The document discusses how traditional newspapers portray Romania in a negative light, focusing on issues like corruption and poverty, giving the impression that the sky is always grey. However, blogs, wikis, and travel sites provide a more positive portrayal, highlighting Romania's natural beauty with blue skies above places like the Danube Delta. While there are clouds at times, meteorological data shows Romania has around 210 sunny days per year on average, suggesting the sky is often blue rather than grey as newspapers imply.

1. the place where the sky is always grey or how blogs and wikis are better for you than newspapers

2. European newspapers would like you to think that …

3. there is a place where the sky is always grey.

4. ‘ Corruption: l'UE épingle la Roumanie’ Le Figaro (FR) ‘ Agony of children left behind in Romania’ Daily Mail (UK) ‘ A flood of 350,000 skilled workers is expected to leave Romania for the UK.’ The Sun (UK) ‘ Dall' orfanotrofio in Romania alla prostituzione’ La Repubblica (IT) Is the sky always grey in Romania?

5. no wonder I can see the clouds gathering in your mind …

6. and that you imagine Romania to be like this.

7. but what the journalists aren’t showing you …

8. and what you do find on blogs, wikis, travel sites and the likes of Flickr is …

9. the blue sky!

10. above the Danube Delta, ‘an outstanding beauty’ TripAdvisor user

11. above Voronet, ‘one of the world’s greatest cultural gems’ Redstate.com blog

12. Peles, ‘possibly the most beautiful castle in all of Eastern Europe’ Neatorama

13. Sibiu, ‘the 2007 European capital of culture’ Wikipedia

14. yes, there are clouds. but the sky is blue in Romania too.

15. ‘ an amazing country’ Responsibletravel.com user

16. ooh, and the atmospheric scientists (a.k.a. meteorologists) talk of 210 sunny days per year in Romania

17. although usually I don’t really trust them, they do have a point here.

18. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 License Photo credits Flickr users 1 EJMphoto 4 chaosinjune 5 David O'Farrell 9 p@u| 10 mihnea.boiangiu 11 marches-lointaines.com 12 Travel & Photo 13 Ivascu Adriana 15 frozenminds

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