Ana Maria Luca

March 10, 2020

Time Travel Through Bucharest Old Town

A place of lost souls and fornication, inhabited by thieves, easy women, beggars, and impoverished boyars. This was the very historical center of Bucharest at the turn of the 20th century described in one of the best novels inspired by the Romanian capital nightlife ever written – Mateiu Caragiale’s Princes of the Old Court (Craii de Curtea Veche in Romanian). […]
January 9, 2020

A Coffee Ceremony In Romania

If in some cultures tea is central for social relations and rituals evolved around tea ceremonies and gatherings, Romanians have a coffee ceremony.