Archive - Ivona’s Loft

Salt. A World History by Mark Kurlansky

A Microhistory of a Resource That Changed the World

Jun 22 •

March 2025

Simona Halep: A Career of Excellence in Tennis

A data visualization

Mar 19 •

February 2025

What Books Did Romanians Prefer in 2024? A Visual Data Analysis

Based on Libris.ro sales data

Feb 7 •

January 2025

Insights into U.S. Presidential Elections: Popular Vote, Early Voting, and Turnout (2000–2024)

I initially planned to publish this just before Donald Trump's second inauguration, but too many things happened in a very short time.

Jan 26 •

How I Started Learning Hungarian

New Year, New Language... 383 Words into Learning Hungarian

Jan 11 •

November 2024

Kaštela Riviera - A Hidden Treasure Between Split and Trogir

Thank goodness for the Balkans! Plus, a reading suggestion & photos.

Nov 17, 2024 •

September 2024

A visual overview of European Commissioners by gender and EU Member States from 1993 to the present

I tried to visualize all this data to understand how much misogyny we can talk about within the European Commission, if ever it existed, if it exists…

Sep 9, 2024 •

August 2024

Yesterday Was Mine

Memoires of a Romanian Princess. Memoires of Europe*

Aug 28, 2024 •

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