I’ve been wanting to break down this song for a long time – it’s full of hilarious Gypsy slang and is a funny, silly song by Nicolae Guta. It has ALL the classic elements of a good Guta video: showing off money (wife slipping Euros in her pocket), total over the top brazenness (putting a radar detector on his horse’s muzzle), gypsies dancing and having … Continue reading Deconstructing Manele – Nu-i Carutza Ca Mertanu
As I mentioned in my post about how I learned to speak Romanian, there exists something in this country which I call the Righteous Scolding, known in some parts as the Scolding of Righteousness. I got to bust out a good Scolding of Righteousness yesterday and I’m about to pitch a big one on Monday so I thought I’d go into it in more depth … Continue reading The Scolding of Righteousness
Time to talk about good old slanina. Yep. If you travel to Eastern Europe, sooner or later you’re going to run into it so time to learn about it NOW. As I mentioned in my earlier post on drinking, the very first day I was in Romania, I spent a few hours in the home of a Romanian couple who didn’t speak English. They poured … Continue reading Romanian Food – Slanina
To tell you this story, I’ve got to first tell you a story about Spain. To begin with, Spain is a really wonderful country. The weather is gorgeous, the sun shines in a very special and heart-gladdening way, the food is delicious, the music is enchanting and the people are kind. I’ve met many, many, many people throughout my life who have been to Spain … Continue reading Break on through
One day you might find yourself tooling around southern Transylvania in your fine motor car, just enjoying the fresh air and suddenly come around a bend in the road and enter the town of Sibiu and you’re going to think, “Mein gott in himmel, have I just arrived in Germany or what?”. Yes, pretty much you have! One of the surprising populations inside Romania is … Continue reading Hey, Hey We’re the Germans!
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