tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38255753605142884092026-02-19T12:03:12.660+02:00Journalist and social media communicator as profession, traveller, chocolate eater and dog lover as passionsRalukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14583533231482126915noreply@blogger.comBlogger2322125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825575360514288409.post-9384700814630148122026-02-19T12:03:00.001+02:002026-02-19T12:03:12.514+02:00

Although the RomanIA exhibition hosted by the National Art Museum of Romania, would be more worthy of comment than praise, I choose not to put any more evil in the world, because there is enough of it. Just keep in mind that it is good that the exhibition existed or exists (that it was extended), but it lacked very little to be a top exhibition. I imagine that the effort to organize an

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Long time no see, well not that long, but still I feel I haven't written anything on here in ages and frankly I miss it. This post sparked from my desire to read everything about Wildrose collection from Villeroy&Boch and finding bits and pieces of information on websites and never the whole picture. It all started from a gift that my dear friend gifted me. I was never enamored in

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You guys I can't believe it's been two years since I've last posted on this blog. Thank you so, so much if you manage to find somehow this post and give me some feedback. So the story is simple, really. It's Spring time here in Arlonia (for the readers of this blog who just come to join me, Arlonia is some bits of Luxembourg, some bits of Belgium, some bits of France and some bits of

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Ok nu e o cămașă, dar e tot broderie, deși chiar nu mi-aș dori să transform acest blog într-unul de broderie, pentru ca eu fac mult mai multe lucruri, iar broderia e așa un 5%. Și unul dintre lucrurile pe care le fac eu e să fiu membru fondator al unei asociații culturale aici în Luxemburg pe numele ei RoKultur. Este cumva produsul prieteniei a opt doamne, într-adevăr pasionate de broderie, dar

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 Am decis să mă întorc la scrisul în română, nu pentru audiența mea ci pentru mine, pentru că o uit. Sunt din ce în ce mai dese momentele când apelez la Google să văd cum se scrie ceva sau cât de corect e altceva. Uit cuvinte, îmi vine din ce în ce mai ușor să mă exprim în engleză. Și e normal pentru că trăiesc în engleză și franceză, iar cele 4-5 ore în care vorbesc româna seara, acasă,

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Am început să cos la Cămașa Cucuteni pe 1 februarie 2022 și am pus acul jos pe 8 martie 2023, însă nu am cusut la ea un an pe muchie, pentru că prin vară am rămas fără mătasea galbenă și a fost nevoie de o serie de miracole pentru a o putea continua. Însă, să începem cu începutul.Visez la cămașa asta din 2015 și chiar am găsit postarea pe care am scris-o atunci când am descoperit-o. Am văzut

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My philosophy when it comes to making Romanian blouses is document as much as possible before even getting the needle through the fabric. Reason being, anyone can hold a needle, but not anyone can make a Romanian blouse or any ethnic embroidery for that matter. I'm not being a purist or an elitist, it is a status easily achievable through seeing an enormous amount of correct Romanian blouses,

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Facebook in its infinite wisdom brought this into my attention, it was something in the line with - Christmas Markets in weirdest places, so I've skimmed the list and found out that the market in a cave it was close to Maastricht so close to us in Luxembourg. For a month I had the tab open on my chrome so I would not forget about it, and I've almost did when in the glue that are the days

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I was a bit hesitant when my husband proposed a quick getaway three days before Christmas, but I was also the one complaining about not going to the Christmas Markets in Luxembourg and not drinking enough mulled wine. I've imagined that the prices would be astronomical, similar to the ones in Colmar or Strasbourg, this time of year, but it was very affordable, so everything fit into place and on

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It's been so long since I've written anything here that I have almost forgotten the password, but here I am. Does it make sense to say I'm working on a new face for my blog and my social media outlets? Don't think so. You will see it when it will be ready. In the meantime, on our region winter came and with it the Christmas Markets. This year, the abundance of markets made me look for the smaller

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Nu am mai scris de o eternitate in limba romana, iar daca sunteti fanatici, nici acest post nu e chiar in romana, e un amestec si nici nu are diacritice. Sper totusi ca il veti putea citi. A fost initial o postare pe Facebook pe care fetele m-au sfatuit sa o pun pe blog.***In una din ultimele zile ale vacantei, ne-am trezit tarziu, nu aveam chef de nimic, vremea era de plaja si nu prea era, asa

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 I promise I'm not spending all my time in textile related museums, I'm on holiday and as I usually do, I went to the closest tourist information centre and picked up some leaflets that might be in our interest. Without any planning I've stumbled upon the French Silk Museum, an hour away from our house. Tell me that in a similar situation you would have done it differently!It's our third

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You will probably have to get used with me talking about textiles, be Romanian Blouses, museums, workshops, examples... cause this is my interest now. So when I've heard that there is a flax museum in Belgium, no less, I made it possible for me to visit it.It is not close to Luxembourg (even though a two hours drive is close), but unless you are a textile passionate as myself, I don't see the

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I am a bit in a hurry to write this post, because only the next weekend you can visit the "museum". Also, it's not quite a museum is more of someone's home turned into a museum showcasing old crafts from the village world. Otherwise, if I've convinced you, keep an eye on their website or their social media to see the next events.It is rather close to Luxembourg, if you go towards Verdun. So it is

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It has become sort of a tradition to be in Romania close to the IA Day, 24th of June. This year was no exception, but I went to Romania especially for this exhibition, Cos pentru o cauza. I've been there when this project took form and I really liked the concept, but somehow I did not understand how would it be put to practice. Well, let me tell you, that the ladies in the Semne Cusute Community

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Let me tell you a story: a long, long time ago (1866) Romania became a monarchy with a king and queen, brought to my country from Germany after the local elite considered itself incapable of ruling and after many and long years of Ottoman ruling. He was Prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and she was Pauline Elisabeth Ottilie Luise of Wied, or Elisabeth of Wied. They became King Carol the

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Now that I have a bit more freedom, having a drivers licence, I've started going places without my husband and I loved it! Don't get me wrong, he is a more than average patient person and doesn't complain much when he has to come with me to brocantes or second hand shops or small events or fairs, but I always feel the pressure of his boredom. So on Saturday I snack out of the house for a

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 A bit of a back story. I follow on Instagram a Romanian blogger, Diana Cosmin @finesocietycurator which you should follow, because I don't get why she doesn't have a lot more followers giving the content she is creating. I digress, so Diana has done some studies in Leiden and she talks about the place so lovingly and as it happens to be one of my favourite places in the Netherlands, I

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Postarea ar trebui să se numească - NU puneți altițe la fetițe! - însă Google e nițel mai prietenos cu titlul pe care l-am ales.Scriu în limba română pentru că, nu e așa, noi suntem români, noi avem cămășile în ADN, noi nu trebuie să ne mai documentăm, în era asta a vitezei și a banului, noi ne permitem să cumpărăm orice. Nu voi scrie în engleză pentru că străinii sunt interesați și ascultă,

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Oh how I love a little investigating! The thrill of finding something new and then writing about it for the whole world to read!The checkered cat in Place Clairefontaine in Luxembourg, made an appearance on my feed a couple of weeks ago and it intrigued me as I've never spotted it before. Granted, I'm not every week (not even every month) on the center, but I am a fan of these sort of street art

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If you know me a bit, you know I always wanted to drive. When I've turned 18 years old, I must admit, I did not have that dream, but it creeped on me little by little over the years. First, it was never a need to have a car and subsequently a driver's license, because we always lived in big cities where we had public transport or taxies. Granted, I did spent a lot of time in public transport

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 A few disclaimers so you better understand this post.I was one of the weird kids in my cercle who liked Little Prince. When I grew up the vinyl player was the thing to own and we had one and we also had a record with Little Prince in Romanian and let me tell you it was boooooring, compared to other records with stories, of course. That was until I could read and I've read the book. From

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Dragilor,nu am revenit pe blog, aș vrea foarte tare să revin, dar știți și voi expresia cu zugravul are casa nezugrăvită, cizmarul nu are pingele...tot așa și jurnalistul și social media specialistul nu are blogul la zi. Lucrez, intens aș putea spune, la lansarea unui site în engleza, dar îmi voi păstra și acest blog din motive sentimentale. Veți afla tot la momentul potrivit de pe facebook,

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This post was originally written in Romanian back in 2012If you think about it, you wouldn't call Dublin a romantic city, but it is. Somehow the old Gothic buildings, rainy weather and dark sky don't spark romance, but the multitude of castles, of old Victorian houses, the green of St. Stephen, the joy of seeing a blue sky and occasionally a rainbow they are romantic in some way.And Ireland as a

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I was talking to my friend after a meeting in Kirchberg when I've spotted him just like that, the Tall Banker. Of course I've stopped and took pictures, but who is this banker and why does he have a statue in Kirchberg?If you are not familiar to Luxembourg, Kirchberg is the European district, a place with more office spaces than housing, at least on the main street. When I've worked in Kirchberg,

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