http://www.vivid.ro http://www.vivid.ro/images/97/subscribe/alwayscallitthis.jpg Sun 20th September 2009 02:13:59 Vivid magazine Romania. Romanian art, culture and economics. In-depth articles and photography created by people in the know. en-ushttp://www.vivid.ro/index.php/issue/98/page/Your Health/tstamp/1252568799Thu 10th September 2009 10:46:39 CETThere are few better feelings than when you’re healthy and fit, and for both professional and amateur athletes and sports people, that involves spending time in the gym. During the winter months indoor work is pretty well unavoidable but summer offers a wealth of alternatives, the latest of which - weekend mountain biking - is attracting an increasing number of enthusiasts....http://www.vivid.ro/index.php/issue/98/page/Vivid Questionnaire/tstamp/1251444200Fri 28th August 2009 10:23:20 CET So, how's life?Flowing, trying my best to avoid any clots....http://www.vivid.ro/index.php/issue/98/page/Diary/tstamp/1249880628Mon 10th August 2009 08:03:48 CETThere have been so many momentous occasions that my husband, Prince Paul of Romania and I have had the privilege to attend in the States recently, that I wished to compress them into one Diary report....http://www.vivid.ro/index.php/issue/98/page/People In The News/tstamp/1249440905Wed 5th August 2009 05:55:05 CETAt Home...http://www.vivid.ro/index.php/issue/98/page/Travel And Tourism/tstamp/1249022767Fri 31st July 2009 09:46:07 CET The history of certain regions of Romania has been heavily influenced by Germans; particularly its southern and central regions, known today as Transylvania, were home to many thousands of Saxon settlers for centuries, who originated from Germany. The population movement stems from the 11th century, when the Hungarian kings encouraged settlers to move to this thinly populated part of their kingdom to protect it from intruders from the south and east. Offering a prosperous, arable land and a higher level of freedom than at home, they could attract settlers from the Rhine and Moselle region, in what is today the German state of Rhineland Pfalz and Luxembourg. For some strange reason these settlers were henceforth known as Saxons, although Saxony is a region in the far east of Germany....http://www.vivid.ro/index.php/issue/98/page/American Idle/tstamp/1248962192Thu 30th July 2009 04:56:32 CET Like billions of other Americans, I made a resolution this year to get more exercise. That of course did not mean giving up beer and crumb cakes and those big salty pretzels. It did mean, however, joining a health club, or, as they're now known, a fitness facility....http://www.vivid.ro/index.php/issue/98/page/Opinion/tstamp/1248889702Wed 29th July 2009 08:48:22 CET ...http://www.vivid.ro/index.php/issue/98/page/Managing Systems/tstamp/1248756562Tue 28th July 2009 07:49:22 CETTimes Square, New York. The last day of the year. For many years I'd dreamt of ringing in the New Year, and last New Year's Eve saw that dream finally materialise. Of all the places a Romanian might hope to visit while in the United States, New York is always high on the list and Times Square is at the very heart of that ambition. ...http://www.vivid.ro/index.php/issue/98/page/Music/tstamp/1247220424Fri 10th July 2009 01:07:04 CET Nowhere in the world is Hungarian folk music and dance so well preserved as in the Carpathian mountains of Romania. Transylvania hosts the Black Lake Market Gypsy fair over the second weekend of October every year in the tiny village of Negreni where I travelled on a whim to track down a musical instrument called a Stroh violin (vioară cu goarnă). What I found was a country abounding with music, folklore and dance. ...http://www.vivid.ro/index.php/issue/98/page/Your Health/tstamp/1246169639Sun 28th June 2009 09:13:59 CET How overweight were you when you were most heavy, and what was it that made you decide to change?...