Chuck Norris vs. Communism
I heard about this movie and at first I wasn’t very excited because the person forgot to tell me it was a documentary. I just imagined it was a new […]
Category Archives: romania
Restaurant Review: Hockey Pub
I’ve been incredibly busy this week with my real job (as much as I’d like to blog full time, I have to bring home some kind of bacon – for […]
Brasov’s Parcul Sportiv
I made it to Romania and I took the weekend to start settling in. It seems that I brought the Georgia heat with me, and it’s already starting to feel […]
Sunt Ferecita!
(EDIT: I spelled Fericită wrong and someone just told me…as embarrassing as that is, I’m going to leave it there as a testament to my language learning journey) This time […]
Can chicken solve an educational woe?
This is my second post on chicken in Romania. The first was the politician who bribed people with tons of chicken, and it highlighted the sad corruption that exists even […]
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 […]
Did we just become best friends?!
Dear Romania, I hope you enjoy the F-22 warplanes we’ve sent to you. All two of them. The F-22 is a really cool airplane, and the symbolism here is mega […]
Piatra Craiului Visitor Center opens in Zărnești
Zarnesti has opened the visitor center at Parcului Naţional Piatra Craiului (Piatra Craiului National Park). The mountain and the visitor center are about 30 km from Brasov. I saw them building […]
Preparations
You may have noticed that my posts have been slowing down lately. This is because I am moving to Romania in less than thirty (trei zeci) days (zile). I have […]
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 […]
Keeping up with the Carpathians 