Romanian Traditions: Weddings (part 2)
The second day of a Romanian day is the longest. My day started around 10:30 am when I met up with the bride at her house. She had just finished […]
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Romanian Traditions: Weddings (part 1)
Late last month, two of our friends were married in a beautiful ceremony in Zarnesti. They had a traditional Romanian wedding and that means that we celebrated for three days. […]
Romanian Traditions: Summer Grilling
I’ve talked a lot about how much I admire the Romanian people and their dedication to enjoying and relaxing in nature. It’s easy to see why – the landscape here […]
Electric Castle!
I’ve been slowly working on this post for a week now because I’ve been very busy trying to sort out visa issues. Who knew how many papers and stamps […]
Vama Veche State of Mind
Buna Ziua, Tutoror! I’ve looked around town and the internet for good “Romania” merchandise – souvenirs and t-shirts and whatnot, and (in my opinion) everything I’ve seen is kind of […]
Culture Shocking
When I was in grad school, I wrote a short story about an immigrant couple who moved to America. The man left his non-English speaking wife at home every day, […]
SHINE Festival
When I first arrived in Romania, Claudiu surprised me with tickets to the SHINE festival. SHINE Festival is a two day rock/metal festival in the heart of Bucharest. I hadn’t […]
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…
That’s right, folks! It’s AMERICA week at LIDL – get excited!! The return of the BBQ marshmallows (disclaimer: they are not BBQ flavored) …and they even have Canadian American Maple […]
Budapest part 2
The next day we ventured into the Pest side of Budapest. Since this trip was last minute and I didn’t have any time to research the city, I used TripAdvisor […]
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