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Category Archives: pop culture

Electric Castle!

July 28, 2016by Keeping up with the Carpathians Leave a comment

  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 […]

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pop culture, romania, romanian culture, weather

SHINE Festival

July 15, 2016by Keeping up with the Carpathians Leave a comment

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 […]

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bucharest, music, pop culture, romania

“Traditional Romanian Food”

June 15, 2016by Keeping up with the Carpathians Leave a comment

    Really, McDonalds? The McMici? McDonald’s has a new campaign where they offer “traditional Romanian food” in the McDonald’s style. You can choose from a few interesting items, the […]

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brasov, food, pop culture, romania

Carla’s Dreams

May 13, 2016by Keeping up with the Carpathians 1 Comment

One of my favorite bands for learning Romanian is Carla’s Dreams. I listen to a lot of pop music because the lyrics are repetitive – and while that helps me […]

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learning romanian, music, pop culture, romania

A Birthday Gift

May 8, 2016by Keeping up with the Carpathians Leave a comment

Today is my birthday. Coincidentally, it also happens to be Mother’s Day in America (you’re welcome, Mom). In celebration of my glorious day of birth, I am going to give you, dear Reader, […]

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pop culture

Song of the Moment

April 20, 2016by Keeping up with the Carpathians Leave a comment

Zdob si Zdub and Loredana – La carciuma de la Drum I love Zdob si Zdub. I saw them in Brasov last summer. Their music is perfect for dancing after […]

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music, pop culture, romanian culture

Summer 2016 is heating up

April 19, 2016by Keeping up with the Carpathians Leave a comment

I’ve begun to plan my summer activities and so far, I’m really excited. I think I have something fun planned for each month of summer. I am pumped that I get […]

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pop culture, romania, the great outdoors

Are there Romanian Millennials?

April 6, 2016by Keeping up with the Carpathians Leave a comment

    You might be wondering – where is the Romanian connection here? There are some questions at the end of the post I could really use your help in […]

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pop culture, Uncategorized

Sandu Ciorba Zumba

March 30, 2016by Keeping up with the Carpathians Leave a comment

Okay Internet, I am going to have to thank you for this. Whatever gods of destiny are out there, they blessed me the day they put this video in my […]

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music, pop culture

#visitBogata

March 20, 2016by Keeping up with the Carpathians Leave a comment

Of course, this is old news for Romania, but since it’s just now hitting the American news, I wanted to make a post about it. Romanian people are fantastic – they […]

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maramures, pop culture, romania

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