Bucharest is now the most polluted capital in the European Union.

It is a rather dubious honor, but Bucharest, Romania has recently overtaken it’s closest competitors for the title of Most Polluted Capital in the EU.  Click here for a short article with more information and statistics.

Easter Preparations

You may not have known, but here in Romania we will be celebrating Easter this weekend. It is over a month later than in the USA this year because here they follow the Orthodox calendar as opposed to the Catholic calendar that is generally used in America. Easter is a huge holiday here [...]

Site Renovations are “tentatively” Finished

I may have a few small issues to play with over the next day or so, but unless some problem has occurred that I’m unaware of, the site ought to be fully functional. As you probably noticed, there is a different design now as well as a few new features. I personally like [...]

NOTICE - SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION

I will be doing modifications and implementing a general overhaul of this blogsite over the next several hours.  You may experience problems while navigating between posts and pages.  Please come back and visit us again, as the “remodeling” won’t take too long. Thanks!

A Few Quick Facts

Did you know….?
That Romania has a -0.43% annual population growth?
That the estimated amount of Romanian children living without their parents is over 700,000?  (due to parents working abroad)
That the current Inflation rate is nearly 9%?
That the 2008 minimum salary in Romania is 140 Euro/month?
That to remain in the EU a minimum salary of 500 Euro/month [...]

Changes to Site (upcoming)

I just wanted to make a quick post to say that I hope to be doing some fairly extensive changes and updates to this site sometime in the near future.  It should not be offline for very long, but it may be in a bit  of disarray for a day or two.  I hope to [...]

Romanian Grain Production Woefully Low

It has recently been announced that Romania has the second worst grain/cereals production per acre in the European Union.  Romania’s greatest natural resource is it’s deep, rich, loamy soil that with the proper fertilizers and herbicides can be wonderfully fertile.  Romania was once called “The Breadbasket of Europe” and the same soil is still there; [...]

Long Term Visa

I would like to post a specific prayer request: We are going to be starting the process to acquire visas for long term residence here in Romania. To stay in the country for more than 90 days this is a legal requirement. It is a lengthy process, and I won’t [...]