Eastern Europe, History, Romania, Traditions
Lent Fasting - Easter stories part 2 If you’d be in Romania now, or in any other Orthodox country, and the restaurants would all just be open (no covid-19 making a mess) you would find yourself in vegan paradise. Especially in a country like Romania, where eating...
Eastern Europe, Folktales, Romania, Traditions
Easter Eggs - Easter stories part 1 Happy Easter, if you celebrated it today! I did. For more than 30 years I have the pleasure of celebrating Easter twice. Coming from Romania and living in The Netherlands usually gives me two Easters: An Orthodox and a...
Eastern Europe, Folktales, Romania
Baba Dochia Romanian tales and stories series Baba Dochia, old woman Dochia, was living with her son. Life was probably a disappointment for her, because she was the kind of woman always bitter, sarcastic and in general angry at everyone and everything. When her son...
Communism, Romania, Uncategorized
Toen het verleden de toekomst was When the past was the future Afgelopen zondag ging ik naar het theater. Ik had al van twee verschillende mensen gehoord dat het een stuk was die ik gezien moet hebben. “She. Practicing the future”. Ik vond de titel al heel...
