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A new chapter: emoticar.ro becomes cristianaoprea.ro

Six years ago I started writing about my family’s cars, looking to escape from the architecture I was studying back then at Mincu University. I …

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What do we do when we “just stay”

I #StayHome since more than a month ago and I’ve probably done most of the thing everybody does: I slept more, I cleaned and organized …

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15 highlights of 2019

Because it’s the end of the year and the decade, I gathered below 15 highlights from my 2019. It’s all about my gasoline-driven life: motorsport …

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Get the Edge. Instant memories with Walero

I am writing this in a restaurant inside Birmingham airport – it’s already been 17 hours since I woke up this morning in my bed …

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Stop promoting yourself!

*the photo above is the work of talented miss Andreea Retinschi for DoR Influencers and haters are like bread and butter. You never really realize other …

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Definition of power…

Today’s story has almost nothing to do with the image above. It is even barely related with cars. Today, 25th of November, is the International …

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Summer roadtrip – Greece via Serbia, Montenegro & Albania

+2100km ⛽️ 5 countries 3 days ⏱  Lefkada☀️ +1700km ⛽️ Peloponnese – Athens – Sofia – Bucharest 4 days ⏱  Greece is my fail-safe summer …

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I won’t…manifesto for strong people

I won’t…manifesto for strong people This article was inspired by a T-shirt. Actually, I found my courage to write this piece after discovering the brilliant …

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From Architecture to cars – a new stage

I needed a few days to acknowledge what really happened to me. My journey through the two faculties – Urban Planning and Architecture, which I …