Name: Two months to fluency? Not really - Romanian interview
Uploaded: 2016-07-15T12:42:21.000Z
Duration: 15 min 10 s
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I enjoyed my visit in Romania very much. It was short, too short; but it was pleasant. I liked it a lot.

I went to Rădăuţi through Bucharest because I had been in Vienna, Austria for 3 days.

After that, I went to Rădăuţi through Bucharest. I arrived late at night.

The next day I visited a sawmill and a monastery.

Yes, did you speak Romanian with the workers?

I started speaking Romanian in Vienna because I had been invited to a party

At this party, there were people from many countries, Romania included.

It was a party for businessmen in the wood sector.

I looked for the Romanians! After two months of learning Romanian, I wanted to talk.

I found a table where there were only Romanians. I started to talk to them.

It was very interesting because a man at this table was the Mayor of a city in Moldavia, called Comăneşti.

The Mayor insisted that I shouldn't go to Braşov (as originally planned) but to Comăneşti instead.

The company has a sawmill in Comăneşti.

I decided to change my plans and I went to Comăneşti. It was very interesting.

He is a very warm and friendly man. This was all part of my experience.

But in Romania, after Rădăuţi, because I rented a car

In Romania, if you pay 20 euros, you can have a driver.

So I traveled from Rădăuţi to Comăneşti for 6 hours with my driver.

I think I speak better than in the beginning.

After Comăneşti I went through the mountains, via Piatra Neamţ, very beautiful mountains, to Transylvania.

The landscape changes every 50 km. Very beautiful!

Of course, I spoke only Romanian with the driver. I visited Sighişoara and then Sibiu.

In Sibiu there was a Theatre Festival. The streets were full of people. It was very friendly

Sometimes, in Canada, if there are a lot of people in the streets, there can be problems

young people who drink and cause problems;

No, because I only had 2-3 days: 1 day for business and 2 for vacation, for visiting.

But, of course, I want to go back to Romania, there are a lot of places that I want to see

Braşov, Bucureşti, Cluj-Napoca, Alba Iulia, Timişoara.

I bought a book about Romania, entitled "Why is Romania different?" by Lucian Boia.

From some points of view, the book is a little critical or negative about Romania.

But I had the impression that Romania is a young country;

because for a long time, it wasn't independent. It was under control: Turkey, Austria-Hungary, Russia.

I have the impression that it is a country that is starting to -

There are a lot of possibilities, people are very positive

Of course, 100 years ago, illiteracy was quite high. But now, the education level is pretty high.

Romania hasn't had a lot of experience with democracy. Now it is starting to develop.

Very good! Romanians are usually pessimistic about their country.

The people with whom I dealt were quite positive.