Comments on: Culture Shock :: Romania 2 http://livingspree.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/culture-shock-romania-2/ Two newbies take a crack at round-the-world budget travel. Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:43:57 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Kathy http://livingspree.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/culture-shock-romania-2/#comment-158 Kathy Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:32:20 +0000 http://livingspree.wordpress.com/?p=152#comment-158 I continue to thoroughly enjoy both of your posts. Thank you for keeping us abreast of the sites, sounds, aromas (of all kinds!), cultures and colors of your travels!! Love, Kathy I continue to thoroughly enjoy both of your posts. Thank you for keeping us abreast of the sites, sounds, aromas (of all kinds!), cultures and colors of your travels!!

Love,
Kathy

]]> By: Romenian http://livingspree.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/culture-shock-romania-2/#comment-157 Romenian Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:17:28 +0000 http://livingspree.wordpress.com/?p=152#comment-157 I am a Romanian and this was just lovely. I mean not only did I not feel offended, but it's so refreshing to see Bucharest and Romania described by a foreign set of (candid) eyes! The comments on driving on the sidewalk seem a bit exaggerated to me, but I guess even the rares of occurrences looks weird to a visitor. Hope to see that changed in the future as more parking space is build, just like the stray dogs problem was reduced in the last years... yes! Bucharest used to have even more dogs on the streets... I remember my ex boss, a Briton, being amazed upon seeing such a urban canine waiting fora green light to cross the street in downtown Bucharest! :) I am a Romanian and this was just lovely. I mean not only did I not feel offended, but it’s so refreshing to see Bucharest and Romania described by a foreign set of (candid) eyes!

The comments on driving on the sidewalk seem a bit exaggerated to me, but I guess even the rares of occurrences looks weird to a visitor. Hope to see that changed in the future as more parking space is build, just like the stray dogs problem was reduced in the last years… yes! Bucharest used to have even more dogs on the streets…

I remember my ex boss, a Briton, being amazed upon seeing such a urban canine waiting fora green light to cross the street in downtown Bucharest! :)

]]> By: gageam http://livingspree.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/culture-shock-romania-2/#comment-156 gageam Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:58:17 +0000 http://livingspree.wordpress.com/?p=152#comment-156 Dear Readers, We've received a negative comment regarding our culture shock observations that was posted by an Anonymous reader. To avoid any backlash directed at our critic, we've chosen not to make this comment public. Rather, we would like to apologize to anyone that we offended through our comments on Romanian culture. The comments we made were brief notes on subjects that could have warranted a novel. Therefore, our critic pointed out that we misrepresented the culture by blaming everything on past communism instead of on other issues such as the current relative poverty. We would like to thank the anonymous writer for reading our blog and taking the time to critique our comments. In the future we will do our best to explain our comments better. Thank you all for reading about our adventures. Best Regards, Gage Dear Readers,

We’ve received a negative comment regarding our culture shock observations that was posted by an Anonymous reader. To avoid any backlash directed at our critic, we’ve chosen not to make this comment public.

Rather, we would like to apologize to anyone that we offended through our comments on Romanian culture. The comments we made were brief notes on subjects that could have warranted a novel. Therefore, our critic pointed out that we misrepresented the culture by blaming everything on past communism instead of on other issues such as the current relative poverty.

We would like to thank the anonymous writer for reading our blog and taking the time to critique our comments. In the future we will do our best to explain our comments better. Thank you all for reading about our adventures.

Best Regards,
Gage

]]> By: Dana http://livingspree.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/culture-shock-romania-2/#comment-154 Dana Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:23:24 +0000 http://livingspree.wordpress.com/?p=152#comment-154 for me, the "culture shock" really sits in when I get back to the states. watching americans take for granted everything we have, without a clue nor a care for what it's like in the world, can make one's stomach turn a few times. glad you guys are having such a great time. keep exploring and updating, we're definitely enjoying the posts. for me, the “culture shock” really sits in when I get back to the states. watching americans take for granted everything we have, without a clue nor a care for what it’s like in the world, can make one’s stomach turn a few times.

glad you guys are having such a great time. keep exploring and updating, we’re definitely enjoying the posts.

]]> By: Rhonda http://livingspree.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/culture-shock-romania-2/#comment-153 Rhonda Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:08:26 +0000 http://livingspree.wordpress.com/?p=152#comment-153 Love the cultural comments Gage. And I think your writing skills are great. Jen can paint a beautiful picture of the area & you can talk about the details. Very designery. That's f*in' teamwork. Love the cultural comments Gage. And I think your writing skills are great. Jen can paint a beautiful picture of the area & you can talk about the details. Very designery. That’s f*in’ teamwork.

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