Although I’ve written about politeness and being on the receiving end of unexpected rude behavior, I thought I’d correlate all of this together in a more concise way. Over all the years I’ve lived here in Romania, traveling everywhere from Bucharest to living in a remote mountain village, I’ve been treated incredibly well. Yet often I hear many stories of visitors who come here and … Continue reading Rudeness
Although I have unabashedly written many times about tuica, it’s time to dedicate a whole post to it. I grew up in cities and to me, alcohol was something other people made in some far-off place and then bottled it and shipped it to a store for me to buy. How alcohol was made was a mysterious enigma. In Romania, however, making your own alcohol … Continue reading Tuica, Palinca and Horinca
A few years ago, the government re-arranged telephone numbers in this country to make them a lot simpler to use. Nonetheless, it can sometimes be confusing. To understand, let’s look at a real telephone number, that of the mayor of Cluj, the city where I live: +40 264.592.301 To begin with, the +40 is Romania’s country code, so this phone number has been written in … Continue reading Let’s Talk About Telephones
From here: Thanks so much, you live in an amazing & vibrant city. It’s been awesome and the people have been very kind to us. Cheers! Suck on it, haters ;) Continue reading Another Satisfied Visitor
The sun is steadily fading over the horizon and nightfall is descending. Yet you aren’t tired, in fact, the opposite. You feel a nervous rhythm in your blood and a strange excitement. You want to go out! But what is there to do in Romania? Well my friend, if “going out” at night to public places, especially ones with loud music and lots of alcoholic … Continue reading Nightlife in Romania
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