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Day 4 - Hallstatt
The graveyard is a place I returned to at least 5 times. I don't know if "cute" is an appropriate word to describe a graveyard, but that's what it was. Here, death has nothing frightening, somber or...
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Day 5 - Hallstatt
Please excuse my prolongued silence. As usual, life got in the way. But you'll see about that later. For now, let's get this whole Austrian business out of the way.Day 5 wasn't terribly exctiting. It...
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Last days- Vienna and Budapest
Day 6 was long, grumpy and tiring, filled with quarrels, tension and disagreements which resulted in a failure to visit Vienna. We did at least see the Schonbrunn Palace from the outside. I wasn't...
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The 101st post
Yes, my dear hypothetical readers, I have thus far given you one hundred updates to my hectic, crafty, sunny and tough Transylvanian life! I never thought I would post so regularly, but I have really...
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Another sunny weekend
...sunny being the key word here. Anyone who thinks global warming is a scam, just look at the following pictures.We went to Scarita-Belioara, a beautiful natural reserve we had been planning to visit...
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And yet another!
...sunny weekend, that is. This time it was colder, but the same preposterously blue sky.The mountain was teeming with people, everyone breathlessly enjoying their favourite activities: climbing,...
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Welcome to 2011!
Happy New Year everyone! Allow me to welcome myself back to my blog. I have slowly and painfully managed to pull myself out of holiday mode. It was particularly hard this time, as I had such a...
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Food!
I haven't been on a trip since New Year... I know, tragic. But the weather has been so nasty and gloomy lately that you wouldn't want to kick a dog out of the house. In such circumstances, what is...
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Another catch-up
Can't believe I haven't posted anything since April! I haven't got a better excuse apart from the beautiful weather which kept me well away from the computer. But now that it's raining, maybe I should...
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Licence (to kill?)
Premise 1: Cars suck. They are ugly, bulky and dirty. They break, they screech, they smoke and they kill. They are nothing but an overcomplicated piece of machinery meant for stroking man's vanity....
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Welcome, Tiny Overlord!
You know the baby I mentioned I was expecting in this post? Well, he's finally here! Ten days late, like any self-respecting Transylvanian, but healthy and very hungry. And so, so loved :)Yay, I'm an...
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Turning 30 - The Gory Details - Part 1
Birthday morning, 9 AM- Woke up and realised I slept backwards (feet on pillow) all night. Flashback:Coffee tastes the same. Sun seems to have risen from the same place as always. Nothing new seems to...
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Turning 30 - The Gory Details - Part 2
Birthday afternoon, 12PM - Waiting for the bus to Sighisoara. A random gypsy guy offers us a lift. I hesitate (maturely): what if he's a serial killer? Or a kidnapper? What if he gets us all killed...
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Turning 30 - The Gory Details - Part 3
Birthday evening, 9PM - Cooked dinner. Edible, but nothing special, which suggests cooking skills don't come with age. However, the ability to enjoy large amounts of red wine does seem to increase with...
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Indian Summer in Transylvania
There's something magical about the light in September. It has a unique way of making the usual seem warmer, calmer, more enchanting. It adds a new glowing dimension even to things that were beautiful...
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Best Wedding Ever
  Lately, more and more of the people I know who are of "marriageable age" are very reluctant to do it. Not because my generation has any more commitment issues than the previous ones, but because the...
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Gigs of 2011
As the weather gets ever gloomier and nothing terribly exciting goes on in my life of late, I find myself daydreaming of last summer. And as all films (films of memories included) should have...
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My friggin' winter wonderland
Dear hypothetical readers,This is a post meant to awe and shock NZers. I would normally have a strong and negative emotional reaction to all the cold whiteness presented below, but all my energy is...
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Buds and Bugs
As nature is slowly reborn, so did my blog start breathing again. Taking advantage of a much-awaited Easter break, we took to the hills in search of signs of spring. Unfortunately, we haven't had truly...
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I'm not a believer, but...
i thank You God for most this amazingday: for the leaping greenly spirits of treesand a blue true dream of sky;and for everythingwhich is naturalwhich is infinite which is yes(i who have died am alive...
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So it begins
After so much rain and gloominess, we finally got to enjoy a day in the sun. Well, this one ended in rain too, but at least we made it to the top of the cliff first. This cliff being the so-called...
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Do not fret, I am still alive!
Hmm, where do I begin? It's been over a year since I last wrote anything here. Well, first of all, I'm still me. Most of the time.I moved. I have my own apartment! Well, it will be mine in 29 years'...
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It never gets old
This blog gets older... it's been 5 years and two months since I started posting here, more or less frequently.I get older... it was only a couple of weeks ago that I ate another birthday cake (carrot,...
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