Red Bull X-Alps 2011

One of the world’s toughest athletic competitions, The RED BULL X-ALPS, had a Romanian among the winners this year. Well done Toma! See more details here: Red Bull X-Alps 2011 – RED BULL X-ALPS WEBCLIP: BEST OF 2011.

Romanian jokes

Q: What is small, dark, and knocking at the door? A:…The future! Q: What’s big, black, noisy, makes a lot of smoke and cuts carrots in five? A: The Romanian machine for cutting carrots in four. “Romanians are very social and talkative people. They like to spend time in company and they are fond of [...]

A Romanian idea for an Oscar movie

Since primary school Romanian kids read, learn and study an old legend, a story that can be a good subject for a Hollywood horror movie. It is about a builder in an impossible mission: Manole, a well known professional, promised the king to build the most beautiful and impressive monastery in a place where bad [...]

Don’t waste. Donate!

So we’ve convinced people Great ad, isn’t it? Anyway, go donate blood. Or COME donate your blood!

Romanians SOUND good

This time it is not about the Romanian modern music with its dance stars and singers. Inna is another story, O-zone is in the past and the Eurovision competition is a lovely memory (to some). This time it is about sacred music, a heavenly beautiful music: SOUND is the name of a Romanian choir which [...]

What does “Romania” mean?

source: urban city (no.13) How true!

Memories from another world

There it is… Pascani… the city that always sleeps, the place were nothing happens or, if it does, it is not a good thing. Still, I came to love this small city where nothing can be kept secret for too long. My first memory is a sunny summer day – I was 5 years old [...]

Bucegi Mountains – living legends

Bucegi are probably the most hiked mountains in Romania, due to their straightforward location when you look up North from Bucharest.  Oh, and their beauty… In old Romanian language “a bucegi” means “to choose” – these are “the chosen” mountains; and some of the events occuring in the area  (see below) give a true meaning [...]

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