Title image: Doha, Qatar skyline seen from the balcony of my hotel room across the bay. Why Doha? From Myanmar I aimed for Romania for the rest of the summer. I figured I could fit in one more stop on my around-the-world ticket. Qatar Airways offered an easy flight from Yangon to Doha, so I […]
Today I’m leaving Bucharest. The title image is the International Departures board today at the Henri Coandă (Otopeni) Airport in Bucharest. I’m waiting for my Check-in counter to be posted. Leaving Bucharest First stop: London where I’ll spend the night and the next day. I bought my business class ticket with American Airline points (plus […]
This blog is on Bucharest churches. However, the title image is a work from Romanian artist Dan Perjovschi with an image of Casa Poporului ‘The House of the People’ in the background and the legend ‘A Small Population With Such a Large House’ (1995). It is from the Post R collection at the Nasher Museum, […]
I’ve done Famous Romanians and Illustrious Romanians. Now it’s time for Infamous Romanians. The inspiration for this blog came from a court ruling earlier this week in Alba Iulia, Romania. For the title image I chose Vlad Țepeș (Vlad the Impaler). He was the model for Dracula. This mural is at the corner of Știrbei […]
Urban Spaces Title Image: From the collection Dan Perjovschi Post R (1995) at the Nasher Museum, Duke University. Gift of Kristine Stiles. The caption reads: Always Between Two Empires Perjovschi is making a political point about Romania’s always squeezed position in the world. If you do not know his work, check out his Instagram. He […]
Street Signs title image: a sign shop on Șoseaua Ștefan Cel Mare It’s always good to know the language of the country you are traveling through or living in because it’s helpful to know what’s going on in the public sphere. Street signs tell a good story. Here are a few examples in Bucharest I’ve encountered […]
On Sunday morning this week I went on a walking tour of my Bucharest neighborhood where I’ve lived for the past 10+ summers to see if I could see it in a way that might interest you. The title image is of one of the main shopping streets on Piața Dorobanți. My Bucharest Neighborhood: The […]
Integrame are my current leisure-time obsession. They’re theme-based crossword puzzles that I can kinda, sorta do in Romanian. Look at the title image where I gathered a bunch of integrame collections I’ve worked through. UȘOARE and UȘURELE are both versions of the word ‘easy.’ Look further and you’ll see pentru începători ‘for beginners’ and NIVEL abc […]
I watch tons of Romanian TV news. I like to keep up with what’s going on here and I like to have Romanian in my ear. The title image is from today of Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, right before giving a speech related to the Note at the end of this blog concerning the Romanian […]
Two years ago I made a Famous Romanians list. It’s time for another one. This time I’ll call them Illustrious Romanians. Dracula is arguably the most famous “Romanian.” However, because he’s a literary invention I’m not putting him on the list. Although Dracula is based on the historical figure Vlad Țepeș (1431-1476) ), I’m not […]