Welcome to the very first Elegantis Vitae ‘Inspiration Station’ Weekly Updates.

In this issue:

How to create your own radio/podcasting platform for free
Learn 26 basic Romania words and phrases in under 5 minutes
Redesign your life – free masterclass
Experience the oldest – and most incredibly stunning! – restaurant in Bucharest, Romania, created by Transylvanian Merchants
Interesting trivia about Samuel L Jackson holding MLK’s father hostage – seriously!
7 tips for making 2023 the best year yet
Download the book JK Rowling used as a reference book for Harry Potter

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How to create your own radio/podcasting platform for free

While there are lots of wonderful podcasting options, and lots of fabulous podcast streaming choices (personally, I love Buzzsprout), there is an option that doesn’t require any major technical abilities, and will allow you to broadcast to a wide audience.

Welcome to Twitter Spaces!

If you haven’t already heard of it, or would like a brief introduction, I recorded a video for you – just click on the image below:

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Learn 26 basic Romania words and phrases in under 5 minutes

I am not a Romanian speaker, but when visiting a country, I love to learn at least a few words in their language to show respect. So, here is a quick video with some basic Romanian words and phrases I am learning – bearing in mind, I’m not a native speaker (and I do find Romanian a tad difficult), and I know my pronunciation is waaaaay off, but it will give you at least a few words if you ever visit this amazing country.

Hello: Buna ziua [boona zee-wha]

Goodbye: La revedere [la rev-e-d-air-e]

Please; Vă rog [vah rog]

Thank you: mulțumesc [moolt-zoo-mesk]

How are you? ce mai faci [che my fach]

I am well: sunt bine [soont bee-nay]

Yes: Da [da]

No: Nu [noo]

Open: deschis [des-kiss]

Closed: închis [un-kiss]

One, two, three: unu doi trei [oonoo, doy, trey]

Do you speak English? Vorbești engleză [vor-besh-tee en-glay-za]

Where is the …: unde este [oon-day es-tay]

Left: stânga [stern-gah]

Right: dreapta [drayapta]

Straight ahead: Drept inainte [drept in-eye-in-tay]

Up: sus [soos]

Down: jos [jhoss]

In: în [oon]

Out: afară [a-far-rah]

Excuse me: scuzați-mă [skoo-zatz-ee-mah]

I’m sorry: imi pare rau [ee-me pah-rey row (as in brow)]

I don’t understand: Nu înțeleg [noo in-tzel-eg]

Slowly, please: încet, vă rog [urn-chet, vah rog]

May I have the bill, please: îmi puteți aduce nota, vă rog [oo-me poo-tetzi ah-doo-chay no-ta, va rog]

I am learning Romanian: Invat romana [in-vat ro-mana ]

The Romanian language is a Romance language spoken by nearly 25 million people worldwide. It is the official language of Romania and Moldova and is also spoken in parts of Ukraine, Serbia, Hungary, and Bulgaria. Romanian is considered to be one of the most complex Romance languages and has a rich history, with some of its words being derived from Latin, Slavic, and even Greek. Romanian has a phonetic alphabet, which consists of 31 letters.

Click on the image below to go to the video:

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Redesign your life – free masterclass

I have just uploaded a new masterclass (this is part one of a five part series).

The program is for you if you have created vision boards and the like before, but never actually used them to design your life and live the life of your dreams.

It’s on the SkillShare platform so is free for members, but if you click on the image below (that takes you to the course) you can sign up for free for 30 days and take the class.

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Experience the oldest – and most incredibly stunning! – restaurant in Bucharest, Romania, created by Transylvanian Merchants

Caru’ cu bere is considered to be the oldest restaurant in Bucharest – and upon walking through the beautiful wooden revolving door, one seems to walk through a portal in time… Magical!!!

Even the walk from the apartment I have leased to the restaurant was simply stunning. Just click on the image below to go to the video:

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Interesting trivia about Samuel L Jackson holding MLK’s father hostage – seriously!

Each week I will include a piece of interesting trivia – well, information I find interesting, anyway…

Here is something you may not know… I guess Mr Jackson had some personal experience to play some of his most famous roles!

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7 tips for making 2023 the best year yet

Although a lot of people are complaining that this year is off to a bad start, I prefer to look at things through my lovely pink-bubble-lens.

So here are my top tips for making 2023 the best year yet! They are nothing astonishing, but sometimes we need to be reminded of the things that really matter.

Just click on the image below to go to the video:

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Download the book JK Rowling used as a reference book for Harry Potter

Many people do not know that JK Rowling (of Harry Potter fame, in case that needs to be clarified) has a a degree in French and Classics from the University of Exeter, England.

She used many texts as reference material for the Harry Potter series, but one of her favourites, was a book published in 1653 (yes, 1653), written by Nicholas Culpeper (18 October 1616 – 10 January 1654), an English botanist, herbalist, physician and astrologer.

Being a lover of old books, and of bringing old books back to life, I spent quite some time on the old scanned manuscript, and am delighted to announce that I have published an illustrated version of the book as a kindle edition. (being so old, the manuscript is now in the public domain)

There are several copies of the book available online, but almost none contain all Culpeper’s images – this one does.

The kindle book is only $1.99 and is available here: https://amzn.to/3CVsjZF

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Well, that’s it for this week… Goodness – what an amazing week!

Lots still constantly being written, recorded, painted, and more… so stay tuned for next week’s update…

Sending love and smiles to all

~ Bella

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