone was inside the older telecabina in Busteni and still works (powered by a hand crank). It’s used by the lift attendant to communicate with the base stations. . I tried to take several photos to get a clearer picture of the instructions but this one was … Continue reading Poza Zilei: Atentie – Dusmanul Asculta
Well if you’ve been reading my blog for a very long time, you might remember that I discovered there was a Romanian actor appearing in first season of the popular American TV series “Breaking Bad”. Due to the way this show is filmed, minor characters return after extended absences, and both episode 2 and 3 of season four (the current one) feature “Bogdan” once again, … Continue reading “Bogdin” Returns to Breaking Bad
This is the photo I took while waiting in line for the telecabina to descend back to Busteni, which you can read more about here. It took us half an hour to move 5 meters. Continue reading Poza Zilei: The Busteni Death March
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