From here, which is mostly a review of a Romanian movie, comes this anecdote from Lea Lane, an American who brags about being a travel writer for over 30 years. This is yet another example of the kind of thing I’m talking about when it comes to the quality of written travel guides to this country (in English). Our riverboat stops at a small Romanian … Continue reading Crappy Guides to Romania: Lea Lane
Ahhh yes, plurals, a constant and very difficult subject for people learning the Romanian language. Over the years I’ve learned a number of languages (or parts of them) and Romanian is one of the trickiest because it doesn’t follow any sort of internal rules that you can simply memorize. Furthermore, because it is an inflected language (see my post here on noun cases), this means … Continue reading Pluralizing Words in Romanian
I’ve been writing a long series on the different kinds of people you will meet here in Romania. While dogs may or may not be considered “people”, you will definitely meet some of them while you are here. As has been mentioned several times, I do live with several cats, which might make you inclined to believe I am a “cat person”, which is true. … Continue reading Hey, Hey We’re the Doggies!
Well according to the poll (so far anyway), people want to hear some more about my personal life. The thing you have to understand is that I am somewhat like Kramer from Seinfeld. I don’t look anything like him in either physical appearance or dress but I do seemingly have no visible means of financial support, I do things for larks and I always end … Continue reading The Saddest Soccer Game of All Time
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