Ilinca Stroe Dec 19, 20183 minChristmas Wishes, Romanian StyleTo a nation where people wish each other things on a wildly wide range of occasions, from having a haircut to getting down to work or...
Ilinca Stroe Dec 5, 20182 minMoş Nicolae, the saintly “culprit” for surprises in your bootsIt’s winter. Unless you are the victim of Ionel, a spoilt brat who poured jam into his mother’s guest’s boots (in satirist Ion Luca...
Ilinca Stroe Oct 17, 20185 minRomania’s Second Unifier: Alexandru Ioan CuzaThere’s a Romanian saying, “Tot ce-i trei e bun” (“Good things go in threes”). It means that you have to try something twice and then...
Ilinca Stroe Aug 15, 20183 minMaking Wishes in Romanian: Occasions and PhrasesIf you’re an expat who has lived in Romania for a few good months, you are very likely to have been told, when you got a haircut or a new...