After quite some while of absence I am going to continue my Romanian diaries. As I actually mentioned in my first post, Romania is a country full of contradictions. One of the most striking contradictions is for sure the development level with regards to agriculture and modern industries such as the …
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Sally Cat
Since October we got a new cat, actually my family back in Germany and I got only the pics, but until December I'am gonna share the photos with you, coz that is what geeks do: upload pictures of cats on their blogs. So here we go - Her name is Sally and she is young, always up to some stuff while …
Romanian Diaries III – Bucharest, a Culinary Paradise for Friends
Hey guys, today, I am not going hail the Romanian cuisine, even though I am a big fan, but start out with two basic assumptions: The dog is men’s best friend and stray dogs need trash to survive. As Bucharest has plenty of the latter, it features also plenty of the first. And because I do not want …
Si daca… what if?
Meda just asked what would happen if she would leave just for one week. (In a more civilized country preferable, at the seaside of course) Vacation, nothing special so far. But what would happen if she would leave without telling anybody that she was leaving? What kind of offline messages would to …
Istanbul – Metropolis of Turkey
So I decided to spend some days in Istanbul and to visit some friends over there. The city is just amazing. Istanbul is the 5th largest city of the world, host to 12.6 million inhabitants, divided into 27 districts and surrounding the Bosphorus. Hence, it is located on the Asian and the European …
Romanian Diaries (2) – Monday Morning in Romania
Right, after some months of waiting time might be right for another part of my Romanian diary. This time it is about why I was woken up with the police coming into my home, about the weather (greets to an »Italian«, who moved from Dacia Felix to America) and on how to spend your spare time in Sibiu, …
Romanian Diaries (1) – Where the Heck is Romania?!
After staying in Romania for some six month now I am thinking of writing down some experiences from my stay abroad and to share my insights with you. But let me start with a short introduction to Romania and its history. Where is Romania? Is it a real state or rather a state of emergency? What are …