Friday, May 27, 2016

Bogdan - old friend RIP

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I want to pay tribute today to a Romanian artist friend who died earlier this week at the age of 59 – Bogdan Dumitrescu. He was essent...
Thursday, May 26, 2016

Dawdling in Dobrogea

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We left Bucharest on Friday - first for Romania’s port city of Constanta where Daniela had a friend's christening....the little Dal...
Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Mapping Romania - a bumper new version!!

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Many of my readers, understandably, went elsewhere as my posts flagged at the beginning of the year but I am delighted to welcome my Rus...
Saturday, April 30, 2016

Poetry, Potted history and Geopolitics - "In Europe's Shadow"

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The search for books which (try to) capture the soul of a country is an increasingly fascinating endeavour for me. Such books cannot be ...
Thursday, April 28, 2016

Another Danube Trip

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Another trip north 2 weeks back – first to Port Cetate via Belogradchik and one of its vineyards and the Vidin bridge across the Danube....
Friday, April 15, 2016

Drawing Back the Veil

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Those wanting a sense of how the events of the last century have impacted on the soul of one Balkan country have a unique opportunity in...
Sunday, April 10, 2016

On resilience; and wines and painters from Pazardzhik

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So much happening – the continuing human and political crisis of the ongoing wave of immigration to Europe’s shores; the Panama Papers an...
Friday, April 1, 2016

The Royals and Brexit

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Fascinating story early this morning about an imminent (and potentially constitution-shattering) intervention by the British Royals in Brit...