Monday, October 31, 2005

Cluj

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Cluj was nice. It has that kind of faded belle époque grandeur even though it’s pretty much falling down in places. Under the Hungarians i...
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Wednesday, October 26, 2005

The Whisky Robber

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So, I was wandering round the Internet, reading stuff here and there, when I came across news of a book launch in the UK this week. The boo...
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Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Religious revolution?

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According to this article , Romania's 1989 revolution was actually a Christian one and not a political one. This came from the mouth of...
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Monday, October 24, 2005

Romanian cycle paths

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The pavement outside the building in which Erika’s workplace resides is being dug up. Nobody is quite sure why. Well, one hopes that someb...
Sunday, October 23, 2005

Adventures in language (edition umpteen)

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There are a set of Hungarian words which I learned quite early on in my life here, as I heard them on a daily (often hourly) basis. I have ...
Saturday, October 22, 2005

Weekend cancelled

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The weekend got cancelled. Well, not literally obviously, since I'm typing this at the weekend. But in the sense of our romantic trip ...
Friday, October 21, 2005

Around the press

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A Time piece on bird flu in the Delta . (Time piece. Geddit?) This is currently accessible to all, but if this somehow starts becoming a ...
Thursday, October 20, 2005

Some small things just to keep in touch

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Winter started this week. On Monday the hills around the town were white, and on Tuesday this had become a covering of snow. It's nice...
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Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Romanian in schools

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Last weekend at a party, my host's son, a 10 year old who has just come back to Romania after living in Budapest for a few years, perfor...
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Sunday, October 16, 2005

New chain, new dog?

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You may remember some time ago the bureaucratic struggles I had attaining my highly prized “Legitimaţie de Şedere” (try clicking December 2...