http://thetarpit.org/2018/hermannstadt "Now I feel like I know less about what that blog is about than I did before." Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:20:09 +0000 http://thetarpit.org hourly 1 http://thetarpit.org/2018/hermannstadt#comment-7183 On perversion « The Tar Pit Sun, 01 Mar 2026 16:34:41 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2018/hermannstadt#comment-7183 [...] Confectionery: a perversion of food. [...] [...] Confectionery: a perversion of food. [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2018/hermannstadt#comment-4253 Sibiu, cca. 2023 « The Tar Pit Sat, 10 Jun 2023 16:17:06 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2018/hermannstadt#comment-4253 [...] Sibiu is a small town from southern Transylvania. Nearly five years from the last one, this entry records a set of notes summing up the state of this tiny part of the world at the beginning of post-covid 2020s. [...] [...] Sibiu is a small town from southern Transylvania. Nearly five years from the last one, this entry records a set of notes summing up the state of this tiny part of the world at the beginning of post-covid 2020s. [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2018/hermannstadt#comment-4217 Against the direction in Romanian culture today, translated and annotated « The Tar Pit Sun, 28 May 2023 14:21:14 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2018/hermannstadt#comment-4217 [...] Bucharest, mmkay? Neither Hermann's stadt. Maybe Cluj was culturally above Iași -- but remember, that one was under fresh Austro-Hungarian [...] [...] Bucharest, mmkay? Neither Hermann's stadt. Maybe Cluj was culturally above Iași -- but remember, that one was under fresh Austro-Hungarian [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2018/hermannstadt#comment-4117 The marks of decay « The Tar Pit Fri, 28 Apr 2023 19:23:19 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2018/hermannstadt#comment-4117 [...] by 2015 or so, chocolate became dirt cheap; and while the purely subjective assessment of quality-as-"taste" wouldn't amount to much, what I can say for sure is that chocolate [...] [...] by 2015 or so, chocolate became dirt cheap; and while the purely subjective assessment of quality-as-"taste" wouldn't amount to much, what I can say for sure is that chocolate [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2018/hermannstadt#comment-3259 Ion Ghica, Letters to Vasile Alecsandri: From the time of Caragea [v] « The Tar Pit Sat, 15 Oct 2022 11:09:34 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2018/hermannstadt#comment-3259 [...] Caragea's time stood the so-called Greek school. Sometime during Caragea's rule, one man from Sibiu known as Gheorghe Lazăr started reorganizing this school -- and others, including the school at [...] [...] Caragea's time stood the so-called Greek school. Sometime during Caragea's rule, one man from Sibiu known as Gheorghe Lazăr started reorganizing this school -- and others, including the school at [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2018/hermannstadt#comment-2794 Brașov, yet again « The Tar Pit Tue, 16 Aug 2022 14:05:12 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2018/hermannstadt#comment-2794 [...] (Hungarian, Habsburg, Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian) influences over the centuries. Very much like Sibiu, it was for the most part -- and like the fortifications surrounding it, such as Rupea, Hărman, [...] [...] (Hungarian, Habsburg, Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian) influences over the centuries. Very much like Sibiu, it was for the most part -- and like the fortifications surrounding it, such as Rupea, Hărman, [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2018/hermannstadt#comment-79 København « The Tar Pit Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:44:58 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2018/hermannstadt#comment-79 [...] above, Copenhagen's central train station. Unlike Romania, the trains here work. Below, a shot from the main hall in the Copenhagen National [...] [...] above, Copenhagen's central train station. Unlike Romania, the trains here work. Below, a shot from the main hall in the Copenhagen National [...]

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