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7 avril 2008

Weekend in Sibiu

Dear Everyone, I've just come back from the most wonderful long weekend in Sibiu with Flori and her Gaby, staying with her Uncle Ilie and her parents repectively. Such kindness and generosity goes straight to the heart and this evening I'm feeling introspective,...

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25 février 2008

Queen Marie of Rumania

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...

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12 juin 2008

Marin Sorescu and Shakespeare

Whilst in Dalles yesterday, which professes a wonderful second-hand bookshop, I stumbled upon a book of his poetry deliciously translated by various translators. Suffice to say that it's in Romanian, English and Italian, and I'm so thrilled to have found...

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20 juillet 2008

Virgil Ierunca

Virgil Ierunca (1920-2006) was a Roumanian philosopher, poet and literary critic, who also wrote under the pseudonym Virgil Untaru. He was utterly opposed to the communist regime under Gheorghe-Dej who came into power after the second world war. His works...

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4 mai 2008

Womens voices of Roumania

Dear Everyone, Below, some incredible extracts taken from a beautifully written book, "Blouse Roumaine" (inspired by a Matisse painting) by Constantin Roman. It is a tribute to the voices of Romanian women, both heard and unheard. You can find the link...

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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...

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19 juin 2008

Rarararararaaaaaa!!!

Dear Everybody This is just to let you know that part by miracle, part by Gaby's degree in Public Relations and Communications Science, and part by good old Roumanian customer service that albeit didn't exist at Altex ... I have airconditioning both delivered...

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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....

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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...

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29 juillet 2010

800,000 euros and another demand for a handout

Ridiculous...not happy with spending a fortune on 3D roadsigns, now this. 800,000 euros...and Basescu wants another IMF handout. What does he consider the IMF to be? Mos Craciun, perhaps? A bottomless piggy-bank? A money tree? The Ready-Cash Fairy? This...

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15 septembre 2009

Nicu

And so, Nicu has finally closed his eyes for the last time. He died at 16h45 this afternoon following cardiac arrest, with Mandita at his bedside, just as she has always been since he was admitted to hospital four months ago. Roumania has lost many artists...

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4 septembre 2010

'Parfumeria' by Silvia Kerim

Floating around on FaceBook this morning in my usual quest for news of friends, trying not to miss a thing (!!), I found a message on my wall from my friend, Mihaela. It was the most wonderful message, for it jolted me from a reverie of complacency and...

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2 octobre 2010

Dracula, the true story...

Count Dracula has been undead for a hundred and thirteen years. He is a legend mixed with reality, superstition and fearful fantasies for nobody else in all of history impaled as many victims as Vlad Tepes... Bram Stoker was studying medicine, ethnology...

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21 janvier 2011

A final goodbye to Cristi Paturca: prophesy or anthem?

And so Cristi Paturca was laid to rest today not at all as he had planned, but nevertheless, the final goodbyes have now been said, en masse, and wonderfully captured for posterity HERE by TVR. The crowds speak for themselves and even the priest sings...

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21 février 2011

Shocking news - the possible future destruction of Bucharest: URGENT INFO

(Photo: Aurelien Geldof) This evening, I received a very disturbing e-mail forwarding information re: future plans of the North-South Road to further tear through Bucharest. It concerns the zone of Pta Romana - Dacia - Cal. Victoriei - Polona - M. Eminescu...

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29 mai 2011

English version: "Casa Spiru Haret - a national shame" by Silvia Colfescu

(Photo source) The below article is the latest post from Silvia Colfescu's blog Istorioare Bucurestene, 'Casa Spiru Haret - o rusine nationala' - indeed, it IS a national shame, particularly when you consider it is on the list of protected patrimonial...

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15 octobre 2011

Classical v Modern manele, muzica lautareasca, populara, folk and...still not entirely clear!

(Image source) After having read an article from Romania Libera (dated March 2011) this morning announcing the introduction of manele classes at Conservatorul din Bucuresti, I was stunned. I had visions of Florin Salam, today's most popular manelist and...

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27 février 2012

"Ekh! Rumania, Rumania, Rumania … Geven amol a land a zise, a sheyne."

(Photo source) "Aaaaah, Rumania, Rumania, Rumania, Rumaaaaaaaaaaania!!!" As I worked this morning, the Barry Sisters (Claire and Merna Barry - originally Clara and Minnie Bagelman, born in the Bronx in a Yiddish-speaking home) came on the radio with their...

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3 mars 2012

Cine este Nicusor Dan?

Many thanks to Mihaela Mihaila for this translation into Romanian from the original article posted HERE dating from 1st December, 2011. Today, with the news of the attempted demolition of Hala Matache (see post below HERE), Nicusor Dan is no longer a...

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25 novembre 2011

"Is University producing citizens or idiots?" Protest at the Faculty of History

28th November The symbolic 100h will come to an end, I'm told, at around 22h tonight. The manifesto will be given to the press along with demands made and suggested solutions THIS EVENING at 22h - symbolically at the end of the 100h. Alexandru says, "...

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16 mai 2012

The truth about Lyme Disease: important facts and info - PLEASE SHARE

(Image source) The recent news concerning actor Serban Ionescu who contracted Lyme disease after a tick bite last summer, Romanian medics' questionable understanding regarding the disease and the misguiding and sometimes completely inaccurate articles...

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16 mai 2012

Has sufferance been used as marketing strategy?

(Please click on source HERE) Just this evening, I noticed a message on Facebook that was doing the rounds, complete with photograph of the actor Serban Ionescu, today very seriously ill from Lyme disease. A little background for those who do not know...

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25 mai 2012

Diagnostic error for Serban Ionescu? Perplexing news...

(Image source) It has just emerged that the Lyme disease diagnosis given to the much-loved actor, Serban Ionescu, may have been erroneous. Mr Ionescu was diagnosed three weeks ago, after having presented with debilitating symptoms, perhaps following a...

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22 juillet 2012

Rhapsodies, ballads, horas, tarantellas - and seeing Romania as God intended

There are few things more soothing than shutting one's eyes and drifting off, bewitched by the spells of Enescu, Dimitrescu, Porumbescu and Negrea, to the swirling mist-enveloped mountain peaks, endlessly rolling hills, babbling brooks, joyous waterfalls,...

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31 août 2012

Mogosoaia with an exceptional guide :o)

For this post, I am handing you over to my own marvellous personal guide, Silvia Colfescu, with whom I visited Mogosoaia on Tuesday. I have been there many times and thought I knew it well, but of course, I did not. With her anecdotes, stories and tales...

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