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A few of my all-time favorite posts that I've written, Uncategorized

Die Stadt Bukarest ist von meinen Truppen besetzt

In working on my iPad book (which had some technical errors and needed to be re-submitted – should be ready soon!), I was reminded of the curious fact that Iaşi was the capital of all of Romania from 1916-1918. That’s an interesting piece of trivia but quite frankly I never knew why the government left Bucharest for two years and moved en masse to Iaşi. … Continue reading Die Stadt Bukarest ist von meinen Truppen besetzt

Unknown's avatarSam Cel Roman36 Comments
Holiday Road

Romania’s National Day – December 1

Well today is December 1, Romania’s big national holiday where this country celebrates its (brief) union in 1918 – not even 100 years ago! Woke up shocked to see the main Google page had the logo above. Actually today is a little bittersweet. In 1918, the union all of the various Romanian-speaking lands, which is what this day commemorates, did not last long. Today all … Continue reading Romania’s National Day – December 1

Unknown's avatarSam Cel Roman11 Comments