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Ilinca Stroe
May 16, 20184 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the Musicians
There can be little doubt that Romania’s contribution to the World’s music is fairly substantial, as well as wide-ranging, for an...
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Ilinca Stroe
Apr 19, 20182 min read
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, 20182 min read
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, 20182 min read
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, 20182 min read
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, 20182 min read
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, 20182 min read
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, 20182 min read
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, 20183 min read
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, 20171 min read
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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Ilinca Stroe
Dec 19, 20173 min read
Sarmale and Friends: a Christmas Special
A few years ago around Christmas, a Romanian-American acquaintance I was supposed to meet for a chat and coffee phoned to put off our...
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Veronica Negru
Dec 11, 20171 min read
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, 20172 min read
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, 20172 min read
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, 20174 min read
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, 20172 min read
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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Veronica Negru
Sep 29, 20172 min read
The Danube Delta – a paradise lost in time
Romania really is a wonderful country! Besides plains, rivers, hills and mountains, it has the Danube Delta: hundreds of bird species,...
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Veronica Negru
Sep 22, 20172 min read
A Weekend Peak
Where to go on a sunny September weekend? Well, it’s not that difficult to decide, if you are a mountain lover. Since the weather had...
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Iulia Andreescu
Sep 8, 20172 min read
Maria Tănase
If the French have Édith Piaf, and the Portuguese have Amália Rodrigues, Romanians have Maria Tănase. She was both a singer and an...
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Veronica Negru
Sep 7, 20171 min read
Romanian open courses
International House Bucharest has been in our country since 2002 and it is the leader of Language courses in Romania, a status which has...
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