As someone who writes about Romania in (almost entirely) English, there’s always a risk that I will be badly misunderstood. Over the last 24 hours, I’ve actually had people read my post (on The Economist) and think I was the one saying Romania was racist. If you can’t understand I was saying the complete opposite, perhaps there are other things you’re not understanding as well. … Continue reading Taietura Porcului
Since I realize not everyone reading this blog has been to Romania, or perhaps not America, or even neither, I thought I’d be kind of fun to pull back from the great, wider perspective a little and focus on the more tangible. It’s easy to talk about “Romania” as a giant , singular entity but sometimes a more personal look reveals interesting things. Nothing’s more … Continue reading Walking 1.609 Kilometers In My Shoes
Part one is here. I see today the newspaper Adevarul has a new new article for their “Living on a minimum wage salary” series. Unsurprisingly, the four boys are almost completely out of food. After literally wasting money right and left at the grocery store, they’re down to eating bread and butter, which is apparently “affecting” their studies. Ridiculous to the extreme, especially looking at … Continue reading Eating On a Budget In Romania: Part 2
I have to give credit where credit is due. The Romanian-language newspaper Adevǎrul has been running an interesting series – can 4 university students live on the legal minimum wage, which here is 461 lei (after taxes)? At today’s rate that’s 107 euros or 147 USDollars. Interesting concept but today I see the boys went grocery shopping and made some horrible choices. Still, they spent … Continue reading Eating Well in Romania On a Budget
Mercy! I have no idea where this website got their figures, but I assume they are true: The value of Romania’s fast food industry exceeds 2 billion Euros per year, whilst the total amount of cash spent to burn the junk food calories barely reaches 300 million. KFC Romania, for instance, is cashing in on 131.000 Euros per day, that is an increase of 13 … Continue reading Hai Sa Ne Ingrasam!
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