After an interesting April in Bucharest, let me tell you about what happened in May. The biggest news was the end of lockdown on 15th May. From that day on, we haven’t had to take our written ‘permission slips’ with us when we go out. We are also now able to go anywhere in Bucharest […]
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How to Learn a Foreign Language
(Thank you to Alexei K. for the inspiration to write about learning languages) Some people think that because my husband is French, I speak French fluently. Truth is, I’m not all that great in French. Well, actually, sometimes I’m pretty good, but sometimes I’m not. It depends on a lot of things, but mostly it […]
Hot Water Blues
One thing I’ve been seeing a lot on social networks and blogs recently is people saying what they’re grateful for. Being grateful for what they have in their lives right now. And it’s important, because although right now we are in lock down, and the world’s in a mess, most of us still have a […]
April in Bucharest – Locked Down
I last left our story of Bucharest on 31st March. Do you remember? We were locked down in the Old Town in Bucharest, waiting patiently for 4th April so we could move into a new apartment – one that wasn’t so small, and that wasn’t in the centre of the city. Although not much has […]
Let’s Talk about Hair
Everybody likes to have nice hair, don’t they? Well, maybe not everybody. I’m sure I’ve seen some people who seem not to care about having nice hair. But let’s call those people the ‘exceptions’. So, excluding the ‘exceptions’, we love having nice hair, don’t we? And we love it when people comment on how great […]