Real grab bag here today, folks. First, a personal blog from a Do-Gooder missionary, writing in English but apparently Swedish, living somewhere in Bihor. Since I never went to school here as a young child, this post is interesting because it talks about the first day of school in Romania: The first day of school here is kind of a confusing mess, to be honest. … Continue reading 2 Do-Gooders, Facebook and Bags of Socks
Just a little blog бизнес here. I’ve created a new Twitter account to separate my “personal” stuff from the “let’s promote Romania in general” stuff. The new account can be found here and is open to one and all. The old account exists of course and, for those of you who are fans, will remain more or less unchanged :P All of this information (and … Continue reading Blog Bidness
As you (probably) know, I like to keep an eye on the wire to see what pops up. Just a few hours ago, CNN started running a piece on one of Dracula’s real castles in Romania. I assume this is “for” Halloween but it’s filed by Adam Cooper, so I wonder if he truly did come here. The article is a puff piece but there … Continue reading CNN and a PCV
Picked up off from the feed from here: A sixth man stood over a smoking fire, grilling lunch. When it was ready we sat down and learned how delicious a barbecue could be. We had mititei, or grilled mincemeat patties, along with iahnie, a dish of cooked, sticky beans, some rice and a tremendously harsh, warming red wine. As we ate and laughed, I realized … Continue reading Short But Sweet
Over the past month or so, the entire nation of Romania got punked by a candy bar. Yes it’s true. The candy bar is a domestically made product, a little thing called ROM and usually sold for about 1 leu, so cheap and affordable. It was also one of the few candies made in Communist times (since 1964) and it still continues today so a … Continue reading How Romania Got Punk’d By A Chocolate Bar
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