A foreign visit to Romania shows local food that isn’t traditional. Burgers, kebabs, laiden with fatty and sugary sauces. Eventually, we fall upon mici (miches? Miki?), but they come with a side…
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Fatca Pop is a dreamer, adventurer, cook, and blogger. Fatca was a hairdresser, company secretary, and teacher.
Iarmaroc la sat returns to the open air museum
The open air museum on the outskirts of Cluj, also known as the ethnographic park (or the outdoor museum of old mills, churches and houses), is again holding its “iarmaroc la sat.” …
Scientist casts doubt on KFC “Chicken”
A US based scientist compared “chicken” from three major fast food retailers, and found that the chicken from KFC looked the least like real meat. It seems that KFC has the worst…
Romania is not safe from fake news online
Today is April 1st. I would expect to see more fake news than usual. However, I see the same, or even less. We had a couple of prank ideas that we thought…
Barefoot walk in Rome
So, Romania is no longer part of Ancient Rome. However, many Romanians live in Italy, some say over a million at a time. A much larger protest than is usually covered by…
Will Trump’s son open a golf course in Cluj?
Romania borders a few countries, the most important borders are with Moldova, Serbia, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Hungary. Now, many Romanians consider Moldova a cultural extension of Romania, so we’ll cut that out. …
Is Romania safe to visit?
We normally won’t comment on things like Adonis Live. He is not in Cluj, and his channel brings out his story very clearly, in clear English. Do we really have anything to…
Beginners, Test your German knowledge. Or, just watch films in French or Italian
The “Central Cultural German Cluj Napoca” has announced A1-level German tests in April. Exam date: 24 of April, 2026. Last day to sign up, 20 March, 2026. Now, they advertised this exam…
Learn Chinese language and traditional Chinese instruments at UBB.
Institutul Confucius (at UBB) is offering courses in chinese language, caligraphy, and music. The deadline to sign up is 2 March 2026. Chinese language courses Beginner Tuesday, 7-8.30 For other levels, see…
Japanese courses start tomorrow at UBB
It may be too late to sign up… but in case you already are, we thought it might be a good idea to remind you. It appears that courses will be taught…