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In 1856, the two principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia secured their autonomy and ended the suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire. In 1859 they united, and a national identity was born, adopting the name Romania in the following years. Formal recognition of its independence occurred in 1878. Following World War II, Romania was occupied by the Soviets, and a "people's republic" was formed in 1947. From 1965, under the regime of Nicolae Ceauşescu, the Romanian people suffered impoverishment and oppression, until his overthrow and execution during the Revolution of 1989. Recent political events have seen Romania become a full member state of the European Union in June 2007. To Be Updated

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By pink mona
September 19th 2009

GREAT JOB, EVERYBODY!! Europe » Romania » Muntenia » Arges » PITESTI

Dinicu Golescu Library

The end of an amazing experience. It has been absolutely incredible to see young and middle-aged people trying their best and making the most of the intensive course I offered at the Central Library here in Pitesti. Everybody was friendly, pro-active and very studious. They seemed to really enjoy themselves on the course and it was a delight to run this training for a month. Learning and developing new skills has no boundaries, no age limit and it is definitively an on-going process. Lovely to see people eager and interested to learn no matter what age they are, their background or [View Full Entry]

By Bike Tour Eurasia
September 16th 2009

With our Friends Europe » Romania » Transilvania » Brasov

Bye Bye Black Sea

Until a few weeks ago we had been riding through countries so massive that border crossings, when they so seldom happened, seemed interestingly quirky at worst. When we met with our dear friends in the Crimean, we knew that one way or the other we would be crossing several international boundaries in only a few days. We thought this quite irksome as Julie and JP had to be in Bucharest for a flight by the morning of the eleventh and delays were not needed. We planned to take a ferry from the Crimean to Odessa in order to skip the few [View Full Entry]

By rrruss
September 16th 2009

Constanta - Romania's Black Sea City Europe » Romania » Dobrogea » Constanta » Constanta

Roman Heritage

Getting to Constanta seemed so straight forward. Get the bus to Varna, walk 10 minutes to the bus station, get the bus to Constanta, cross the border from one EU country to another, get off in Constanta, find hostel. Well it wasn't quite that simple! The bus from the village where we were staying arrived in Varna 15 minutes after the Constanta bus left. The solution was to cadge a lift off one of our new-found friends and that even gave us time for a leisurely lunch at the bus station. Then we nearly missed the bus because it didn't leave [View Full Entry]

By pink mona
September 6th 2009

''ENGLISH FOR ADULTS'' TRAINING Europe » Romania » Muntenia » Arges » PITESTI

Training 037

A while ago I cooked up a great plan to keep myself busy and active and at the same time do something that feels good and worthwhile. The idea of 'volunteer work' is unfortunately unknown in my country. I was lucky enough to work in a country where 'volunteer work ' is a job in itself ; where people are dedicated and eager to do volunteer work, where the little spare time you get, you go down to a 'Cancer Research' center or any other non-for-profit association and you offer a bit of your time, skills or knowledge to help others. [View Full Entry]

By TomParker21
August 30th 2009

Varna - Bucharest - Transylvania Europe » Romania » Transilvania » Brasov » Brasov

Varna to Bucharest was an absolute mission!! I went to the train station in the day to get a seat reservation for the 10pm train. I was told by two people this wasn't necessary so went on my merry way to the beach. However, when I came back at 9 I tried to get on and was told I did in fact need a reservation... However, as it is during high season, all of these had gone as Romanians and Bulgarians headed home from their holidays. I was told by the conductor, who said he didnt know was interrail was, was [View Full Entry]

By Caroline and Scott
August 26th 2009

Still in Romania Europe » Romania » Muntenia » Bucharest » Oltenitei

Hi guys, Well we are still in Romania and getting over a tummy bug. About 5 days ago I started with the squits and tummy cramps and the day after Scott started too. We are still suffering and it is not great when we are wild camping!. We are slowly getting better and can only put it down to the green slim in the water container - so we have got new bottles(scott....I personally think its the beer, so am switching to spirts for abit, will making drivung difficult but caroline will have to learn to pour while moving). Well since [View Full Entry]

By pink mona
August 25th 2009

I LOVE GREEN!! Europe » Romania » Muntenia » Dambovita » Gaesti

I love GREEN!!

Everything around me is GREEN!! I LOVE GREEN!!! It is summer and everything around me is green. It's good to be alive and to enjoy nature and life with the loved-ones. To enjoy the blue sky, the simple life and the outdoors. That is of course, til weekend ends and I hop in my car and head back to Pitesti. Where things are not green, where it is boiling hot and there's no shade to offer you shelter,where the horrendous traffic gives me splitting headaches, where everyone, without exception is in a hurry and where it is a lot of work [View Full Entry]

By pink mona
August 23rd 2009

Viata la tara/ Life in the countryside Europe » Romania » Muntenia » Dambovita » Gaesti

Viata la tara 054

My parents live in a small town and I visit them frequently. I grew up here. I remember how badly I wanted to escape this small town and couldn't wait to get out of high-school so I could move to a big city and feel free. I thought freedom meant leaving this little town. Now, after so may years, I love coming back here. I simply love it. It's true when they say 'There's no other place like home'. It's so quiet and peaceful, my folks have a nice patio behind the house, and they're also trying to put together a [View Full Entry]

By Caroline and Scott
August 15th 2009

Loving Romania Europe » Romania » Transilvania » Mures » Sighisoara

Hi All, We have had a great time since I last updated. We left Lake Balaton we went to Budapest (Would have stayed longer but the English bloke we met had cabin fever and wouldnt piss off). Budapest was lovely and easy to get around......in bare feet!. Just got into town and in the old section i.e miles from the shops and my flipflops (thongs to any aussies) broke. Luckily Scott was wearing my shoes - (make of that what you will!)--(Well they are hiking sandals actually)) so he gave me those and he walked in bare feet across the hot [View Full Entry]

By fionavicky
August 12th 2009

Bucharest: Take 2 Europe » Romania » Muntenia » Bucharest

After our first visit only involving the McDonalds of Gara de Nord before heading to Chisinau, we hoped to make more of this visit... which began... in McDonalds. Although in fairness this was to have a coffee after a long night train. The coffee was also much needed due to the fact we were using public transport to get to the hostel, always confusing when you have absolutely no idea how. In fact, it took us an hour to find the correct bus stop and buy a ticket and even then we got off at the wrong stop, although this was [View Full Entry]

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