One word at a time: “Ochi”
When it comes to phrases and idioms based on body parts, one such body part is especially prolific, the key word in many expressions: the...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Jan 9, 2019
- 4 min
One word at a time: “Cap”
Just like in English, names of body parts generate in Romanian numerous phrases, idioms and even proverbs which are quite common in...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Oct 3, 2018
- 3 min
More than Teachers at IH: Iulia, Romanian & English Trainer
1. Can you sum up in a paragraph how you’ve come to be a teacher? I think our childhood experiences influence a lot our future choice of...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Sep 19, 2018
- 5 min
Learning Romanian: with or without a teacher?
Today, whether you are an expat professional, a local office worker or a migrant un/skilled worker, you are expected to know (a bit of) a...
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Veronica Negru
- Jun 11, 2018
- 1 min
Romanian Intensive Courses 2018
Each summer, International House Bucharest invites you on a journey in the world of foreign languages. Language Travel is an intensive...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Apr 26, 2018
- 3 min
Today’s a Little Time Machine: What Romania Makes of Its Communist Past
Weekend holidaymakers and locals strolling on Bucharest’s Calea Victoriei on 1 April 2018 experienced the thrill of losing their way...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Apr 19, 2018
- 2 min
One Word at a Time: „Dor”
Sensibilities have changed significantly among Romanians in the last few decades: for example, the music of the late ‘80s/early ‘90s,...
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Veronica Negru
- Apr 5, 2018
- 2 min
Bucharest's Spring Festivals/2018
12-15 April: Spotlight The fourth edition of Spotlight Bucharest International Light Festival will take place between the 12th and 15th...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Mar 29, 2018
- 2 min
Fasting – a Romanian tradition explained
When we say "fasting", we immediately think of food restrictions, that is, what we eliminate from our rich, daily diet - meat, dairy,...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Mar 22, 2018
- 2 min
Time in Romania: the Widespread Present Tense
Learners of Romanian who are familiar with the phrase “sfertul academic” may have also realised that punctuality, by which one generally...
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Veronica Negru
- Mar 15, 2018
- 2 min
A Fairytale Destination: Romania’s Sohodol Gorges (Cheile Sohodolului)
Set in a less touristy part of Romania (i.e. Gorj county, which has lots of treasures in store for tourists), the Sohodol Gorges are a...
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Veronica Negru
- Mar 8, 2018
- 2 min
Brâncuşi’s Hometown: The Museum City
At the foot of the Parâng Mountains, in the southern sub-Carpathians, almost 300 km away from Bucharest, lies one of the most beautiful...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Mar 1, 2018
- 2 min
Breaking News: Mărţişor Declares a State of Spring
There was once a Roman offspring On Momma Dochia’s braided string. Handsome and news-some, Stuck to the ladies’ bosom, Love, luck and...
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Veronica Negru
- Jan 2, 2018
- 3 min
Adventure weekend
It`s been a while since my last visit to Făgăraș: more exactly two years. It was actually an attempt to reach the Moldoveanu Peak, the...
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Veronica Negru
- Dec 23, 2017
- 1 min
Santa Claus is coming to town
Do you ever miss those cold winter mornings when the whole house smells of sweet bread (cozonac) and your friends call you to go out...
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Veronica Negru
- Dec 11, 2017
- 1 min
Why you should go hiking in winter
Is there anything more breathtaking than the visual feast of a snow-clad mountain? All those places once teeming with people taking...
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Veronica Negru
- Nov 28, 2017
- 2 min
Hello winter – it`s good to have you back
Winter may be cold but there are so many ways to make it pleasant: a good book in front of the fireplace, snow, Christmas, New Year and...
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Veronica Negru
- Nov 10, 2017
- 2 min
Ciucaș kissed by autumn
As I said before, the first time I went hiking in the Ciucaș Mountains it was in February 2014 and since that moment on, I`ve always...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Nov 9, 2017
- 4 min
1917: Romania’s First Female Second Lieutenant [1]
How did she, one of eight siblings born to villager parents in Oltenia, (still) a poor region of her country, become the woman that the...
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Veronica Negru
- Oct 31, 2017
- 2 min
Dracula`s Legend
Vlad Tepeș (Vlad the Impaler), by his real name Vlad Dracula, born in 1431 in the fortress city of Sighișoara, was Voivode (Prince) of...
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