Category Archives: Essays
Explore the “Carpathian Garden” brand
Posted by on August 7, 2010
Has your Romanian friend been somewhat distant of late? Don’t worry, it’s got nothing to do with you. (S)He has just been preoccupied – engaged in a multi-headed monster debate that has been raging across the nation. Apparently, in its infinite wisdom, the Romanian tourism ministry has attempted to
Why are all Romanians vampires?
Posted by on July 20, 2009
Romania’s reputation: background Romania elicits the image of a corpse, a body lying on the ground, with two vampires feeding on it: Dracula and Ceausescu. Both these figures still determine the image of Romania today. In addition, this picture hardly improves, given other negative images influencing this perception: orphans, people sick with AIDS, Roma or [...]

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