Awww, isn’t that sweet? The American embassy in Moldova hung a little corny sign written in Comic Sans font to say how much they “love” Moldova. In fact, they love Moldova so much that they’re sending in the military: Seventeen generals and admirals and one civilian member of the senior executive service from the Department of Defense are visiting Chisinau from 12 to 16 Feb … Continue reading USA + RM = BFF 4EVR!!!
Want to feel better about yourself? There’s a simple solution – spend a ton of money treating yourself to a charity vacation in Romania: The team was assigned a family that we would primarily be doing our work for. Our family (not that I can remember the name of this family, they were Romania, it was a hard name) consisted of 3 children and the … Continue reading Didn’t Even Bother to Learn Their Names
When it comes to Romania, trips to the countryside are do-it-yourself ventures. How much fun you have depends on how willing you are to forego convenience in exchange for some shockingly wild experiences. For example, there’s Geamăna: once a sleepy little mountain town, it now resides deep beneath a slurry of toxic mine drainage thanks to communist-era vicissitudes. Today, only the church remains above the noxious sludge, as it was the highest … Continue reading Do-It-Yourself Romania: Geamăna’s Sunken Church
I was trolling through Ukrainian media this morning when I found this. It’s a rather bland news report similar to this one in English: President Klaus Iohannis met on Saturday with his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko on the sidelines of the International Munich Security Conference, reiterating on the occasion the support for Ukraine’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, and stressing the importance of the full … Continue reading A Secret Deal for Ukrainians to Enter Romania
“- Din Basarabia vă scriu, Dulci frați de dincolo de Prut”, Șopti un moldovean cu-n glas acriu, Destăinuindu-i cerului ce l-a durut. Dovedind, într-un sfârșit, priporul, Se așezase pe un pisc de stâncă, Și-n bezna aceea-l apucase dorul Domolindu-se cu o mâhnire adâncă. “- Unde mi-s frații? De ce ei au uitat de mine?”, Se întreba el cu o voce cavernoasă, “- Eu … Continue reading Frăția românească
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