After 50 years of insanity, last year the United States finally normalized relations with Cuba. One of the benefits of this is that American citizens can now freely travel to the island nation. According to Cuban state media (in Spanish), famous Romanian ex-gymnast Nadia Comaneci arrived in Havana yesterday. My translation: During her visit to Cuba, Nadia Comaneci was scheduled to meet with students from … Continue reading Comaneci in Cuba
According to this Spanish-language article, Romanians are now the biggest foreign population in 12 out of the city’s 21 districts. Here’s the breakdown of the biggest foreign resident population by district: Center – Italian Arganzuela – Chinese Retiro – Romanian Salamanca – Italian Chamartin – Paraguayan Tetuan – Filipino Chamberi – Italian Fuencarral-Pardo – Romanian Moncloa-Aravaca – Romanian Latina – Romanian Carabanchel – Romanian Usera … Continue reading Romanians Biggest Foreign Population in Madrid
All the grand poobahs of the film world continue to heap praise on the film Aferim: It’s post-medieval (early 1800s, actually) Wallachia, and the two chatty riders we meet are mercenary “constables” traversing a peasant landscape of plague, frontier justice, and gypsy slaves. Haven’t seen it myself but honestly, it sounds terrible. In the past 10 years I’ve seen only one kind of Romanian film … Continue reading Romania’s Best High Plains Comedy
Following up on my post A Refreshing Drink of Sweet Water Juice, I thought I’d explore some other common words in the Romanian language which have a number of common variants. When I first moved to Cluj-Napoca and I’d go to the grocery store, the clerk would ask me if I wanted a punga. This is probably the most universal word in Romanian for “bag”, … Continue reading The Net Bag Mini Sack Pack
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