Monthly Archives: December 2024

Is the smell of smoke making you sick?

In English, they call it third hand smoke.  If you want to translate it into Romanian or other languages, perhaps a better term is “residual smoke.” Residual smoke could be making you sick, your children sick, and could even give … Continue reading

Posted in education | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Happy Christmas from Hey Cluj

Christmas was yesterday.  We saw some sad people, happy people, dog walking people, and not many snow people on our walks the past couple of days. What are some Christmas traditions?  Singing Christmas carols.  Religious ones, like Silent Night, and … Continue reading

Posted in opinion | Leave a comment

Why a Trump win is good new for Americans Abroad (and in Cluj)

When we started this Hey Cluj, it was meant to be a magazine about Cluj in English, not just another blog-rag for expats.  However, we have heard so many American accents in Cluj that we figured, yeah, FATCA [sic] is … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Leave a comment

La mulți ani, poem and December news

România esti bine? Poți să stai aici, lânga mine? În europa, o să fie Împreună, bucurie.  Că prieteni fără un plan Sărbătorim, Și la mulți ani! – Des Sousa Please excuse Des, that’s ‘s first poem in Romanian.  It’s okay, … Continue reading

Posted in History | Tagged | Leave a comment