MooPig's Photo Essay Regala: Romania -- Kathleen Laraia McLaughlin

Kathleen Laraia McLaughlin has this to say about Romania... through the lens:

[SOURCE] visit site for captions

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Ovidiu
October 27th, 2008 at 5:47 pm

How cool,PD!!! The pictures you have posted show, indeed, Romanian traditional activities, people dressed in traditional clothes, but, honestly, people only dress like this in the country side, for traditional holidays or when some traditional dancing shows take place.

But they are true, Romanian, just that chances to see young girls dressed like this, well, are very small. Think mobile phones instead, cars, etc.

But you can still find in the villages the horses and unfortunately even in some areas close to the city, sometimes you have the surprise to see horses crossing some roads, next to a BMW X6, if you get my point…

The image with the sheep is however true, you can easily find that in the country side. The truth is that the country side of Romania may be really wonderful and in some cases looking like 300 years ago. [SOURCE]

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Sunday, February 17, 2008

SOCCER TALK: FIFA RANKINGS
I [Ante Kvartuč] have been in a heated debate with my good friend, Ben "Argentina" Correas, who is a firm supporter of this blog, on the FIFA Ranking system and on where teams in present day soccer deserve to be placed in the ranks. We both agree that the current system is flawed and does no justice to where teams really should be ranked. I would love to have feedback from all of you soccer supporters worldwide, no matter which country you are from, so we can come to an agreed conclusion on the best 15 teams in the world today. Below, I have listed my top 15 as of February 2008. Where do you rank them?
1. Italy
2. France
3. Brazil
4. Germany
5. Netherlands
6. Argentina
7. Portugal
8. Spain
9. Croatia
10. Romania
11. Poland
12. Egypt
13. Czech Republic
14. Ghana
15. Ivory Coast

Benjamin Correas said in a reply...

Denis Svirčić replied... My rankings are based on.... “If I was Kosovo, who would I least want to face today?”

1. Italy 2. France 3. Brazil 4. Germany 5. Argentina 6. Holland 7. Portugal 8. Spain 9. Croatia 10. Czech Republic 11. Greece 12. Turkey 13. Egypt 14. Poland 15. Cameroon extra bonus 16. Russia 17. England 18. Ukraine … 200. Kosovo

1. Brazil--favored at every world cup...case closed 2.Italy--world champs...luck wins! 3.France--2nd world cup, outplayed Italy 3 times, beat former champs Brazil 4.Germany-- "there are 2 teams, one ball and Germany always wins" 5.Holland-- "total football is back" 6.Argentina-- Capello would make them world cup champions! 7.Greece--- no stars, no i in team 8.Spain---- always in the top 10 never live up to expectations 9.Portugal--- best player in the world...enough said.. 10. Croatia--- aging defense, inexperienced offense.. 11. Sweden---- most underrated team in world 12.Poland---- great in qualifying, stage freight. 13.Turkey---- Humiliate Greece in Athens, lose to Bosnia... 14.England--- with Capello they would have topped the qualifying group 15.Czech--- most overrated team at Euro 16.Ivory Coast-- most talented African team 17.Cameroon-- knocked out host Ghana 18.Ghana--- finished third because of "host" status 19.Egypt--- I don't believe in the hype.. 20. Romania--- could be a sleeper or 3 losses and out.