21 күн бұрын
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@DavidHerron 9 күн бұрын
We prefer Piata Mare - I think of it as Piata Centrala - and the times we went to Piata Gara, not only were the prices much higher, but the quality is much dodgier As for staying in AirBNB - there's a channel, Jetlag Warriors, where the two of them have spent several 3 month stays in Romania, and when they came to Craiova they stayed in an AirBNB in Rovina. They had been told Rovina was extra dangerous and were surprised it wasn't. My experience of staying in Rovina for most of the last two years is it's a very normal safe place. Local shops - I much prefer going to the local shops rather than the malls. The brutaria on Dezrobirii, or the other on Strada Spania, are both excellent.
@livinginromania 9 күн бұрын
Agree about local shops and the difference between the two piate. I have watched Jetlag Warriors, but didn't know they had stayed near us.
@MaximDL1410 9 күн бұрын
☝️👏❤️✊🤗
@whocansaywheretheroadgoes 10 күн бұрын
Yep. Stick with the compound past 😊(perfectul compus): eu am mâncat, tu ai mâncat, el a mâncat, noi am mâncat, voi ați mâncat, ei au mâncat. Notice you need to know just the participle of the verb and use a shorther form of the verb "a avea" (to have). Skip what's in the brakets: eu am ..., tu ai .. , el/ea a(re), noi a(ve)m..., voi a(ve)ți, ei/ele au... It covers perfectly all the usage of the simple past. [Edit: I have just realised... Sadly, you wouldn't understand what they tell you when they use that simple past though. 🙈] I am not at all a religious person. I'm neither an atheist nor a Christian. I mention it just to make clear my position about the next question: have you got time to get familiar with Romanian Christmas songs ? (Colinde). You may not like them at all or you may like some. I guess in many cases taste is a matter of habits. I pretty much prefer the secular thinking, and also I dislike the message of some songs, yet I still listen to such songs at Christmases because I used to be a believer for decades and I like the music. Here are 2 links (as example: one from my short playlists kzbin.info/aero/PLizCNGh5X9uvEGuiacmars5BudjV0Gh8y&si=UyWGyRw5eoHmmMs2 or this kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYPQlJWnn9eim9Usi=f4W1FjuoouVxbjz1 ).
@livinginromania 10 күн бұрын
Thank you for sharing.
@cazimir_gruia 10 күн бұрын
I've very much enjoyed your story about Negrilă. He was one of the Romanian football stars back in my highschool days.
@livinginromania 10 күн бұрын
A very modest man. We have coffee together every day and discuss football from the UK or from Romania. He knows every score!
@corpi8784 10 күн бұрын
Of course you can use Standard Romanian even in Oltenia... they will understand you You know that Oltenians are typical seen as somewhat of a joke in Romania.... Kinda like the East Frisians in Germany
@livinginromania 10 күн бұрын
I do and we don't get snowed in!
@livinginromania 10 күн бұрын
Friendliest people in the world.
@stanciuflorin5328 10 күн бұрын
❤💛💙
@DrDrOp55 15 күн бұрын
Nice, thank you! From Ireland. Holograf ❤
@livinginromania 14 күн бұрын
Was a great concert
@adriancojocaru7165 20 күн бұрын
Your story is like e-book... You are a very good story teller. Also your life sounds like a good book.
@livinginromania 19 күн бұрын
Thank you very much. I have travelled a great deal, including Africa, South America and India. I enjoyed living in Paris, Normandy and Vienna. I never felt entirely at home in the UK: I had itchy feet and was like a rolling stone!. I feel very settled in Romania and would like to visit the north of this beautiful country.
@DNSA830 20 күн бұрын
...well , I'm sure you will be better off there at the moment, rather than living here in the UK. I've lived here for 11 years, and I've closely watched internal and external politics since the "disappearance" of Jamal K and the poisoning of Skripal ... I don't know exactly why but those were my moments of WTH is going on here... fast forward I soon realised that we are being led by puppets put in power and controled by blackmail... from Clintons , Obama, Macron, Biden family...and the list can go on and on. ...since the beginning of this year I had a feeling that something is about to go wrong and I've started packing stuff and send it back home... and like you, I've sent my books first ❤. ... I do hope people will wake up to the danger we are in... don't be afraid of Calin but rather be afraid of those who demonised him as those are the real danger. We live in history since 2020 and the story is not even close to end soon. Much love and peace to everyone!
@livinginromania 11 күн бұрын
It will be interesting to see what happens in the March presidential election. I am glad we have a government of national unity. I am a great believer in alliances.
@oiausdlkasuldhflaksjdhoiausydo 20 күн бұрын
Moving was the best statement you made on social theory. Good choice.
@livinginromania 20 күн бұрын
I think so too.
@SpiderF27 21 күн бұрын
Don't worry about the political tantrum going on now in Romania. It will settle down very soon. In fact we can see such political changes and unrests all over the world. It will be ok. Live your life peaceful and try to enjoy as much as you can. Romania is a beautiful country and despite of ongoing turmoil's, that country have a lot to offer.
@livinginromania 21 күн бұрын
Indeed it has. I hope you are right. We'll find out on Sunday.
@LODOWICKMUGGLETON 23 күн бұрын
Booooooring
@robb5828 24 күн бұрын
Moving is indeed a daunting process,however moving in from a European country to another where cultures differs,but not entirely is alright.Imagine moving outside Europe,like arab countries or asian where cultures is alien to us
@livinginromania 24 күн бұрын
Couldn't do that. It's Europe for me!
@MaximDL1410 24 күн бұрын
👏✊😊
@DacianRider 24 күн бұрын
I hope you dont regret moving here now, under these disastrous political circumstances.
@livinginromania 24 күн бұрын
We might be OK, but I am not optimistic.
@dant2358 24 күн бұрын
@@livinginromania you'll be fine, don't mind the fearmongering I've lived in 5 countries across Europe including the feared Russia and "far-right" Hungary, where as a Romanian I couldn't be more grateful for the experience, best years of my life, I didn't quite give up on owning property in either of them, absolutely the most lovely people I've had the pleasure of knowing right now I'm in rural Romania tho and I love it here too, a return to my roots of sorts
@robb5828 24 күн бұрын
@@livinginromania We tend to shoot ourselves in the foot from time to time,lack of danger awareness i guess.If we have to,we pack and go while we still can :))
@livinginromania 24 күн бұрын
@@robb5828 Very true
@livinginromania 24 күн бұрын
@@dant2358 I've lived in UK, France, Austria and Romania. I feel very much at home here in Oltenia. Thanks for watching.
@alincirstescu4732 25 күн бұрын
La mulți ani om drag!😊
@MaximDL1410 25 күн бұрын
La Multi Ani Romania! 💪👏❤️🇷🇴✊☝️
@chaigonjenkins 26 күн бұрын
I can't believe that just as you moved to Romania, in part due to the Brexit let down, Romania decides to take the isolationist path. Such misfortune, I am sorry. For myself as well.
@livinginromania 26 күн бұрын
I am more optimistic. We will be in Schengen soon and still have freedom of movement in the EU. We need the protection of NATO and more and more Europeans are realising what a great country Romania is: so tourism will develop. It all depends on votes in the next couple of weeks.
@chaigonjenkins 26 күн бұрын
@@livinginromania the tendency of the romanian public to blame opposition pro EU parties for the shortcomings of different corrupt parties that have been in power for 35 years plus their eagerness to vote for dubious candidates that have the same corrupt background and are unwilling to show any transparency, are very worrying. I am considering emigration to the Czech Republic, Poland or even Slovakia. I'd rather be part of a country that has real patriots, not turncoats that kiss the russian boots that oppressed them for hundreds of years. I'm 28. I think it's time that romanian "patriots" live in a country where the standard of living and politics better reflect the level and worth of the average romanian.
@livinginromania 26 күн бұрын
@@chaigonjenkins I am sorry you feel like that. I feel very happy here.
@petrevarvara7444 26 күн бұрын
Hello , can you give any info regarding health insurance for retired expats . Thanks !
@livinginromania 25 күн бұрын
Watch Living in Romania 138. 13,30, where I explain the process.
@Mrjbf 26 күн бұрын
Great to see NATO present in all the parades around the counry today. I hope that continues and we are not thrown under the wheels of the Russian bus by a certain candidate for the presidency and his mates on the rght wing. ps It wasn't raining over the last few days in Criaova - it was just a download of information to enlighten the people.
@johnnyblue4799 26 күн бұрын
Your hopes have no basis in reality. Wishful thinking... Let's not forget that NATO is the instigator.
@livinginromania 26 күн бұрын
Me too. I don't do politics on this channel, but you can guess how I would vote. (I don't have a vote until the end of January 2025).
@JanSobieski3rdSiegeDefiler 26 күн бұрын
Have you done an episode in which you explain why you moved to Romania and how your journey of moving here was?
@livinginromania 26 күн бұрын
@@JanSobieski3rdSiegeDefiler Probably. I got married to a Romanian lady and retired here.
@JanSobieski3rdSiegeDefiler 26 күн бұрын
@@livinginromania Lovely. How come she didn't move to sunny old Britain?
@livinginromania 26 күн бұрын
@@JanSobieski3rdSiegeDefiler She is still working and Romania offers a better quality of life!
@dragosv.6512 25 күн бұрын
@@livinginromania Oh no😀how is even possible? 😁
@robb5828 26 күн бұрын
Craiova-CFR la 20:30 pe DigiSport 1
@livinginromania 26 күн бұрын
@@robb5828 I am a season ticket holder. I’ll be there. Oh dear, we lost 0-2.
@TheTechStudioDev 26 күн бұрын
La multi ani! Love to hear you use “we” when you speak of Romania ❤️
@livinginromania 26 күн бұрын
It's my country now. Passport coming in late january.
@TheTechStudioDev 26 күн бұрын
@@livinginromania very happy to hear that ❤️
@stanciuflorin5328 26 күн бұрын
La multi ani!❤💛💙
@livinginromania 26 күн бұрын
Multumesc.
@dand7763 26 күн бұрын
La Multi Ani ! Happy Birthday , Romania (with this name since 1878)
@livinginromania 26 күн бұрын
Multumim. Thanks for watching.
@nicossbots 28 күн бұрын
theres two really good indian restaurants in cluj called ''gandhi'' and ''indigo''
@livinginromania 28 күн бұрын
Haven't been there yet. It's on my list.Thanks for the recommendations.
@vladbadoiu3777 28 күн бұрын
One thing in Romania is that the old ladies in your neighborhood know you better than you know yourself.
@livinginromania 28 күн бұрын
So true
@CR250RidR 29 күн бұрын
I’ve been learning Romanian for 120 days in a row. On duo lingo and chat GPT. Este greu Doar Imi place.
@livinginromania 29 күн бұрын
I used to use Mondly, but only really started to make progress when I hired a teacher for 2 years. 2 one hour lessons per week. 30 lei an hour. I am now at C1 level and talk Romanian with my friends every day.
@ctr289 Ай бұрын
Ceausescu paid the FMI debt mostly with industrial products, not with food, that's a myth.
@livinginromania 25 күн бұрын
Interesting. Thanks for info.
@apaulgabriel Ай бұрын
interesting perspectives 💁🏻♂️
@livinginromania Ай бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@kypsunrider5983 Ай бұрын
Impressive knowledge of your adoptive country...good job Sir!
@livinginromania Ай бұрын
Thank you so much for watching and for your kind comment.
@The-Highlands Ай бұрын
Excellent description . Very helpful.
@livinginromania Ай бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@MadalinVulturu-o6 Ай бұрын
omule!!! bring in some light!!! we do not see you
@livinginromania Ай бұрын
Yeah, Sorry about that. One of the bulbs went in the main light and I didn't have a spare! Thanks for watching.
@MadalinVulturu-o6 Ай бұрын
@@livinginromania thank you for your content; it is a pleasure watching you
@livinginromania Ай бұрын
@@MadalinVulturu-o6 Thank you for watching.
@livinginromania 29 күн бұрын
@@MadalinVulturu-o6 Thanks for watching.
@MaximDL1410 Ай бұрын
Hey. Thank you for taking in consideration my proposal for the video ✊👍❤️😊 And a small ,, correction,, : Northern Moldova ( ,, Bucovina ,,) has also Austrian influence , because Bucovina was under the Rule of Habsburg Empire for 144 years. Between 1871-1918, ,, Itcani ,, train station in the City of Suceava, Suceava County was Austrian border station 😉.
@livinginromania Ай бұрын
Wow, I didn't know that. Thanks for the suggestion for the video and for the info about Suceava and Bucovina.
@opreaadi2208 Ай бұрын
Hi , what do you think about romania election ? It seems romanians fuc... up Big time .
@The-Highlands Ай бұрын
Despite the social similarities between France and Romania their language and temperament is still closer to Spain. This is what makes Romania a “natural curiosity “😂 I still prefer… Scotland 😂
@livinginromania Ай бұрын
Or Italy if you are in Oltenia like me. Enjoy the rain!
@The-Highlands Ай бұрын
@ 😂😉🤣
@CristiIstrate Ай бұрын
Small correction, Săpânța (merry cemetery) is in Transilvania, not Moldova. Other than that, you are spot on 😂
@livinginromania Ай бұрын
It's true. It is in Maramures. I haven't been there. Thanks for info.
@ZaKrakilla Ай бұрын
Sir, I am saying this as a Romanian, we might have to go back in France soon.
@livinginromania Ай бұрын
Cine stii?
@ThatBlokeInJapan-v5p Ай бұрын
bet the girls are fit over there
@livinginromania Ай бұрын
I wouldn't know. I am a happily married man. But Romanian women are said to be very beautiful.
@prager5046 Ай бұрын
You are boring like hell...
@nshzhsz Ай бұрын
hello! 16 year old student here. i'm currently learning french in school with the help of our local alliance francaise. just last month, i went to saint-malo with my school and it has truly been an amazing experience! i lived through every aspect of french life meaning that i got to stay at a local family, i would go everyday to school and take B2 courses of french, and so on and so forth. i'm not usually one to comment on any youtube videos at all, but i wanted to share my love for france just as you do for romania. i hope that one day i can become an international student in Paris, but until then i thank you for learning so much about our country! :)
@livinginromania Ай бұрын
St. Malo is a beautiful port with fantastic seafood. Enjoy your French and thanks for watching.
@nshzhsz Ай бұрын
@ vă mulțumesc ❤️
@DavidHerron Ай бұрын
I was gonna jump on you for talking about Romanian wine but not about Tsuica (I know that's not how it's spelled, but I don't know how to make the "ts" character) -- but then a few minutes later you talked about it. The best place IMHO to buy tsuica/palinca is in the market, in a plastic bottle that says Coke or something entirely different. It's available in the stores, at a high price, and I have no idea whether that stuff is any better than what one finds in the market. Any idea? As for French influence -- Some schools, like that high school in Craiova (where my Magda attended), teach in French. And, I understand that many of the leaders of the 1800s were sponsored to go to France to study.
@livinginromania Ай бұрын
I think home brew is the best, so probably the market.. I don't drink spirits so it's not of interest to me, but my neighbours regularly offer me Tuica!
@DavidHerron Ай бұрын
@@livinginromania The stuff I'm talking about in the market is home brew rather than factory made ;-) methinks.
@WioWio-sf5pc Ай бұрын
hey youre socru name is same as mine!!!
@livinginromania Ай бұрын
Tata Marin!
@edfort5704 Ай бұрын
In the cold season, try to get sunshise exposure every day that is not cloudy. The sun does wonders to the body and mind. Few things are better than a 45-60 min walk in cold sunny days.
@livinginromania Ай бұрын
I quite agree. I do at least 10k steps a day whatever the weather.
@lidia6552 Ай бұрын
Who are you?
@livinginromania Ай бұрын
Domnul David aka "Living in Romania"
@cr4yv3n Ай бұрын
I suggest you talk lower, i can still hear u <.<
@gigihentz5510 Ай бұрын
Due to your calm and nice voice and tone, you would do a great work as grandfather !
@livinginromania Ай бұрын
I can't wait, but it's not up to me: my children have to get on with things!
@mariarevnic6415 Ай бұрын
Russian wasn't dropped after the 60s. I had Russian in the late 80s and early 90s (after the 89 Revolution). My parents had Russian. It wasn't dropped or, at least, not everywhere.
@livinginromania Ай бұрын
Very interesting. I don't know any schools in Craiova where it is on offer, although, bizarrely Korean was on offer because of Daewoo's investment in the city.
@gigihentz5510 Ай бұрын
in my school in Buzau, in the '80, there was no Russian choice of language....only French and English..
@mariarevnic6415 Ай бұрын
@@gigihentz5510 I was born in Neamt county, so were my parents. One of them was born in '56. Both of them to had Russian in school. In 93-94 I was in the 5th grade an I had French and Russian. Now I lived in a village and the Russian teacher was some old lady waiting to retire (so she wasn't fired by the school system based on the fact that nobody learned Russian anymore). Seeing that in the 5th and 6th grade I was still learning Russian, my parents transferred me to another school where I started learning some English. Point is, in some parts of the country, in the late 80s and early 90s Russian was still taught, uninterruptedly. Also Russian was the lingua franca of the Eastern block (there are stories about the Polish tourists coming to Romania and selling, on the side of the road, out of their car booth, wonderful things we had no access to, such as clothing - jeans - and what not and people were haggling in the little Russian they had). So, it is not true that Russian disappeared from Romania in the 60s. This article says that "Dostoevsky's language was, for the last time studied in Sibiu in the 1992-1993 school year" (hotnews.ro/adio-rusa-819637); which is consistent with my story about the old lady still teaching it in some forgotten Moldavian mountain village school in early 90s. Travel abroad was restricted for Romanians during communism but no so much in the SSSR. So some Russian came in handy for those purposes as well. But there is some truth to the claim made in the video (adevarul.ro/stiri-interne/societate/limba-rusa-se-intoarce-fundatiile-finantate-de-1554350.html#google_vignette): "După 1965, limba rusă nu a mai fost obligatorie, dar a rămas cea mai studiată limbă străină la noi în ţară." (After 1965 Russian wasn't MANDATORY anymore but it remained the most studied foreign language in our country").
@mimisor66 Ай бұрын
@@mariarevnic6415how come it remained the most studied? I went to school in the 70s and 80s, most of the schools in the neighbourhood had either French -German or French -English on offer. I know some people my age that studied Russian in school, but they are a minority. And the level of the Russian teachers was quite low, those people only have basics of Russian, while my English and French teachers were very good and committed.
@mariarevnic6415 Ай бұрын
@@mimisor66 The fact that the level of Russian teachers was quite low doesn't mean that the Russian wasn't studied. I was "advanced" in French and I know no French. And my English is mostly self-taught. So that is not an argument. As for the rest, I was quoting an article.
@sorinjasoncnd5560 Ай бұрын
Great comparison!
@livinginromania Ай бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@ci7379 Ай бұрын
If I understood correctly you live in Craiova. So your comparison is based in that area of Romania. I would not generalize it to the entire country. Very few people speak French in Transylvania, Bucovina and Basarabia. After 1918, the influence of the old Kingdom, where French was widely spoken, started to spread to the "new" territories, but since we were never left alone, this spread did not take effect.
@livinginromania Ай бұрын
It is indeed based on Oltenia. Of course in Transylvania, German would be the normal accompaniment to English.
@narniabusiness7810 Ай бұрын
Love it! I am romanian and my fiancée is french, we watched the video together 😊
@livinginromania Ай бұрын
Thanks for watching and may I wish you both casa de piatra, when the moment comes!
@narniabusiness7810 Ай бұрын
@livinginromania Multumim mult de tot!