Romania

• In January of 2007, Romania and Bulgaria acceded to the European Union — mostly.... • Poftă bună — eating in Romania ... • The "new leu" — Romanian currency minus four zeros... • King Mihai designates Princess Margareta heir to the throne — winter 2007-08... • The golden chalice of Vlad the Impaler... • Unfinished Romanian houses... • Exploiting Romanians and Bulgarians in Ireland, anno 2008... • "O" and "un" — two words for "a(n)" ... • I had wondered why I'd kept reading about the name Bechtel in Romanian newspapers ... • All night at a small-town "non stop," I was left in peace to speak Romanian with an elderly gentleman when my bilingual friend fell asleep at the table.... • What to bring on a Romanian train...

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