février 2008

Hi Everyone, My friend Mary sent me the link that you will find on the right of this page: Queen Marie - My Country, Rumania. It's a gorgeous site and I'm thrilled to have read it. At last, I have found a text, written by a fellow compatriot, who loved it here, too - no, but reeeeeeally loved it. She made it her own, she explored and protected and cherished it to the limit. Even during two years exile she yearned to come 'home', to feel Romanian soil under her feet once more, take her horse and gallop across the sands at Mamaia,... [Lire la suite]

Dear All, Guess what? Snow is falling by the bucket load outside. This morning it was springtime, and in just one day we're catapulted back to winter again. 15cm of white powdery stuff already, apparently, but I didn't stop long enough to measure it. Rosie and I walked Lucia as far as str. Toamnei this evening and had to turn back as the wind was so strong poor little dog couldn't go any further. Sooooooo cold. Of course, I don't have to tell you that Bucharest has ground to a halt. The traffic is dreadful and the girls and I have... [Lire la suite]