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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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17 octobre 2011

Pro_Do_Mo: Salvaţi Bulevardul Aviatorilor

Please see this open letter addressed to Sorin Oprescu organised by Pro-Do-Mo to STOP City Hall plans transforming Blvd Aviatorilor into an express road. Whaaaaaaaaaat? Yes, it never ends - this mayor is never short of ideas... Please, please send your...

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16 juillet 2012

My way or the highway

(Image source) It causes chagrin when one can no longer speak one's mind... The general Romanian atmosphere, particularly on Facebook at the moment, makes that very difficult. Today, I have seen a friend of mine totally slammed for having opinions that...

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14 novembre 2011

Oprescu attacks Nicusor Dan and Salvati Bucurestiul on Realitatea

(Photo source) Now we have heard it all. Can Mayor Oprescu sink any lower...? The answer to that is...probably. On Realitatea last Saturday, he openly attacked 'civil society' and particularly Salvati Bucurestiul, accusing the association of wanting to...

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24 juin 2012

June 23-24: Noaptea de Sanziene and Sărbătoarea Sânzienelor

(Photo source) ‘ Sanzienele ‘ represent a charming midsummer Romanian tradition with pre-Christian roots celebrated in the Banat, Maramures, Oltenia and Transylvania and coincides with the Orthodox holiday, Ioan Botezatorul (St. John the Baptist). Noaptea...

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26 juin 2012

Who is Dr Bradisteanu and why he deserves porridge

(Photo source: Bradisteanu measuring with both hands just how much he is prepared to lie, I guess) In comparison to Dr Bradisteanu, Adrian Nastase doesn't seem so bad, really.... I am appalled (and amazed) by the absurd ' we support Bradisteanu ' I have...

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29 juin 2012

Sergiu Celibidache - a global anniversary

(Photo source) Yesterday saw the centenary of the wonderful, reclusive and legendary Romanian-born conductor and composer, Sergiu Celibidache (1912-1996). In his honour, UNESCO has declared 2012 the 'Global Anniversary of Sergiu Celibidache'. Sergiu Celibidache...

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19 juin 2016

Rusalii (Pentecost) - legends, fairies and dances

(Image source) When I woke up this morning I realised, rather surprised, that I'd never done a post on Rusalii. Excellent timing then, seeing as how I'm in the mood for some magic. Rusalii is Romanian Pentecost/Whitsuntide and falls 50 days after Easter....

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6 avril 2013

Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu - a national treasure

(Photo source) It is inconceivable (to me, anyway) that there can be such resounding silence in the press today concerning the threatened Brukenthal Museum in Sibiu, partially closed as I type due to lack of funding. Perhaps Daniel Morar's resignation...

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26 août 2013

There once was a church... Biserica Sf. Apostoli Petru si Pavel – Cazaclii, Odobesti

In Odobesti, jud. Vrancea, southern Moldova stands a church. Or the remains of a church. More the shell of a church. If there is anything left to see of it at all, it is no thanks to contemporary efforts made, but to a spankingly solid structure built...

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22 mars 2014

David Croitor - 'dor' on canvas

(Image source: David Croitor - Acoperisuri in Bucurestiul vechi) Not long ago and quite by chance, I fell upon the work of artist David Croitor on my Facebook newsfeed. Instantly charmed by his style, colours and subjects, I rushed off to find out more....

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5 septembre 2014

At the entrance to Peştera there is a verse...

Last weekend whilst exploring the breathtakingly beautiful village of Peștera , Bran, we came across a statue with a sculpted plaque: "Tu Ghicuta urci Vladusca Pan’ la Pietrele lui Crai Sa dai branza cea mai grasa, Dar in coji de brad s-o dai Afle varul...

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24 juin 2015

The 'ie' - a destiny with needle and thread

(Photo source) Today, June 24th (the feast of St John as well as magical Sânzienele or Drăgaica), marks Ziua Universala a Iei - the Universal Day of the Romanian Blouse. As I walked down my nearby boulevard earlier this afternoon, almost every woman I...

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9 février 2012

A Postcard from Bucharest by Cristian Ghita

An excellent assessment from Cristian Ghita in the Liberal Democrat Voice on the cause of the 'discontentment' in Romania today, which has forced thousands out into the streets despite viciously freezing temperatures. Please post your comments at the...

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3 juin 2012

The Day of the Martyrs, Bucharest, November 30th 1940 - "Foreign Correspondent" by R. St. John

(Image source) Robert St. John (1903-2003), a globetrotting journalist who was on the scene or on the air for most of the 20th century's major news events: mobster Al Capone's grip on Chicago, the Nazi onslaught through the Balkans, the London Blitz,...

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13 août 2017

str Romulus 15-17

(Photo source: Cotidianul) Passing these two striking buildings joined by a passerelle whilst out for a walk with a friend on Friday afternoon, I wondered, not for the first time, what tales lay behind them. Somebody had told me a long time ago that the...

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