Sarah in Romania

Suivre ce blog

15 août 2009

Mosha finds her feet

Wonderful story! Thank you, Daily Telegraph! Mosha the elephant gets prosthetic leg Mosha the elephant has been fitted with an prosthetic leg in Lampang, Thailand, after losing a limb when she stepped on a landmine. Mosha the elephant walks on her new...

Posté par Sarah in Romania à 20:26 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

11 août 2009

What happened to the unicorn?

From Germaine Greer (what a fabulous journalist she is) writing for the Guardian: Unicorns have fascinated artists for centuries. But we've lost sight of their true meaning Germaine Greer guardian.co.uk , Sunday 2 August 2009 22.30 BST Enigmatic … A detail...

Posté par Sarah in Romania à 03:54 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

24 juillet 2009

Olympiad Results for Roumania, 2009! Bravo!

Dear Everyone, My Nicole has been reading the results from 2008-2009 of the International Olympiads to me this evening and Roumania is brilliantly consistent! What a clever, bright bunch of kids have been born into the country of my heart! How proud we...

Posté par Sarah in Romania à 00:47 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

16 juin 2009

Violence and Prose...

I've just read an e-mail from a friend full of info and links, reminding me that this is the anniversary, nineteen years ago almost to the day, when an estimated 10,000 miners invaded Bucharest and rampaged their way through it, killing, maiming, beating...

Posté par Sarah in Romania à 18:34 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

6 juin 2009

Ion Pacepa

From the Wall Street Journal, dated 2nd June: By ION MIHAI PACEPA They say history repeats itself. If you are like me andhave lived two lives, you have a good chance of seeing there-enactment with your own eyes. The current takeover ofGeneral Motors by...

Posté par Sarah in Romania à 03:42 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

5 juin 2009

The Dark Continent: Spiegel article

Back in Paris again and this is from Spiegel On-Line...excellent (albeit uncomfortable) article, (bravo! bravo!) which brings to mind John Sacks and his 'Eye For An Eye' for its courage although the subject is not at all the same - the only parallel (apart...

Posté par Sarah in Romania à 00:07 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

1 juin 2009

Murders At The Border

Dear Everyone, Try to ignore the fact that this article is badly written - I tried to correct it but gave up in the end as I was suffering from Proof Readers Blindness (!!!). However it is written the message is clear, and the final question is indeed...

Posté par Sarah in Romania à 04:51 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

29 mai 2009

Decebalus Rex

Oh.....I'm so disappointed. I have just discovered that the head of King Decebal carved into that huge rock along the Danube near the frontier with Serbia in the beautiful region of the Banat isn't ancient after all. I had always romantically equated...

Posté par Sarah in Romania à 18:53 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

23 mai 2009

Bucharest in New York

Romanian Cafe Society Takes Manhattan By Jennifer Schuessler The New York Times Last year, the first foreign-language edition of the Book Review launched in Romania. Now, in another unexpected bit of cultural turnabout, Midtown Manhattan has gotten what...

Posté par Sarah in Romania à 17:26 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

8 avril 2009

Romania to blame again....

Ca ne va pas du tout... ...and there's a certain déjà vu is there not. This, from BBC Press below: Victoria Nissan wrote: Romania blamed over Moldova riots Moldova's president has accused neighbouring Romania of stoking the protests that erupted into...

Posté par Sarah in Romania à 23:04 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

15 mars 2009

Matilda...

It is with great sadness that I heard last night of the passing of Matilda Caragiu Maroteanu, the sister of the actor Toma Caragiu two years her senior on 11th March, aged 82. I met Matilda in November with Brigitte last year for tsuica at her home near...

Posté par Sarah in Romania à 22:26 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

9 mars 2009

Mucenici!

(Photo: Sarah In Romania) Another festival for the month of March - how I love the spring in Romania. As if we aren't spoilt enough by an improvement in the weather, there are so many festivals too, each bringing wonderful stories and colourful heart-warming...

Posté par Sarah in Romania à 23:18 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

1 vote

28 février 2009

Happy Martisor!

HAPPY MARTISOR!!! May Spring bring you good health, love, luck, joy and all the most wonderful things life can offer! How I miss being there for Martisor. It's such a lovely festival. I have received some gorgeouis martisoare through the post here in...

Posté par Sarah in Romania à 21:07 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

9 septembre 2008

The 'Carte de Munca'

Dear Everyone, For those of you outside Roumania, you'll be wondering what a 'carte de munca' is. Well, it's a little booklet issued by the Department of Employment (I suppose) where everything pertaining to your professional life is noted: employer,...

Posté par Sarah in Romania à 22:23 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

5 septembre 2008

Cornel Todea - The Story of a Snitch... latest article from Observator Cultural, 4th September

Dear Everyone Below another article on Cornel Todea, the Securitate informer, this time in Observator Cultural dated 4th September. Again, though less flagrant this time, we are invited to feel sorry for him. After all, he was one of many. Was what he...

Posté par Sarah in Romania à 18:15 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

4 septembre 2008

Update: Sebes, Alba Iulia, Sighet and Brasov...

Dear Everyone, Yes, I know I said I'd stay up to date because Aylin had her laptop, but there was neither time nor energy, so for all those who sent me e-mails complaining, I apologise. It's been a marvellous, energetic and rather tiring week. Feels more...

Posté par Sarah in Romania à 15:38 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

26 août 2008

PS - Iasi, Palace of Culture

Dear Everybody, I stand corrected...the Palace of Culture in Iasi isn't closed for just a season due to renovation. It's closed for three whole years, dammit!!! Total idiocy. I'm lost for words (makes a change)... So, if you're going to Iasi, don't bother...

Posté par Sarah in Romania à 22:19 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

25 août 2008

Iasi

Dear Everybody, Sorry this is late, but what with that Toad article, I rather lost my rhythm... Back from Iasi in Moldavia now for a full day and I'm glad to be back in my Bucharest once again. I really do love this city. It's home, it's where I belong....

Posté par Sarah in Romania à 02:55 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

24 août 2008

Todea

In relation to article below: Oh, what a pile of absolute piffle! And as DaniK says in her comments on Ziua (amongst other things), what possessed the journalist to choose THAT particular photo - so relaxed, so self assured, and if that's a sorry face,...

Posté par Sarah in Romania à 17:19 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

20 août 2008

At last, another newspaper reports on Todea...

Imi cer iertare fata de cei pe care i-am turnat Ziua, 20/08/2008 -- E regizor, director al Teatrului "Ion Creanga" din Bucuresti si fost vicepresedinte al Uniunii Teatrale din Romania. Are "origini burgheze" si timp de 60 de ani si-a ascuns legatura cu...

Posté par Sarah in Romania à 08:25 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

<< < 10 20 21 22 23 24 25 > >>