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The King is dead, long live the King

December 18, 2017by Keeping up with the Carpathians 4 Comments

Fun fact: Romania has a royal family. This is not something I knew until I moved here. The history of the Romanian royals is kind of a neat story. I’ll […]

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Palatul Primavarii (The Spring Palace)

August 21, 2017by Keeping up with the Carpathians Leave a comment

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 […]

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First Romanian School

April 1, 2017by Keeping up with the Carpathians Leave a comment

Hello, beautiful weather! Mother Nature tried her best. For a few mornings, it would spit snow, only to melt straightaway. She decided to give it up, and now we have […]

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Dacians!

February 25, 2017by Keeping up with the Carpathians Leave a comment

Words cannot express how much I love the Dacian empire. I only started learning about these ancient people last year, when I started reading the book “A Brief Illustrated History […]

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100 years have passed since Romania entered the first World War

September 12, 2016by Keeping up with the Carpathians Leave a comment

On August 27th, Romania celebrated its 100th anniversary of entering the fray and declaring war on the Austro-Hungarian empire. To commemorate this occasion, Brasov opened an exhibit in the council house […]

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