November 2008

Bucharest: Where rubbish bins are kept under lock and key

by Craig Turp November 14, 2008 Bucharest

 Strange but true. This was taken outside PHD, Calea Vitan. (PHD is the home delivery arm of Pizza Hut). Quite why they have to so heavily guard their rubbish is anyone’s guess. Surely it couldn’t be because – in this city of milk and honey – hungry people rifle through bins for something to eat? [...]

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More Badly Parked Cars

by Craig Turp November 10, 2008 Bucharest

  Yes, the jeep was parked in the middle of the intersection…

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Sharming, cached fish

by Craig Turp November 5, 2008 Bucharest

 Salvatore Cavallo and Ramona Badescu waiting for you in an elegant and sharming place near the laghe of Herastrau. Italian chefs, italian management and only cached fish (not from fish farms) direct from Mazzara del Vallo (Sicily) and from Terracina vicino (Rome).For more laughs, go here.

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Pretentious Bollocks 2.0

by Craig Turp November 5, 2008 Media

 There’s a television ad doing the rounds at the moment for Orange, the mobile telephony company. It features somebody called Rives, who is apparently the world’s first 2.0 poet, whatever that is. Those who write blogs in Romania have been falling over themselves to hail Orange and their initiative for featuring Rives, who is of [...]

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