FYI, if you decide to travel with your Kindle and use it for email and Facebook, it actually works for those two tasks. If you want to post on your blog, forget it, it doesn't work. Found out the hard way. Romania was amazing and the people hosting the conference were kind and generous. I loved it at the Constanta base. I told myself I wasn't going to mention this because it's sort of tacky, but I find the inner comedian cannot resist telling everyone, ok the two readers I have, about the crap. Apparently, the word for the fish carp, is spelled "crap" in Romanian. The first time I went into a grocery store I was completely baffled by all the "crap" for sale. Crap salad, crap by the pound, grilled crap, and of course, the ever popular, crap eggs. Needless to say I could barely control myself. I did not bother to ask the guy I was with because I guessed the humor of the situation would get lost in translation and he would wonder what kind of terrible person I must be. Two days later, a Romanian friend and I went to a fancy restaurant, and sure enough, you guessed it, there was "crap" on the menu.
"Lumi, I have to ask," pointing to the menu. "What is with the crap?"
She said, It"s a fish."
I immediately realized it was carp, and went on to explain the meaning in English for the word crap. She did think it humorous but again something was definitely lost in translation.
Sorry it still makes me smile. I won't even bother to talk about the workshop I attended. It was life changing...I'll save that for the next blog on a more serious note.
Ciao
"Lumi, I have to ask," pointing to the menu. "What is with the crap?"
She said, It"s a fish."
I immediately realized it was carp, and went on to explain the meaning in English for the word crap. She did think it humorous but again something was definitely lost in translation.
Sorry it still makes me smile. I won't even bother to talk about the workshop I attended. It was life changing...I'll save that for the next blog on a more serious note.
Ciao
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