Posts Tagged ‘burocracia’

The ties of bureaucracy

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

Paulo Rebêlo
The Budapest Sun – 09.maio.2007 – link original

Excessive bureaucracy is part of eastern Europe folklore. You will always find yourself in a situation when a bureaucrat is behind a desk and you’re the next in line. He’ll make a fuss about forms and different offices you should go, sometimes related to small and insignificant things that do not make sense at all.

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Black coffee, white devil

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

Paulo Rebêlo ( email )
The Budapest Sun - 11 .April. 2007
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Those that say there is a coffee tradition in Budapest are not telling the truth. At least not exactly. That does not mean to say they are lying. Most probably they just do not appreciate coffee enough to realize how difficult it is to find good coffee around here. Or maybe they are not as addicted as the average Latin American.
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