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 […]
Category Archives: pop culture
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 […]
“Traditional Romanian Food”
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 […]
Carla’s Dreams
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 […]
A Birthday Gift
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, […]
Song of the Moment
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 […]
Summer 2016 is heating up
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 […]
Are there Romanian Millennials?
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 […]
Sandu Ciorba Zumba
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 […]
#visitBogata
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 […]
