Tag Archives: martisor

Spring terror

Oh, no. Spring again. When did that happen? Wasn’t Christmas like… yesterday? The arrival of spring brings, beyond spring asthenia and short skirts on streets, the toughest three weeks of the year for the average Romanian guy. The weeks when She expects things. First, Feb 14, Valentine’s Day. From all holidays in the West, we [...]

March 1st, a.k.a. “Mărţişor”

March 1st – the city is full of flowers and mărţişoare, and the merchants’ creativity has no limits. You can find everywhere classic amulets, with little hearts, little flowers, stars and also papyruses with love declarations on them. Everything is breathing “spring”. In the streets dried out by a promising sun, the crowd is looking [...]

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