Craig Turp

Cathedral Plaza: Did you know that…

by Craig Turp February 22, 2012 Bucharest

 Few modern buildings in Bucharest have proven to be as controversial as Cathedral Plaza, 10th on our recent list of the city’s tallest buildings. (You can download a PDF of the actual Bucharest IYP feature here). It is a case which has become almost as celebrated as Rosia Montana, sparking protests, marches and the like. [...]

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Bucharest Metro Challenges & Useful Transport Maps

by Craig Turp February 22, 2012 Bucharest

 We got an email over the weekend from Stephanie Sablich, the English teacher with the ‘dodgy accent’ we wrote about in this post about our son’s school. Anyway, now back in in the United States, she told us that: The entire point of this email is to let you know that I’ve been recently inspired [...]

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More on parking in Bucharest

by Craig Turp February 20, 2012 Bucharest

 If you are bored of this subject, look away now. There is nothing to see here. On Saturday, Mrs. Bucharest Life wanted to go and do a bit of shopping. It was the first time the car had moved for a week. Anyway, to our eternal shame, in order to make sure that nobody took [...]

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Badly Parked Cars (Snow Edition)

by Craig Turp February 15, 2012 Bucharest

 After writing this yesterday we probably shouldn’t moan all that much about having to take a 10 metre detour while walking our son to school, but the prize tool whose car we picture below deserves a special mention. The car is parked just outside the entrance to Maxi’s school, and parked in a way that [...]

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What does ‘Modernising the education system’ mean to you?

by Craig Turp February 14, 2012 Romania

 We’ve written about the Romanian education system before. Everybody’s favourite Csíkszereda-based Englishman, Andy Hockley (who has something of a teaching background) has recently written a lot more. As always, he’s worth reading. In not entirely unrelated events, this World Vision campaign was brought to our attention yesterday. They are raising finds to buy a minibus [...]

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The New Division: Bucharest

by Craig Turp February 14, 2012 Bucharest

 Ever heard of an electro-pop bedroom band called The New Division? Nope, neither had we until yesterday. Turns out that they are a Californian outfit who have – amongst much else – recorded a song called Bucharest. See here: If you have any idea why, or what their connection to Bucharest is, do let us [...]

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More Snowy Bucharest

by Craig Turp February 13, 2012 Bucharest

 The amount of snow in Bucharest has now officially reached insanity levels, and still it falls. A couple of snapshots from around the block this morning: Still, we’re lucky. In some parts of Romania the snow has all but buried entire houses.

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