The guys at Good Food (Romanian edition) had a great idea to send invitations for the premiere of Kung Fu Panda and I hear the event was a great success (I couldn’t made it since I was attending e-Academy). Continue reading ‘“Kung Fu Panda” the movie – invitation from Good Food’
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A small ethnical group in Romania (0.2%) is Turkish (mostly Muslim). In honor of the celebration of the month of Ramadan by Romania’s Muslim community, US Ambassador Nicholas Taubman donated the “Ambassador’s Collection” of books to the library of the Kemal Ataturk Turkish-language National College in Medgidia. The donation included a wide range of books appropriate for ages 5-17 on American History, US culture and values, including reference books, historical fiction, biographies and books on art and literature. English-learning books and English-Romanian dictionaries were also included. Kemal Ataturk National College is an accredited Romanian school, offering instruction in Romanian, Turkish and English, with approximately 220 students from grades 1-12 attending the school. Continue reading ‘Ramadan in Romania – Iftar’
I have a friend working in diplomacy somewhere in the Middle East and we were talking a few days ago about about the arab lifestyle… at some point I asked him about wines and alcohol and I was surprised to find out that there are some families controlling the limited legal sales while there is a huge black market for all kind of smuggled merchandise. He told me that Islam prohibits the drinking and even the handling of alcoholic beverages.
I was a little surprised to hear this and I wanted to find out more. Here is what I found on Wikipedia: Continue reading ‘Middle Eastern lifestyle’
Beginning with the 1st of October, students all over Romania begin their new university year.
Last night I went to feel the student life in Regie (the biggest student campus in Bucharest) and Grozavesti – for tonight I have planned to check out the subway stations in the area and also check out their Internet access (as we speak only few students managed to get connected).
On the other hand Pepsi Max, Avon and Winterfresh already started their campaigns in the campus. The funny thing (since all the available advertising spaces in Regie are reserved for all the year) is that Winterfresh managed to place a large banner on one of the student tower next to Club Maxx.
My guess us that in the next months we’ll see more campaigns targeting students 
By far, this is one of the most interesting type of restaurants in Italy (on the east coast). Also called “trabocco”, these places are also a fishing machines from another times, preserving the old Italian fishermen tradition.
The construction is very simple and very technical – although they don’t look very safe they manage to survive the waves and the angry sea but the most important thing is that on a “trabocco” you can enjoy a fresh seafood menu, hear the lazy waves and compare the long bottles of cerasuolo.
