Transylvania Archives - The Sebastian Buhai Blog http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/category/transylvania/ Tue, 07 Oct 2014 13:04:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-poza2-32x32.jpg Transylvania Archives - The Sebastian Buhai Blog http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/category/transylvania/ 32 32 Transylvania, Scania, Jutland http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2010/09/transylvania-scania-jutland/ http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2010/09/transylvania-scania-jutland/#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:28:00 +0000 http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/?p=49 I have just arrived in Kolding (remember Kolding in winter time? It is even more beautiful now) for a workshop tomorrow, after a short wedding detour to Helsingborg, which looks and feels way more exciting than seen from Hamlet’s side of the Øresund (or Öresund, if you fancy Swedish more than Danish). This, in turn, … Continue reading "Transylvania, Scania, Jutland"

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]]> http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2010/09/transylvania-scania-jutland/feed/ 5 Shawms and bagpipes http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2010/03/shawms-and-bagpipes/ http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2010/03/shawms-and-bagpipes/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:04:00 +0000 http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/?p=64 Superlative medieval tones, and a combined use of Romanian & Latin lyrics, in Mille Anni Passi Sunt. Plus, you cannot afford to miss my other personal favourites (including videoclips of live –ad litteram– shows): Dulcissima, O Varium Fortune, Venus Vina Musica, Totentanz, Chou Chou Sheng, Ballade de Mercy, Suam Elle Ires. A total medieval feast, … Continue reading "Shawms and bagpipes"

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]]> http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2010/03/shawms-and-bagpipes/feed/ 5 Happy 2010! http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2009/12/happy-2010/ http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2009/12/happy-2010/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:20:00 +0000 http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/?p=74 … although still more than 6 hours to go of ’09, here, in Chicago. Where I have already discovered (in Devon Market; all credits to Daniel) an interesting range of rather decent Romanian wines (eventually I have settled for a Feteasca Regala from Jidvei and, something special for tonight– I am very curious!– a Dracula’s … Continue reading "Happy 2010!"

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]]> http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2009/12/happy-2010/feed/ 3 The hard road to Transylvania http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2009/12/the-hard-road-to-transylvania/ http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2009/12/the-hard-road-to-transylvania/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:12:00 +0000 http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/?p=76 4 hours inside a KLM/Malev plane that just wouldn’t take off at Schiphol (after 2 extra hours of waiting for the– eventually, wrong– plane to arrive); a (involuntary, for a change) night spent in beautiful but frozen Budapest (helped by the fact that my friend Balint was very inspired for the dinner suggestion; even the … Continue reading "The hard road to Transylvania"

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]]> http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2009/12/the-hard-road-to-transylvania/feed/ 7 Klausenburg, anno 1865 http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2009/09/klausenburg-anno-1865/ http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2009/09/klausenburg-anno-1865/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:44:00 +0000 http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/?p=112 WHEN you leave Szamos Ujvár, the road passes straight over a plain, with little or nothing to relieve the monotony. A Hungarian village or two, a nobleman’s mansion with the surrounding farm-buildings,-that is all, until the tall spire and the various towers of Klausenburg rise before you. The town takes you by surprise, entering it … Continue reading "Klausenburg, anno 1865"

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]]> http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2009/09/klausenburg-anno-1865/feed/ 2 Econlinks (& more) http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2008/11/econlinks-more/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:32:00 +0000 http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/?p=169 Greg Mankiw’s memo to the President-Elect; there is a chance Obama might actually listen, given how fast Mankiw’s comment changed things here :-). The secret pleasures of Dr. Doom: and you still wonder why Roubini has so many fans among the young economists?! :-). Do not let this reach Transylvania (the current economic crisis did … Continue reading "Econlinks (& more)"

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]]> Studenter-Sangforeningen la Cluj: 7 mai, orele 18, Academia de Muzica “Gheorghe Dima” http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2007/05/studenter-sangforeningen-la-cluj-7-mai-orele-18-academia-de-muzica-gheorghe-dima/ Tue, 01 May 2007 21:47:00 +0000 http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/?p=387 Hans Christian imi face cunoscut urmatorul anunt despre turneul transilvan al Corului Universitatii din Copenhaga. Deci, mai ales pentru clujenii mei: daca as fi la Cluj pe 7 mai (din pacate, pentru contextul de aici, eu voi fi la Chicago…), as face tot posibilul sa prind cantecele studentesti/academice scandinave din program. Intrarea (la Academia de … Continue reading "Studenter-Sangforeningen la Cluj: 7 mai, orele 18, Academia de Muzica “Gheorghe Dima”"

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]]> New Blog Contest: Best Blog Entry on Inter-Ethnical Matters in Transylvania http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2007/04/new-blog-contest-best-blog-entry-on-inter-ethnical-matters-in-transylvania/ http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2007/04/new-blog-contest-best-blog-entry-on-inter-ethnical-matters-in-transylvania/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:13:00 +0000 http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/?p=389 As announced, I restate below the second part of the my previous post. Looking forward for a big number of enthusiastic participants! Sebi Buhai (in collaboration with Dan, Lolka and Tihi, my colleagues from PhoenixTransylvania, who do not yet know about this, but I am sure will have nothing against it 🙂 ) is launching … Continue reading "New Blog Contest: Best Blog Entry on Inter-Ethnical Matters in Transylvania"

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]]> http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2007/04/new-blog-contest-best-blog-entry-on-inter-ethnical-matters-in-transylvania/feed/ 2 This blog is more popular than I thought. And a new blog contest! http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2007/04/this-blog-is-more-popular-than-i-thought-and-a-new-blog-contest/ Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:12:00 +0000 http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/?p=390 Popularity is not at all something I am after (though I could start considering my running for the Romanian Presidency in the future- after all, so far, all you need for that is to be very popular:-)), as I immediately made clear when I was nominated to this “Clujblogfest”, a blog “competition” in my native … Continue reading "This blog is more popular than I thought. And a new blog contest!"

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]]> We’re all Friedmanians now! And we’re all from Transylvania… http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2007/04/were-all-friedmanians-now-and-were-all-from-transylvania/ Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:59:00 +0000 http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/?p=400 This is a very concise, very well written and largely accesible (to non-economists as well) text of Robert Barro on Milton Friedman and (part of) his work. To join my other blog entries on Milton Friedman. Here’s the intro excerpt, meant as an appetizer: When my son Jason was an economics Ph.D. student at Harvard … Continue reading "We’re all Friedmanians now! And we’re all from Transylvania…"

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