Expats

Haydn’s Back

by Craig Turp March 23, 2009 Romania

 We really must get up to Brasov and see our dear friend Haydn Deane very soon. Meantime, he’s been back on Happy Hour singing about Brasov. Funny how people never write songs about Bucharest…

0 comments Read the full article →

Scenes some hope are eternal (No. 1)

by Craig Turp September 4, 2008 Media

  Sunflower seeds, spat out and left on a Bucharest street. Still, for some people, it’s what makes living in Bucharest charming.

0 comments Read the full article →

Quote of the Week

by Craig Turp August 29, 2008 Media

 Tom Murray, an American apparently, living in Romania since 1991, interviewed in the current issue of local freesheet Time Out: “I love to see gypsy kids spitting sunflower seeds on to the pavement in my neighbourhood. I hope this never changes“ I think Mr. Murray is in a minority of one there. There’ll be a [...]

0 comments Read the full article →