Monuments can stand for more than one thing. The monument on the main avenue in town, with the bell tower, was built to remember the Memorandists, protestors who wanted more state-funded institutions…
Author: Fatca Pop
Fatca Pop is a dreamer, adventurer, cook, and blogger. Fatca was a hairdresser, company secretary, and teacher.
Keez vs Startco vs Solo
If you want to start a PFA or SRL, you might need the help of an outside service. For SRLs, you need an accountant by law. Now, a lot of people might…
Happy Martisoare
The first of May is celebrated throughout Europe, but slightly differently in each country. Most have similar-looking traditions, creating a false friends kind of misunderstanding, where similar symbols might have different meanings….
Cluj and Tallinn
Romania recently claimed the world’s fastest Internet speeds. Estonia also likes to see itself on the forefront of tech. Cluj is the tech hub for Romania, making house prices unreachable. There was…
Days of the week in Romanian – Nadalapäevad rumeenia keeles
Zilile săptămânii în limbă română. English – Eesti keelt – magyarul – português – français – cymraeg – limbă română Monday – esmaspäev – hétfő- segunda feira – lundi – dydd llun…
CTP Cluj, one of the easiest bus payments in Europe.
In the old days, if you wanted to buy a ticket on a bus, you paid the driver. Or, you bought a ticket at a bus stop and validated it. Then technology…
MINA – Museum of immersive New Art – partial review
We went to Mina, the Museum of Immersive New Art, in Cluj. At fifty lei a person (40 lei for reduced tickets) you would think you got to see the entire museum. …
Twitter x and Tiktok Is the media the message?
Ah! Sounds like a title written by an academic stiff! Too long for a TikTok. If you are an expat in Romania, your “informed” relatives probably bring up certain personalities. We can’t…
Can we trust the media?
Some people might be angry with me for even asking that question. “Can we trust scientists?” they might mock. “Is the world flat? Do brown cows make chocolate milk?” However, some high…
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…