St Georges Day Romania

Well no surprise theres another holiday in romania, never a dull moment here as far as holidays goes this is the place for them, another good reason to party all day, tommorow is the day of St George and everyone called george or who has a name similar to george will be celebrating as it is considered the birthday of the name here, so if you are george its your birthday in the morning, you can party all you like all day. And not surprisingly no one works on this day either.

More Borlova news later

Weather: today hot sunny clear blue skies and about 26 c to 29c

Rates Of Pay in Romania

Well not exactly borlova news headlines but the rates of pay in romania are not the same as the rest of the world not groundbreaking inteligence required to work that one out, i have just calculated my hourly rate for the last 3 weeks to £2.33 per hour less than the minimum in the UK but a damn sight more than most romanians earn in an hour here, with 30 RON being an average wage and i stand to be corrected per day thats about £6 per day, perhaps this might open the eyes of people who cant understand why romanians want to work outside romania. It is only for the money, I must say though i think the rates of pay here are creeping up a bit due to supply and demand,especially in construction work. the rate for plaster boarding not plastering is about £4.00 per M2 not bad considering the time it takes me, however some romanians would last it out a bit, in my humble opinion this is because they are so used to being paid by the day, and not on peace work or price work. the price for wiring up a six room extension did surprise me though its so cheap here to find a sparks, but quality of the job mmm i dont know, from what i have had experience of the sparks are good and know what they are doing but they have to work with some real crap quality fittings and cable. any way enough of my moan onto BORLOVA NEWS HEADLINES

Eighteenth birthday celebrations last 2 days and still going

visible by the group from last night walking down the steet proclaiming how such good friends they were at the top of their voices, normal practise here, useual to see this on a saturday night in any major town in the uk not mid afternoon in a small village.

Boom Boxes becoming a fad for the summer

200 euro dacia falling to bits only held together by the cables supplying the juice to the 400 euro state of the art sound system and bass bins, seems to be the thing to have right now, romanians like to show they have wealth and now it seems they want you to hear they have it to.

weather: nice day from what i saw of it tempratures warm ish around 20 to 24 c sun shine and broken cloud dry and fine bit colder at night cardy required

She Said Yes

she said “yes” she will marry the reporter, now engaged to be married the reporter and his soon wife to be will anounce on borlova news things as they unfold. for now thats it sorry celebrations now in full swing and more news later

 weather: bad day raining and cold thats all cant think to write much bit emotional right now……..

10 O’Clock News

well its eleven but hey this is romania……..

Headlines this night…..

Rocky Caught in the act

Village Shop In Termoil…

Rain cometh.. and pretty Hard too…

Rocky (the dog where i am working right now)

Was Caught Yellow Chops With the evidence dripping from his mouth, it became soon apparent why  the chickens had been making such a fuss!Rocky had been eating the newly laid eggs, swiftly beaten with a broom he was banished to chase the cats instead.

The village shop tonight was in a state of flux as it is doubling in size, a team of shop fitters, (the owner and some mates) were busy knocking out a wall and making good, perhaps this will be the start of borlovas first minimarket (hyper market)?

The rain has started and not before time the busy planting season is in full swing and the much needed rain will help the seedlings grow…but its at night so who cares,thankfuly the sunshineth in the day..

well its good night from him and good night from me!

More news hot off the press in the morning

Tea Famine in Village

Village store goes down in estimation as now tea famine is imminent, typhoo tea 3 bags left, and one box of lancaster tea ceylon assam blend left bought from plus in caransebes, to be fair i didnt expect the shop to stock typhoo or pg tips. Blacktea or Chi Negru is not so commonly drunk here if one orders a tea any where it is always a fruit tea of some description travelers beware. always carry emergency ration of english tea bags,if yoy are a tea addict. the black market for tea is hard to penetrate. i have my supplier,monkey molone, but he doesnt come cheap at a bannanna a bag.

Other Headlines news as it breaks

Brushes ahoy

the summer is on its way in full swing denoted by teams of old ladies and women from every household insesently sweeping up road dust from outside their door steps (seems a national pastime and a complete waste of time) a woman in romania loves to weild a brush for it is a multi functional tool, usefull for sweeping of course but also doubles up as a weapon to fend of dogs old drunk men and any thing else that disturbs the woman holding it.

Boy racer passes romanian driving test and aquires first car,evident by doing nerly 70 mph through village duly noted by entire village,whilst children and old people walk the streets in fear of their lives, hes going to get a slapping from his parents over that one for sure.

Flour deliery late but finally arrives:

the long awaited flour delivery has arrived and bread baking can now resume, all if not most of the village bakes its own bread at home (price less and the best you can get)

Traffic report: any traffic free to move as it wishes (except boy racer banned by parents)not much seen so far today, roads getting dusty

Weather: Bright sunshine partly cloudy high 25 low 20 c outlook nice day

Septuplets Born in Village

FiFi Gets Full Pardon for biscuit theft case

Fifi the house dog has recived a full pardon over the theft of the salty crackers
as overnight she gave birth to 7 cute puppies
Mother and pups are doing well, ace reporter on the scene reports the pups are cute
and black. mystery father still not turned up to inspect pups,village on the lookout for black dog.
looking satisfied,bragging to mates and smoking cigar.

weather: cloudy 16c slight breeze partly sunshine,warming

Traffic report: all traffic moving no hold ups as yet (in fact not seen much this morning.)

Rush Hour Starts Early News (From yesterday archive)

Rush hour has started early today here 9.30am in The mad dash to get to the feilds for another days Toil and sunbathing

the sheep herd on the road have blockked 2 horses and carts for a whole nanno second from passing, the eye in the sky repots major chaos in borlova. latest from the viliage news desk is that local sheppard may get barred from bar as result. local reporter thrifty will keep you posted live as events unfold, traffic moving slow tractors now at crawling pace, locals getting more frustrated at delays continue, shouting started at sheppard things dont look good  more news folowing these messages ………..

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traffic update all traffic now flowing swiftly.Maxi taxi able to stop in the middle of the road to off load old lady carrying lots of shopping with sheer luck she manages to negotiate the speeding horse and carts to make it safely to the other side of the road another incident narrowly avioded:

weather sunny high 19 low 12 all the latest on news from borlova

House Dog caught Red pawed

Fi Fi the house dog was apprehended Red Pawed tearing open a new packet of salty crackers accidently left on the out side garden tables, she fled but persuing angry purchaser of said crackers caught her and gave her a severe telling off, she has been banished to the back yard for a few hours to reflect on this unacceptable behaviour. mean while the clear up operation has been hindered due to the rest of the household dissapearing to church and a local birthday party. fallen plastic chairs and an ash tray remain strewn acroos the floor, residents have been warned to keep their food stuffs well gaurded for the next few days, a clean up operation will take place at dawn. fortunately some of the crackers could be saved. a happy ending to a horror story. more news as it breaks.

Welcome to Borlova News

Welcome this is the first Edition  of Borlova News

I hope to make this a fun place for readers to look at the news from a small village perspective in romania, i will add some real stories should somthing actually happen worthy of world news reporting, for now the content will be based on true events, as seen through the eyes of well me. the expat living here.

if any people who live here see this and wish to contribute an article please feel free to post a comment of your news, alternatively you may use this space to advertise things for sale or items you wish to buy. all items posted are subject to editing and any offensive articles will be deleted.

Top stories today: news as it happens:

FROG IN A DITCH Blocks Road

Its True The French Cant Drive very well in Romania for sure,today three minibusses full to the brim with french tourists arrived in the next village(phew), apparently an annual pilgramage, obviously tired from the long journey from france they were so keen to get the luggage off loadedand take advantage of the very hot weather here today the driver of the luggage bus switly reversed into a 0.75m deep concrete drainage ditch which left the back wheels floating in mid air and the chasis of the bus firmly stuck to the edge of the ditch. Completely blocking the road, this enevitbly drew a very large crowd to the scence of chaos, with french  and romanian temperaments running at full volume, much discussion and panick and total disorganisation follwed, for 20 mins eventualy some clever romanians brought some large poles and some big blocks of wood and procceded to lever the truck out of the ditch, your intrepid reporter was one of the first on the scence to witness this major disaster,reporting news as it happens story by Steve

Ruga Discussions in full swing

The nearby town Caransebes is today starting its Ruga (carnival) birth of the town celebrations) much partying and eating of grilled meats drinking beers with friends and yet another excuse for a party.

discussions are taking place about the up and coming Ruga in Borlova on the 15th of August, plans have to be made and discussed at length. news as it breaks your intrepid reporter at the scene.

Weather Report

Very Hot and sunny not a cloud in the sky, still snow on the mountains spring has officialy bugun light breezes and 20 c high 22 c

thats all for now more news as it happens

Love at first sight

do you think its true or possible?

romanians are very romantic people, and especialy the ladies they love romance love and seduction.

if you have a romantic tale about romance with love or romance with a romanian laura would love to chat with you here about it. after all romanian ladies are the best looking in europe but i am slightly biased.