Time to address the “elephant in the room” otherwise known as drinking in Romania. Also time to explain my “user name” which is drunk police (you knew that, right? YAY) as it all fits in together. First, we begin with one of my very own patented TRUE STORIES FROM THE ROMANIAN FRONTIER™, to wit: Literally my first day ever on Romanian soil, I was met … Continue reading Drinking in Romania
I was riding my exercise bicycle, watching a new (to me) show called Breaking Bad. It’s an American TV show about a lot of arguing and yelling and tragic faces and whatnot. (Ok actually it’s a little more complicated than that – LOL) But I almost fell off of my bike because a minor character that appears only in the first (pilot) episode was “Bogdan”, … Continue reading Romanians in TV/Film – Breaking Bad
Even though both Russia and Romania begin with an “R” and were both at one time Communist nations, there’s actually nothing very Russian about Romania at all – despite what total fucking idiots continue to think. Yes, it’s true that at one time Russian was a language studied in high school. But the same is true that in America people used to study Latin. Have … Continue reading Hey, hey we’re the Lipoveni!
Sadly, it’s increasingly rare to see Adi de Vito on Romanian TV these days but at one time he was the universally acclaimed Emperor of Romania. His real name on his passport is Adrian Simionescu, which is a fine and earthy name, but being the showbiz whiz he is (and what a showbiz whiz he is!) he decided early in his career to go by … Continue reading Adrian Minune – The (ex) Emperor of Romania
I used to tell people I lived in Cluj and they’d be like, “Huh?” Then I’d tell them it was in Romania and they’d scratch their head with their mouths hanging open. Then I’d say, “It’s in Transylvania” and they’d grin and slap me high-fives and go, “Sweet, vampires.” LOL Well first of all, to dispel all rumors to the contrary, I’ve been living in … Continue reading Vlad Tepes, Dracula and Vampires
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