11/09/2026
A hot summer evening at my grandparents’ house when I was six. Bread, sunflower oil, salt. The most biodiverse country in Europe, more than twenty ethnic groups, each with its own corner and its own way of eating.
That’s the Romania I talked about. Not castles, not Dracula. Tomatoes still warm from the sun.
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Speech delivered 36 times during Globetrotting at Virtuoso Travel Week in Vegas, August 2026. 🍅