When it comes to traveling, Romania is a fairly diverse country. While it has its share of pretty mountains of the Carpathian variety, the mountains are not overall as impressive as in the Alpine countries. Beautiful, worth a visit – not if you want to ski, to be...
…and currently.
Romanian elections have been vaguely in the news recently, internationally speaking. Because locally they were the only news for a while. More or less. I was going to write a post on that but then thought that a bit of context is needed. How much? Well, a lot. Enough...
Wut?
I am, as you know, openly Romanian. I claim to have been from these here parts since time immemorial. My maternal haplogroup H5 dated to this region since the times of the Cucuteni–Trypillia culture. My paternal haplogroup being I-M253 is a bit sketchier. But it is...
Pie checks out England.
Disclaimer: I consider myself libertarian-ish, rather than The One True Libertarian. I want to get things out of the way by saying this is not an attempt at „Betteridge's law of headlines” but a serious consideration, a kind of introspection one should have on...
Time to think again.
Hey, a city up North!
Don’t just do something, stand there!
*Looks over to the left*
Something easy on a Friday morning…
Official stances?
Give it back? Compensate? How do you fix this?
Despite the very high price of gas, Bucharest has some of the worst traffic in the world. There are many reasons for this. The bad infrastructure, not great public transport, and the fact that cars are still seen as a major status symbol and one does not just mix with...
I traveled to Spain twice in 2022. Both trips rather short, more city break than extended vacation. Unlike say my trip to Islay, I never thought of writing a travel post and as such, I did not really take the appropriate pictures, which are at the heart of these...
Pickled pickles and such.
Pie has thoughts!
You want how much for that small apartment?
More thoughts from Pie.
PieInTheSky returns to writing posts!
Problems? Oh, we have problems.
Market Day!
Admit it, you just now have an REM ear-worm.
“Fast food” you say?