Sunday, February 18, 2007

Blog of a Death Foretold

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So, yesterday we went to Gyergyószárhegy, which is a village about an hour north of here to witness the funeral of the Farsang. [Szárhegy, a...
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Saturday, February 17, 2007

Doing the Business

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Over the course of the last 20 years I have done a lot of flying - so much in fact that if I were to retire to a hut in the forest and eat f...
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Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Apologies for Absence

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Been somewhat swamped of late since this week I have not one but TWO book deadlines. (Meaning I'm writing them, not reading them). Lest...
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Saturday, February 03, 2007

Blasted Health

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Sometimes I wonder whether Romania is really the best place to bring up my children. Hot on the heels of news of some respiratory infection...
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Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Tripping

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There was a time when jetting round the globe was my idea of heaven. And for a while I had a job that allowed me to do just that - and in o...
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Speak, the (unspeakable) Hungarian Rapper

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The worst song ever written? You decide. "Sometimes people start a war, don't know what it's for"
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Monday, January 29, 2007

Fillet of Crap

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I recently discovered this video, which purports to show "A World Without Romania" I learned one or two interesting things from it...
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Sunday, January 28, 2007

Farsangi bál

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So, how was the party, is the question I'm sure you're all asking. It was good, but like no party I'd been to before. Or rather...
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Friday, January 26, 2007

Farsang 07

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Last year I mentioned Farsang , the Hungarian (possibly Transylvanian only, who knows) pre-Lent feasting period, and I presciently mentioned...
Sunday, January 21, 2007

A tale of two winters

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This time last year the temperature in Csikszereda was minus 32 . Today it reached plus 15. That's a swing of 47 degrees. (Or 85 degr...