Let The Right One In

Let The Right One In

Or how Pie obtained an Americaneze Visa. I got my first Visa in university from the Commercial Bank of Romania to get my scholarship moneys. But this is not that kind of visa; this is the one which allows people to visit the distant shores of the U S of A. So how did...

Another Thought on Democracy

Another Thought on Democracy

I will start by saying that this post is indeed a thought or two. It is not one of the fantastically accurate and well constructed posts I usually spoil you with. Just, you know, a bit of this and that, in more of a stream of conscience thing (it is not, in fact,...

Fitness – aches and pains

Fitness – aches and pains

I have written a few pieces on lifting and I was thinking of covering various injuries or pains or problems though I am not fully comfortable with that as there are many things to consider and it is hard to give good, generic internet advice. Also I am far from an...

Mind your own business you nosy buggers

On Fitness: the gym basics

TRIGGER WARNING: Going to the gym or interest in fitness has been linked by such luminary publications of note as Salon, The New York Times and the BBC to racism, white supremacy and far right ideology. Proceed at own risk. HEALTH WARNING: Gyms are known to the State...

So, what is the deal with Riga?

I usually do not travel on vacation during the peak summer months. It is usually more expensive, more crowded and in many places too hot. I have changed this these last 3 summers or so, as the summers were rather brutal in Bucharest and I wanted to escape the heat. As...

A trip to the Danube Delta

When it comes to traveling, Romania is a fairly diverse country. While it has its share of pretty mountains of the Carpathian variety, the mountains are not overall as impressive as in the Alpine countries. Beautiful, worth a visit – not if you want to ski, to be...

A tale of transport in interbellum Romania

I am, as you know, openly Romanian. I claim to have been from these here parts since time immemorial. My maternal haplogroup H5 dated to this region since the times of the Cucuteni–Trypillia culture. My paternal haplogroup being I-M253 is a bit sketchier. But it is...