2018-01-27 09:00
I have considered a lot if I should publish these images. I had the chance to visit Auschwitz and have seen many documentaries and movies around this topic. I must say this is one of the mos… Read More
Blog Directory > Friends & Family Blogs > Community Blogs > Magda Oltean community Blog >
Magda Oltean Blog
magdaoltean.com
Tags:
romania
finding coco
concentration camp
ceausescu
teleferic grand hotel
coco
write
grand hotel
brasov
article
When I am not Magda, Oltean, the DG design girl, whenever I am not the sister, the daughter, the girlfriend, I am just a person. A person who dreams, loves, gets excited way too fast, makes mistakes and then accomplishes something great. A person who does not want to give up her dreams and wants others to accomplish theirs. I love life and I want to spend it seeing the world, I don’t want to settle in any place, but settle for love. I love turquoise and dislike artichokes, I am an avid worker and goals achiever, a proud Romanian and a vintage enthusiast.
2017-12-16 07:05
My holidays, since we built the company have been always mixed with work and relaxation. I am a workaholic so this does not bother me at all. On the contrary, I believe that if I also work o… Read More
2017-12-10 04:22
This is a fascinating place that has completely taken me by surprise. We were passing by in front of the building when we heard it has recently turned into a museum. I had no idea about its… Read More
2017-12-05 09:51
This autumn was quite full of events and things happening around Lausanne and it is pretty awesome to see my city moving. It is always followed by even more parties and events before the win… Read More
2017-11-25 16:31
To continue the story about my fall travelling in Romania and almost finish it, I will briefly mention Brasov. I have already shown you the hotel where we stayed at and bits of pieces of the… Read More
2017-11-21 09:51
One of my biggest regrets is that I don’t get to read enough books, at least not as many as I used to. So when I am on holidays and sunbathing on the beach, I finally get to read a few… Read More
2017-11-15 07:24
During the first trip to Romania, where we had a few errands to run for the company and to fix some of the pending paperwork we have in Romania and since we stayed a lot this time, we decide… Read More
2017-11-09 10:00
Bucharest is often misunderstood, as I like to say. We’ve (quite) recently been through various turmoils in the media. Don’t let anything fool you. Bucharest is amazing and has e… Read More
2017-10-27 07:45
To make things clearer regarding this trip. Here is how the itinerary went:
Trip One: Bucharest – Breaza – Brasov – Bucharest – Satu Mare – Bucharest
Trip Two:… Read More
2017-10-22 16:01
It has been a while since I had enough time to spend on my blog. Sadly, a million tasks took over my life and I am very behind with all my blog plans. However, I am now ready to show you the… Read More
2017-10-18 12:46
I grew up and finished high school in Satu Mare, exactly where you hang the map on the wall. If you hang it, can’t even see my town. But it has done its wonders for 19 years, until I l… Read More
2017-10-04 12:06
Heya! Haven’t been online in a very long time. With the Romanian office growing and changing, a few pitches we had for various projects and a lot of details to sort out for the upcomin… Read More
2017-09-05 09:07
While the world is enjoying summer holidays, I am planning my winter one, as it’s the only one I will get and I hang on to it as much as I can. Plus it’s a completely new place w… Read More
2017-08-24 11:51
It’s been a very difficult period at work lately with tons of projects that have started and a lot of other problems to solve while working, as you might know or have seen in the previ… Read More
2017-08-21 07:57
I continue my SundayFunday ideas with a new place to visit, quite close to Lausanne. One Sunday when weather was less good in Lausanne and we could not go to the lake anymore, we decided to… Read More
2017-08-16 08:31
Since holidays are over for at least two months now, I wanted to talk about the trending top of the moment: the job. Back to work!
I have barely worked for a few years since I graduated, but… Read More
2017-08-08 14:10
A typical #sundayfunday hashtag refers to a crazy day outdoors, fun activities on a Sunday afternoon or trying a completely new activity indoors with your friends. Or at least this is what i… Read More
2017-08-03 11:19
Another amazing place in Switzerland is Chaplin’s World, a museum opened a year ago in his former mansion, the place where he spent his last years of life together with his large famil… Read More
2017-07-28 13:39
I don’t get to go on holidays this summer. Dan and I travelled so much and had so many things to do and prepare in Romania the first half of the year that we feel there is no need to l… Read More
2017-07-25 12:21
It has never been a dream of mine to work in hotels or similar, even if I did my Bachelor degree at Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne. I actually have never even considered… Read More
2017-07-17 07:00
That’s exactly how I would describe our lives in general nowadays: playing the Russian Roulette, but even more so our way of dealing with nature. Loading a bullet, a PET in this case… Read More
2017-07-13 12:30
After a long pause due to tons of work and a million things on my mind, I finally found some time to write. I have read a lot these past weeks and have also done various different things to… Read More
2017-06-01 07:42
I don’t know how many of you use TripAdvisor to find restaurants or hotels in different areas and read the reviews written there, but whenever I go to a new place I try to do a mini re… Read More
2017-05-17 06:35
As spring became rather crazy this year and you never know what to wear, I went for a dress, but a long and thick one and a hat that preferably covers everything, even the shoulders (I… Read More
2017-05-05 05:34
I believe as human beings we are never free. And it is not because we have a job and need money to get by, a shelter to protect ourselves from cold and sun, various needs and desires, but be… Read More
2017-05-02 07:06
I have always liked to go through my mums and grandmas closets and look for little gems, of any kind. Well not just theirs, I have also paid a visit to all our neighbours. Every time I did i… Read More
2017-04-24 14:41
I’ve always had people asking me how it is to work with my boyfriend. Lately, I have had a few more asking during an event we had, so I figured there may be more of you interested… Read More
2017-04-20 10:20
A few reasons why Easter in Romania is the best:
Here come the lamb, eggs and “drob”. No idea how I would even be able to translate this, but pictures will suffice. Who cares abo… Read More
2017-04-17 15:10
Budapest is the capital of Hungary and the place where I have to land if I want to go home to visit my parents and sister. There used to be a flight from Geneva closer to home (where I would… Read More
2017-04-10 11:41
This is a letter to myself, a go-to place whenever in doubt.
Dear Magda,
I know you are great and are having a great time. However, I am going to tell you everything about your life until th… Read More
2017-04-05 08:00
I don’t know about you, but I was always interested in all sports that allow me to stretch to the point where my heels touch my nose and then I can never get up. A shame for an ex ball… Read More
2017-03-28 15:55
Travelling has always been one of my favourite hobbies and I have started travelling at a very young age. Most of my travels have been in Europe as a kid, but I still haven’t man… Read More
2017-03-22 08:02
I am not the biggest sports fan there is, but I used to exercise a lot. Parts of it because I was forced in school while in Romania and partly because I have always wanted to be sl… Read More
2017-03-16 09:27
My favourite moment of the day is going to bed (don’t get any kinky thoughts, my reason is much simpler). It’s not because I finally get to sleep, which is a hobby of m… Read More
2017-03-14 14:16
I went out during the day on a Saturday to do some shopping and I found myself in the middle of the walking street in Lausanne. I stopped for a moment and looked around and I was slight… Read More
2017-03-08 16:37
To end the day in glory, I left the best for last. I am really curious to know which ones you like best. As I said before I could not choose which ones I like more so I had to make thr… Read More
2017-03-08 11:06
To continue on the 8th of March flowery impulse and my happiness that spring is here, I have various reasons to be happy and grateful for.
I have an awesome family, both in Romania and in Sw… Read More
2017-03-07 22:05
As today is women’s day in most countries, I have decided to offer myself tons of flowers. I had the chance to do the coolest shooting so far and Romina played along with it in t… Read More
2017-03-06 17:19
Dainty, as in delicately small and pretty is what the title says. Not sure what this lipsticks says about me, but I felt the title was more suited to accompany the accessories I barely mana… Read More
2017-03-02 09:57
I recently had lunch with an old friend, ex manager of mine and had a very long conversation about the world. Chitchat about this and that. As we both work in different areas and have grown… Read More
2017-02-27 08:16
Hair is a funny thing. A crazy funny thing. And yes, I used “is”. Hair has no plural in English. I go crazy when I see “them” in relation to hair.
Fuzzy, never sittin… Read More
2017-02-21 13:42
One of Dan’s and my idea of spending time, especially on holidays is to watch people. When we sit somewhere on a bench or are at the beach and don’t feel like talking about anyth… Read More
2017-02-14 16:54
I recently witnessed a conversation between two girl friends talking about their morning routine, make-up obviously. The phrase that stuck with me was “I need to put a face on before I… Read More
2017-02-10 13:29
I am still not over my euphoria and my dreaminess from the holidays. So many things have happened in just over three weeks, we have seen so many interesting places and met so many cheerful p… Read More
2017-02-07 14:00
I am sure I am one of the many Romanians abroad suffering because of what happens in our country. Heck, all over the world lately! Whatever we all believe in, bullying is NOT the a… Read More
2017-02-07 08:05
I gotta tell you a story. I hate Valentine’s day. And only because it is such a forced love holiday. I never wanted to have any dinners or do anything special on this day. I believe in… Read More
2017-02-03 09:13
Since we have recently (that’s relative now after tons of work – feels like years) returned from holiday and it consisted in visiting many wonderful places in three countries, I… Read More
2017-02-01 07:32
I grew up with a customs officer as a father and a police woman as a mum, in a relatively small city (100k people or so) in post-communist Romania. School still had the communist credos and… Read More
2017-01-30 18:58
I have decided to write about the last two destinations together as we were not particularly fond of Cienfuegos and there really isn’t much to say about the city. Apparently it is one… Read More
2017-01-26 14:39
Playa Larga was never on our itinerary when we were in Switzerland and came in discussion only after we saw a lady from the information desk in Havana. We have always refused to go to Varade… Read More
2017-01-24 08:36
Third country on our list was Cuba. Probably Dan was drone to it for its cigars and I was interested in seeing and understating a bit more about how things work under a system that is less p… Read More
2017-01-19 20:30
How does it feel to be on top of the world? Perhaps only if you are an astronaut you could answer this question. Otherwise, i highly doubt it. Not because we cannot be on top of our own worl… Read More
2017-01-18 06:53
Second on our list was Miami and it came much later in our travel plans. We knew that we wanted to do Cuba and we wanted a long holiday, but did not want to spend the three weeks we had in o… Read More
2017-01-14 18:18
As you saw in my previous articles, I decided to write about each country separately and explain our holiday. I also find it difficult to say all I want to and explain all we have experience… Read More
2017-01-12 08:28
Already a few days passed in the New Year and I have a feeling that 2017 is almost ready. People went back to their usual tasks, to their daily chores and forgot all about the holidays eupho… Read More
2017-01-10 07:53
As Speedy Gonzalez would say! It’s exactly what I said when Mexico came up as a potential destination for our holiday.
Dan and I took three weeks of “workliday” (work+… Read More
2016-12-22 03:25
Let’s fight for us, ladies!
But first, coffee!
I have received a few questions regarding this blog lately and the most common one was why? Why did you make a blog? I cannot always hav… Read More
2016-12-16 10:35
Before I get into showing you what I packed for my soon to come trip, let me introduce you to the notion of flashpacking.
Flashpacking is a new word used to refer to affluent backp… Read More
2016-12-11 09:00
Before we all go on holidays I wanted to share with you Minthical . It has become part of our lives only recently. We felt the need to change from DGdesign into Minthical as the na… Read More
2016-12-10 12:29
Before the holidays I’ve decided I needed to go shopping. My idea was not accepted very positively, so I was challenged to do so without a budget. “Why don’t you go sh… Read More
2016-12-07 21:14
Walking alone one evening in Lausanne, I started to notice the city in a different way. People walk very fast, never look at you unless they stare helplessly. Perhaps I gave them reason… Read More
2016-12-02 14:34
This was the first time that I am taking and wannabe editing my own pictures. Which comes pretty handy when you are all alone and think aloud:
Independent all the way, no? I get to boss… Read More
2016-11-30 07:20
Most of the stories we read are of people who fall in love with each other. But what about the other people? The ones that fall in love alone? In love with nature, in love with things around… Read More
2016-11-28 07:57
I almost gave up writing a post about Porto as the first two days here were quite dark and gloomy. Thank God for #sundafunday and the sunniest day we had in Portugal since we came. Perhaps b… Read More
2016-11-25 08:00
My morning look ladies and gentlemen. Suave and gorgeous, incomparable. Oh goodie goodie!
Ha! Ha! The joke is on me.
This is how I look like after a day of work, million of crazy e… Read More
2016-11-22 16:41
I am in the office looking at my colleagues, browsing websites for inspiration and thinking about the past. Not mine. Mine is not as impressive yet. What are my colleagues thinking abou… Read More
2016-11-20 07:23
As native Romanians, both Dan and I, have always wanted to grow our business there and to do as much as we can to be active on the market in Bucharest. Hence, we go quite often to Romania an… Read More
2016-11-15 20:33
My weekends are for fresh air. I used to say weekends are for parties. I am surely getting older and my habits go bananas. But how about working in a cool place in the mountains? I am not pr… Read More
2016-11-06 13:50
Or the Wicked Stepmother of Cinderella, as she is more commonly known.
I have always had issues with finding a spot of my own and feeling very comfortable. I always fidget and move and… Read More
2016-11-01 13:54
When leaves turn from yellow to red I turn from red into brown. Of some sort. But not just yet.
Nowadays we spend our lives doing so many things, but seeing and appreciating nature arou… Read More
2016-10-25 05:00
I am finally writing. I write because I work with clients too closely and I get to live their lives way too many hours of the day. And because I have been called “stupid for not w… Read More
Subscribe to Magda Oltean
Get updates delivered right to your inbox!