New Year vies with Easter as the most important celebration in the Romanian calendar, the latter being the most important religious celebration of course. New Year’s Eve, Revelion, is an important date in our home as it is Petronela’s birthday – so ‘open house’ in accord with Romanian tradition. All are an ‘excuse’ for a magnificent feast which would please any Yorkshireman. Our tiny flat was stuffed, as were our bellies, with traditional Romanian New Year dance and celebration music as a background (see video clips links at the end of this post).
January 2, 2015
Happy New Year! – Revelion in Yorkshire: Romanian food and wine, and a birthday
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December 23, 2014
Carp (crap) for New Year (Revelion); Yorkshire stout top so far in stouts/porters
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Christmas shopping in Leeds yesterday; it’s a great city to shop in. I find shopping on line no fun at all.
Carp for New Year (Revelion)
Although I did a bit of Christmas shopping it was mainly to begin to provision for New Year as it is Petronela’s birthday (so ‘open house’ in accord with Romanian tradition) on New Year’s Eve (Revelion for Romanians, and as big a celebration as for the Scots) and we have Romanian friends coming to stay. (more…)