A Few Days in Iași
This summer, Claudiu and I took a short trip to visit his sister and her fiance in Iași. Located just a few kilometers from the Republic of Moldova, Iași is […]
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Palatul Primavarii (The Spring Palace)
Last week, while the entire country of Romania was at the beach for the holiday (I think it’s called Assumption Day in English), Claudiu and I went to Bucharest. I […]
Comrade Detective
I first heard about Comrade Detective a few months ago when they were just beginning to publicize. A TV show set in 1983 Communist Romania? That sounded so cool. I […]
The Clothes Make the Man
I will preface this post by saying that I like Klaus Iohannis. As a foreigner living in Romania, he appears to me to be a level-headed, common sense kind of […]
Caring for Dogs in Romania
I think back to when I first started researching Romania (I think this was March 2015), and one of the first things I learned about this country is that there […]
Golden Sands, Bulgaria
In Romania, the holiday of Rusalii (English: Pentecost) is considered important enough of a holiday to give everyone the day off from work. I don’t actually know anyone who goes […]
Song of the Moment
Are you learning Romanian? Then I have an awesome song for you. This one is courtesy of “Domnu’ Smiley” 🙂 It has a great rhythm and simple-ish lyrics that […]
Travel Tips
One of things I was so excited about when I was coming to Romania was the possibility of travel. I love traveling. It gives me so much joy to visit […]
Mici Mici Mici Mici
Happy 1 Mici…I mean, 1 Mai, everybody! The first of May is a special holiday in Romania. It’s labor day, which means almost everything is closed and almost everybody gets […]
Venice
Clau and I both had a week off for the Easter holiday, and I was seriously itching to travel. I always feel this way in the spring because of American […]
Keeping up with the Carpathians 