There is a lot of misinformation about studying in Europe. For European union citizens, some countries are free to study at. Some students come to Romania from western Europe because the cost…
Author: Fatca Pop
Fatca Pop is a dreamer, adventurer, cook, and blogger. Fatca was a hairdresser, company secretary, and teacher.
Can AI be used to learn languages?
Some languages have more regular prosidy than others, or are more phonetic than others. English and French have a common phonomenon that doesn’t really exist in Romanian (and probably not much in…
Update on the Mississippi Miracle
This is about Cluj, not Mississippi, right? Well, as we’ve shown before, Cluj businesses which claim to provide services in English (including those that translate advertisements into English), use bad English that…
How medical refugees come to Romania
Different countries have different attitudes toward refugees. The process in many European countries seems backwards. Many people who are allowed to live in Belgian, for instance, are not allowed to apply for…
24b is a bilingual bus
You may have heard a few languages in Cluj. We often hear French, German, and of course Hungarian in addition to Romanian. A few people speak English, but when we hear it,…
“Chaos” as card machines go offline at Auchan
There was an announcement shortly after 3pm this afternoon at the Auchan’s in Cluj. It was in Romanian, but here is a rough translation. “Dear shoppers. We are sorry to inform you…
How new tarriff rules could tax expats
A Latvian once told me a joke about a Russian family on vacation. The Russian family went far over the baggage allowance, but somehow everything fit on the plane. When they arrived…
Technical University Run – registration deadline tomorrow (friday 7 November)
“Chase the Sun” is a cross country run organized by students at Cluj’s technical university (UTCN). Advertised in Romanian as “Crosul Universitati Tehnice,” the run is nine miles long and stars at…
Expat-owned bakery called “cult” on social media
A Youtube video with nearly ten thousand views, which seems to reference other videos from instagram or bytedance, is calling a local bakery a “Cult.”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGGAgRSUq5E The title of the video is “Cluj…
Things to do on Halloween in Cluj
Go to the movies Sure, you can go to the cinema any day, but on Halloween you can see films at Cinema City for less than 20 lei. Films in English include…