"[Romania entering the EU] is like passing the student who technically didn’t make the grade, but whom holding back would be worse--for both the student and the professor."
--Adam J. Bergescŭ, Expert on Romanian Politics


"What strikes me most in Romania is the contrast between old and new, the co-existence of opposites…
The horse drawn carts on the highways, old ladies in the fields, and the youth with stylish haircuts; the techno music in the old stone Transylvanian bar. The juxtaposition of old and new…it is most noticeable in Romania. There are dirt roads in the middle of huge city apartment blocks, a kilometer from the 2nd biggest building in the world."
--Susan D. Rakowskŭ, American/Australian Cultural Ambassador

Feel free to read the extended text of our first week in Romania!

 

 

 

It is a sad farewell...our two weeks here have been fantastic.  Tomorrow we leave my favorite country to tourist, and head to Bulgaria for a while, then Turkey.  Here are our final Romania photos.  Thanks to Razvan for letting us stay in his old home in Bucharest.

Romania #2

Romania #3