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Sarah in Romania
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20 décembre 2009

The archeologist of the dead

An excellent article and film from France 24's reporters. Please click on the film link and go see it. It lasts 17 minutes. Marius Oprea, historian and archeologist of the dead, is a brave and wonderful man trying to prove beyond the shadow of any doubt...
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9 décembre 2009

Save Plural - relaunched!

The fate of Plural magazine is still under the axe and awaiting a conclusion. Just in case any of you still haven't written to support its survival, you can still do so addressing your mails to icr@icr.ro and for the attention of Horia Roman Patapievici,...
9 décembre 2009

Article from WSJ

Recession Bad, Communism Worse in Romania It appears that economic liberalism won a squeaker against the heirs to Nicolae Ceausescu's communists By the narrowest of margins Sunday, Romania seems to have returned incumbent President Traian Basescu to office....
6 décembre 2009

Herta on Goethe

Dear Everyone, Here's an excellent article on Herta Muller found on the Goethe Institute site. For fifteen years Ceausescu’s henchmen and their successors “made me the object of a manhunt”, Müller wrote in 2003 in her volume of essays entitled Der König...
4 décembre 2009

Keep Plural Magazine Alive! Sign This

Dear Everyone, Please, please PLEEEEEEEEEEEEASE help keep Plural Magazine alive. I couldn't bear it if it died. It is one of the only magazines in the English language for the expat and anglophone community living in Roumania (and available online for...
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2 décembre 2009

so sad...

Dear Everyone, I would like to share a story with you I have just heard that has stunned me into gobsmacked mode. Two old school friends, both aged early seventies and living in Bucharest decided to meet for lunch as they often do. One, whom we shall...
4 novembre 2009

More on Herta Muller

The Passport and Nadirs by Herta Müller The Nobel prizewinner has yet to convince Tibor Fischer of her artistry Tibor Fischer The Guardian , Saturday 24 October 2009 The Passport by Herta Müller , translated by Martin Chalmers 99pp, Serpent's Tail, £7.99...
11 octobre 2009

Légion d'honneur for Doina Cornea

More great news! Why could Roumania not award Doina Cornea a prestigious prize of their own. What is the highest honour one can bestow on a Roumanian citizen? The cross of the Royal House? How long has that existed and who else has won it? This is somewhat...
4 octobre 2009

Bucharest saved...at least for now

Please, please go and see this blog and read the following: It is wonderful, wonderful, wooooonderful that voices can be heard, that there are people who really do care about the future of Bucharest, its scars and its tears. A demonstration (pretty violent)...
25 septembre 2009

Is E. Europe being dumped?

From the New York Times: Letter from Europe Obama Ends a 'Special Relationship' By JUDY DEMPSEY Published: September 16, 2009 BERLIN — It is easy to miss the turnoff to Redzikowo, a tiny Polish settlement not far from the Baltic coast city of Slupsk....
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...
13 juin 2008

La revedere!

Dear Everyone, Rosie and I are off to Brasov for the weekend. Very impatient to see Lidia and Marian - it's been seven weeks since we were last together so there's a lot of catching up to do. The coolness of the mountains isn't far away. Here in Bucharest,...
27 mars 2008

Hope

Why Bucharest for the 2008 Nato Summit??? I just hope it will bring something profitable to this, the dear country of my heart. Interviewing for placement testing at BC today, I asked every potential student what they thought about the forthcoming event....
12 mars 2008

Sleepless in Bucharest

Just spent a completely sleepless night. D'you know why? Coz I realised that 3 days ago, I've been here 7 months. That means I have only 6 months to go. That means that the time I have left is less than the time I've actually been here. That means I'm...
15 février 2008

Snow again!

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....
24 janvier 2008

A Dacian's Prayer by Eminescu

A little culture for you - one of Eminescu's glorious poems translated beautifully, at last, into English - Bravo, Dle. Popescu! A DACIAN'S PRAYER -Eminescu- When death did not exist, nor yet eternity, Before the seed of life had first set living free,...
26 décembre 2010

Merry Christmas 2010 and a very Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas 2010 and a very Happy New Year!
A very happy Christmas, one and all, and may the new year bring you good health, love, success and days filled with happiness. With love,Sarah
1 décembre 2010

92 years - Happy Birthday, Roumania!!!

92 years - Happy Birthday, Roumania!!!
La multi ani, Romania!
5 décembre 2010

Ninge la Brasov!

Ninge la Brasov!
ZAPADA de Tudor Arghezi Fulg limpede si pur,Te-astept sa te scobori,Petala de pe floriSadite în azur. Azurul se încheagaSa faca iernii salba.E-o truda-n bolta-ntreagaSa-ti faca finta alba. Dar ajungînd la noi,Cu steaua si cu luna,Tu treci întotdeaunaSi...
4 avril 2010

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!
HRISTUS A INVIAT!! Un Paste Fericit! Sanatate! Bucurii! Cu drag, Sarah
1 mars 2010

Tea with a countess...

Tea with a countess...
A visit to the Casa de Condesa Lembrija with Fa yesterday who came to visit me:
1 janvier 2010

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Health, love, luck and joy to you all! With love, Sarah
18 décembre 2009

20 de Ani de Libertate

20 de Ani de Libertate
Please listen to the memorial concert 20 de Ani de Libertate in Timisoara on radio Timisoara at 18h today...and then explore the site. The Verdi Requiem, poetry... wish we could hear it here, but the waves stop at Helsinki! Love, Sarah
26 mai 2011

Exhibition Tudor Banus: 7th June at Parcul Bucur-Obor

Exhibition Tudor Banus: 7th June at Parcul Bucur-Obor
31 décembre 2010

La Multi Ani!! Sanatate! Bucurii! Noroc!

La Multi Ani!! Sanatate! Bucurii! Noroc!
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