Thursday, June 30, 2005

New Lei

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Tomorrow, July 1st, ushers in a new era for Romania. The Leu (which apparently is the singular name of the currency here, not a word I norm...
Tuesday, June 28, 2005

A large pumpkin sized piece of news

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So, I have an announcement to make of earth shattering proportions. Not to any of you I'll concede, but to me at least. Erika is pregn...
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Thursday, June 23, 2005

Pigs

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I have had the concern for a while that Romania's imminent accession to the EU will be the ruin of its traditional rural lifestyle, and ...
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Monday, June 20, 2005

Jam

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We made jam today. Well, Erika made jam and I looked on in amazement and did the heavy lifting when necessary. Is there anything easier th...

Beer

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There are three things that Csikszereda is known for by the rest of Romania. However, it is not known as Csikszereda by most of the rest of...
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Thursday, June 16, 2005

Cozma-ic realignment

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15 years ago this week there was a major upheaval in Bucharest. Following the ousting of Ceausescu in what amounted (despite public revolut...
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Wednesday, June 15, 2005

The view of Hungary from here

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I was talking to my students this evening (I have one class of 10, 9 Hungarian 1 Romanian, thus reflecting fairly accurately the demography ...
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Monday, June 13, 2005

Nature in Romania

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Animals Romania is home to more large mammals than anywhere else in Europe. Half of Europe’s bears, one third of its wolves, and more than ...
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Thursday, June 09, 2005

Road repairs

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I may have mentioned once or twice about the state of Csikszereda’s roads. Well, now, finally they are being repaired. The way they are be...
Wednesday, June 08, 2005

Railway children

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Going down to Bucharest on one of the new cleaner-but-significantly-less-comfortable trains that they now run on the Brasov line, I was shak...
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