Stories about Romania from August, 2006
Moldova, Romania: Music
Peter Myers of Adventures in Moldova writes about themes in Moldovan folk music. WorkingDefinition writes about the “inescapable” music in Romania.
Romania: Facing Same Bigotry as the Poles?
Andy H of Csikszereda Musings writes (here and here) about the problems faced by the Polish migrant laborers in Britain – and whether the same awaits Bulgarians and Romanians.
Romania: Hitchhiking
Romerican posts a lengthy account of hitchhiking in Romania.
Romania: Parking in Bucharest
Owlspotting writes about the dangerous business of parking your car in downtown Bucharest.
Romania: Anatolian Carpets in Brasov
Carpetblog walks into a cathedral in the town of Brasov, Romania, and discovers one of the best European collections of Anatolian carpets of the 17th and 18th century.
Romania: Placebo's Concert
Owlspotting reports on an uninspired concert of Placebo in Romania.
Romania: Countryside Travel
Mat Savelli of Roma Roma writes more about his travel in the rural Romania, which included a quick visit to a synagogue and another quick visit to Elie Wiesel's childhood house.
Romania: Spain-Based Diaspora
Andy H. of Csikszereda Musings writes about the Romanians living in Spain and how “Romanian has become shorthand for all Eastern European immigrants” in Western Europe.
Romania: Hotel Casablanca
Mat Savelli of Roma Roma posts a Romanian tourism commercial and, as if to illustrate how inaccurate it is, follows up with an account of his stay in the town of Satu Mare.
Romania: Saturday Morning Cacophony
Romerican writes about the cacophony of a Saturday morning in Romania – and posts some pictures. A reader awards this post with “the Golden Electric Whistle Award for making [her] snort chocolate milk from laughing so hard.”
Romania: Summer Hits
Owlspotting posts videos of and reviews Romanian “summer hits.”
