Englishman explains how he discovered Romania and why he's staying

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  • @vintagepipesnightmares
    @vintagepipesnightmares Місяць тому +17

    Thank you for liking my country and speaking kindly about it !!!!

  • @Paulexplorer
    @Paulexplorer Місяць тому +27

    Hi Ed myself (british) and wife have left London 10 years ago built a house in a mountain valley in Bucovina region with an insane mountain view, we are in the process of renovating an old house in a beautiful village as we speak, couple of other brits have also moved to the village here, the scenery here is absolutely stunning. Another place very close by in Maramures Rodna region also it is absolutely beautiful love this part of the country, totally agree with alot said.

    • @randomromania
      @randomromania  Місяць тому

      please get in touch if you have time, my email is headforthehillsromania@gmail.com - would be interested to talk with you. cheers. ed

    • @mikeblackist
      @mikeblackist Місяць тому +3

      I was born and raised in Bucharest and I hate that place… I have travelled all around my country, including Rodna Mountains in Bistrita Nasaud. I have travelled for 9 consecutive years almost in every city and every mountain in my country before I left for the West of Europe, But still, there's so much to see! I left my country when in, 2007 and moved to Hungary-Budapest, then I lived in Amsterdam for 3 years, then moved to the UK for 15 years. I have been all around Spain, as well North, and South of Spain, including all the Canary Islands. I'm not gonna lie, nowhere I have been, felt like the places I have been in Romania. Very different…

  • @milerale5286
    @milerale5286 Місяць тому +25

    I visited Romania summer 2024 travelling on my motorcycle. Visited Timisoara, Sibiu, Transalpina and transfagarasan and was really pleasantly surprised, really liked it

  • @maratonlegendelenemirei3352
    @maratonlegendelenemirei3352 Місяць тому +63

    I first arrived in Bucharest summer 1999 age 23. I too was blown away. I settled fulltime in Romania since 2007. However, Bucharest lost it's charm by 2010 and so I live in the mountains and forests of county Bacau.

    • @randomromania
      @randomromania  Місяць тому +3

      nice, which country are you from originally?

    • @japanluv
      @japanluv Місяць тому +4

      I’m from Bacău with 20 plus years abroad, last 16 in the UK. Planning to return back home from next year or so. Would be nice to catch up one day🤗

    • @mikeblackist
      @mikeblackist Місяць тому +2

      I was born and raised in Bucharest and I hate that place… I have travelled all around my country, including Bacau. Valea Uzului. I have travelled for 9 consecutive years almost in every city and every mountain in my country. But still, there's so much to see! I left my country when you moved in, 2007 and moved to Hungary-Budapest, then I lived in Amsterdam for 3 years, then moved to the UK for 15 years. I have been all around Spain, North, and South of Spain, including all the Canary Islands. I'm not gonna lie, nowhere I have been, felt like the places I have been in Romania. Very different…

    • @slowshadow1
      @slowshadow1 Місяць тому +4

      Guys... Nothing compares with Piatra Neamt... Go and see it... You will fall in love with that beautiful city. That city is nicknamed The Moldavian Pearl. Everything you want in one city. Mountains, Rivers, Planins, hills in one place. Plus industry to work and live. I was born there and 20 years later I will return to live my midlife in peace....

    • @randomromania
      @randomromania  Місяць тому

      @@slowshadow1 please get in touch and tell us more - headforthehillsromania@gmail.com
      cheers. ed

  • @nickbarton3191
    @nickbarton3191 Місяць тому +4

    I've been travelling to Romania since 2004, moved here permanently 2009. Loved the country from the first step, it's so alive compared to UK. I was so bored in England, every day we have visitors and nice surprises.
    Can't believe my luck.

  • @sarahannsmith3129
    @sarahannsmith3129 Місяць тому +17

    American here....we lived in Bucharest off and on for about 10 years, starting about 20 years ago. We loved it...cost of living was so low back then, and the people were very nice and friendly! Would love to go back....

    • @randomromania
      @randomromania  Місяць тому +2

      what's stopping you?

    • @sarahannsmith3129
      @sarahannsmith3129 Місяць тому +4

      @randomromania Aging family members, we need to stay close to them!

  • @RobertMihalache
    @RobertMihalache Місяць тому +21

    welcome to our beautiful country Romania 🇷🇴

  • @tnmaxim5109
    @tnmaxim5109 Місяць тому +2

    Been living here for a year and a half now, love each day! I've moved around the world pretty much my entire life, I have plenty of experience of being an "expat". Now, the tiny village where we settled is my personal piece of heaven. Thanks for the interview, lovely to hear others having a great time here!

  • @RobertGoostrey
    @RobertGoostrey Місяць тому +35

    My wife and I will be moving permanently to Bistrita Nasaud just after Xmas. We bought a piece of land 3 years ago and are planning to build our own house to escape the rat race of the UK. I will be giving up my business as a Plumber and Heating Engineer and I'm very curious as to how I can continue to do something along these lines in Romania, so a video about trades and building would be greatly appreciated from our perspective! We also plan to vlog the move, build, and our lives across there, and would love to possibly be in touch with you Ed!

    • @theslacker
      @theslacker Місяць тому +11

      you.ll have plenty of work here. you should start a PFA, which means a physical person authorisation, you run some adds on local papers, olx(commercial site), facebook and such. the only thing you should worry about is quality work. we appreciate quality. therefore, you.ll get a lot of clients. and it pays well.

    • @randomromania
      @randomromania  Місяць тому +2

      hi, i'm on email - headforthehillsromania@gmail.com

    • @ligrivis
      @ligrivis Місяць тому +5

      Good luck you will be fine in our country.

    • @TheBoomsmith
      @TheBoomsmith Місяць тому +7

      After two or three satified customers, you won't need any advertisements. Your trade is gold, so hard to find a good and reliable tradesman, all the good ones have years long waiting lists, people wait for them like for the Messiah.

    • @RaNemes
      @RaNemes Місяць тому +2

      You'll do just fine once you get used to our bureaucracy. I live in Bistrita, happy to help if you need assistance.

  • @ninadimitriu6114
    @ninadimitriu6114 Місяць тому +14

    Great video. I'm a Romanian working abroad. the problem there is that the skilled professionals left the country for opportunities in the west, and they were no replaced with young people doing that kind of work... The locals are complaining as well.

  • @razvanbarascu4007
    @razvanbarascu4007 Місяць тому +5

    I love when I see brits comming and settle in Romania.
    I know this british typo of people who appreciate this things and see the potential.
    You guys are amazing and I appreciate you very much.
    Just interact with the people around, tell them what you feel and ur perspectives, caz some are disapointed to the core and a good word helps a lot.
    ✌️❤️ and luv u!!

  • @Hdianvciadpei
    @Hdianvciadpei Місяць тому +8

    Excellent and engaging interview. It works be great to pair it with images of the house, the scenarios that he describes etc.

  • @CleverCatCooking76
    @CleverCatCooking76 Місяць тому +9

    I'm romanian and I live in London 😅 But anyway I'm so happy that you like Romania 🇷🇴 💗 😊

  • @Akhlis
    @Akhlis Місяць тому +3

    By video got me by surprise!
    My grandparents are also from Ruscova (Magda's home-town!)

    • @randomromania
      @randomromania  Місяць тому

      the algorithm works in mysterious ways :)

  • @RazvanTase
    @RazvanTase Місяць тому +25

    Welcome to the land of the free! 😀 Thanks indeed for the good marketing for Romania and thanks Edward for yet another great video!

    • @dannyPatruLei1973
      @dannyPatruLei1973 Місяць тому

      LAND OF THE FREE?😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂anything but free.
      free citizens abuse
      free coruption
      free undeucated
      and the list its to long to be exposed.

    • @opreaadi2208
      @opreaadi2208 Місяць тому +1

      Soon it gonna loose this freedom 😂😂😂. So g.l with that.

    • @RazvanTase
      @RazvanTase Місяць тому +5

      @@opreaadi2208 "soon" each of us will be dust, so, we might as well enjoy what we have now.

  • @A.1986.
    @A.1986. Місяць тому +10

    Great video

  • @Roxana-p7j
    @Roxana-p7j Місяць тому +23

    Interesting content, as a Romanian living in Uk I am asking myself daily ‘what on earth am I still doing here? 😂 With regards to tradesmen that are lacking the Western standard of quality in their work, this phenomena happens because all good tradesmen left Romania and working in the West, being at the top of their trade. Therefore all it takes is bringing them back, incentivise these to return and problem is solved, in my opinion. We hope the political landscape changes will take care of that, this being the hope that Romanians held when voting recently.

    • @sorinpopa1442
      @sorinpopa1442 Місяць тому +1

      Exactly and sadly ^^

    • @omi685
      @omi685 Місяць тому

      As a Romanian who spent 10 years living in the UK, I moved back to Romania nearly two years ago. I haven't regretted it for a moment - I'm much happier home ❤

  • @Mercedes_Benz_Global_Mania
    @Mercedes_Benz_Global_Mania Місяць тому +11

    I am from Deva, if you ever need help with anything, let me know. I’ll be more than happy to help!

    • @georgebogdan397
      @georgebogdan397 Місяць тому

      Un roman nu ai ajuta bpule

    • @marcnistor8211
      @marcnistor8211 Місяць тому

      Nici intr-un caz un Roman ca tine!​@@georgebogdan397

  • @valimatei9
    @valimatei9 Місяць тому +2

    I hope you all do what you can to prevent Romania goes to a Romexit !!! Get involved , you have a voice !THX !

  • @AlinaAnichitoaei
    @AlinaAnichitoaei Місяць тому +9

    Guys you are absolutely right about everything! Good luck!😂

  • @justvlad6329
    @justvlad6329 Місяць тому +1

    It looks like you don't want the videos to be too long. They're so interesting. Consider letting the dialogue flow free, no matter how long they become

    • @randomromania
      @randomromania  Місяць тому

      hi, thanks for the feedback, could you email me on headforthehillsromania@gmail.com with more detail please?

  • @hardworker645
    @hardworker645 Місяць тому +8

    Imagine living in Romania for at least 1 years and then go back to visit England,,, you will notice a huge difference when you back to uk and see urself back in a very crowded place

  • @liviubuta9636
    @liviubuta9636 Місяць тому +1

    Hi, how interesting, I'm from Hunedoara county and I live in Bardney Lincolnshire which is a few miles from Horncaste and Woodhal Spa.

    • @randomromania
      @randomromania  Місяць тому

      have you considered returning to romania?

  • @ricardoshahsavari6893
    @ricardoshahsavari6893 Місяць тому +6

    You are both very good at promoting Romania . My husband works in the UK as an electrical engineer in Power Distribution and always thinking to relocate in Romania , however, he doesn’t speak the language and not sure if he can find a job . Could be the language a problem??

    • @randomromania
      @randomromania  Місяць тому +8

      i barely speak romanian, it's not a deal breaker, you need initiative

    • @randomromania
      @randomromania  Місяць тому +3

      now i think given you said " My husband works in the UK as an electrical engineer" could you contact me please, i maybe have an idea for him. headforthehillsromania@gmail.com
      cheers
      ed

    • @univers368
      @univers368 Місяць тому +1

      The Romanian language is easy to learn. We read all the letters in a word, meaning the pronunciation is the same as the spelling. Only a few exceptions. Lots of words similar to English and French.

    • @univers368
      @univers368 Місяць тому +1

      Romania is still very good for a completely self-sufficient life in the countryside

    • @ISPRI2011
      @ISPRI2011 Місяць тому

      @@univers368 Self-sufficiency is not for everyone! Winters in Romania can be very harsh for a Brit!

  • @danielmogos8990
    @danielmogos8990 Місяць тому +5

    You are absolutely right about the lack of education in relation to chemical use in agriculture. Some neighbor used to spray his fruit trees every spring "to make apples grow bigger" 😅

    • @randomromania
      @randomromania  Місяць тому +1

      i've noticed there seems to be a lot less insects too, have you noticed that?

    • @danielmogos8990
      @danielmogos8990 Місяць тому +1

      @@randomromania Hmm, looking at how many fruits were attacked this year I'd say is the same as before.
      My cherry tree had fewer fruits this year, this may be connected to fewer bees but I can't be sure.

  • @razvanpastor3615
    @razvanpastor3615 28 днів тому +2

    Good for you guys and welcome to Romania.
    Just ignore the naysayers who have never achieved anything in their life and just complain that foreigners are stealing their homeland.

    • @randomromania
      @randomromania  27 днів тому +1

      I tend to stay neutral on that one :)

  • @axel-xm5qm
    @axel-xm5qm Місяць тому +1

    Noroc bun 🎉

  • @rwx421
    @rwx421 Місяць тому +4

    Ubi bene, ibi patria, guys. Welcome aboard!

  • @hriscucristianioan9421
    @hriscucristianioan9421 26 днів тому +2

    Probably I'm the only Romanian who likes the British weather ... I hate the summer in Romania 🙃

  • @CCP_Xyed
    @CCP_Xyed Місяць тому +10

    Nice guy.

  • @Hopasha
    @Hopasha Місяць тому +3

    I love two english men correcting each other on the romanian pronunciation and they are both wrong :D

    • @randomromania
      @randomromania  Місяць тому +1

      Some time in 2001 in my first days in Bucharest I attempted to order a gin and tonic and a slice of lemon, it took me some hours to research why the bar staff all simultaneously erupted in laughter.

    • @Hopasha
      @Hopasha Місяць тому

      @@randomromania looool . very funny story

    • @randomromania
      @randomromania  Місяць тому +1

      @@Hopasha imagine i remembered that for 23 years :)
      i have a lot of crazy stories, best single decision of my life moving to romania

    • @Hopasha
      @Hopasha Місяць тому +1

      @@randomromania :D We are very happy and proud you guys are here and thank you for promoting Romania.

  • @univers368
    @univers368 Місяць тому +2

    You are all very welcome in Romania 🇷🇴
    Just adapt to Romania and don't force Romania to adapt to you.

    • @B_Ruphe
      @B_Ruphe Місяць тому +1

      Good point. Very often the incomers love the landscape, oppportunities, cost of living... but little or no mention of interacting with the local people. Also, incomers shouldn spontaneously decide to learn the langauge _as a top priority_ even make the effort to learn it _before moving to the place_

  • @stanciuflorin5328
    @stanciuflorin5328 Місяць тому +5

    ❤️💛💙

  • @rusudenes8549
    @rusudenes8549 Місяць тому +3

    My mother is from Poienile de sub Munte, who is found after Ruscova and Repedea (the last village towers the Ucrain border) and yes I do know a little of the dialect wich is not Ucrain but a mix of Ucrain, Polan and old Cehoslovakian. There are also German words like Wasserwaage (spirit level) but speaking whit a native Ucrain person should be possible to some degree.

  • @brigada2.067
    @brigada2.067 Місяць тому +2

    The Roman army used to recruit young men from the occupied provinces and send them to the other side of the Empire, so a lot of Dacians served in Brittania. You look a lot like them, so who knows what's in your DNA? 😁

  • @Turlifutz
    @Turlifutz 11 днів тому +1

    They are called Apuseni actually, no 'sh' sound in there.

    • @randomromania
      @randomromania  11 днів тому +1

      yes, i know now, i should not try to be a smartarse :)

    • @Turlifutz
      @Turlifutz 11 днів тому +1

      @@randomromaniano worries, that's what we are here for! Just out of curiosity, is there anyone in your contacts who settled in Moldova? It seems people are mainly attracted to Transilvania.

    • @randomromania
      @randomromania  11 днів тому +1

      @@Turlifutz just for clarity you mean moldova area romania or rep. moldova?

    • @Turlifutz
      @Turlifutz 10 днів тому

      @@randomromania Romania of course!

    • @randomromania
      @randomromania  10 днів тому

      yes, i know a few westerners who live up there, i'm sure there are many

  • @arseniuarsn6841
    @arseniuarsn6841 Місяць тому

    man..i see u wwere strugling!!regarding this///respect romania.and uwill be good...respect

  • @cristianrusneac9203
    @cristianrusneac9203 Місяць тому +2

    Apuseni - "s" ist the correct pronunciation, not "sh". "apus" means sunset, the West. "Apuseni" - the Western Mountains. The verb "a apune" means "to set like the sun". Cognate of "a pune" - to set, put down, with obvious Latin roots.

  • @myyron7
    @myyron7 Місяць тому +2

    Leighton was closer to the correct way to pronounce Apuseni

  • @andreialcaza
    @andreialcaza Місяць тому +5

    First 🎉 !

  • @alexitport1512
    @alexitport1512 Місяць тому +5

    Nope, it is NOT APUSHANI, it is Apuseni and Transalpina, but hey, you have time to practice now, that you are here... Welcome, by the way!

  • @ehombane
    @ehombane Місяць тому +6

    Actually he pronounced Apuseni better. Apusheni, is no better ;)
    And it just occurred to me something.
    So, in UK was bad, because there was stress.
    Here is less stress, because less crowd less regulation.
    Good.
    BUT...
    You now invite everybody here.
    Also, you do not really like walking too much.
    And you want the standard.
    In other words, you want to bring the stress here.
    It happens that I watched a lot of this kind of return to nature,
    but very few are ... putting the finger in the wound.
    The vast majority only present the sunny side.
    Very few are pointing to the truth.
    To be free you need to work hard, and be stark poor.
    You both said it that you cannot put the finger on it.
    You felt better because when you transitioned, you still had resources to survive, and lowered your standards.
    But now you want to raise the standards, not understanding that this brings the UK here.
    This is quite a complex issue but with a simple core idea.
    I will line it here.
    There are three ways to have a thing.
    1-make it.
    2-have it as a gift.
    3 steal it.
    The things we get for free are quite few, so basically there are just two.
    And here comes the problem.
    Trading and cooperation.
    Everybody want to get a bigger share when the job is done collectively,
    Or value his work more than the others work.
    And these days, anyway, machines are working for us and we have a lot more than we actually producing.
    But we still want bigger and better.
    So this is the core idea, but explaining it gets complicated with examples, causes and effects.
    One example. 25 was no good enough. 90 is good. 4 times more effort, for basically the same commodity. And you wonder were from it comes the stress.
    I think I mentioned before a guy. Mihai Bursesc. A happy guy. He just works in Spain for a month, and lives with that the whole year doing what he likes.
    But he lives in a straw house. You may still find old articles about him. I heard about him about a decade asgo. No idea how he evolved. .

    • @randomromania
      @randomromania  Місяць тому +3

      Maybe you'd like to come on an interview and discuss this subject more?

    • @ehombane
      @ehombane Місяць тому +1

      @@randomromania This is just some personal philosophy, and is kind of divergent of your purpose which I understand it to be a healthy life style but without the physical effort required. Obviously for this you need slaves. Electrical ones, obvious, since the traditional ones are harder to get in these modern times.
      And anyway, discussing it does not require us to breath the same air. We can do it remotely if you decide to allocate time to it.
      And it is not even something that complex. It is a thing that you and everybody else know it, but just fails to see it. You know, like not seeing the forest because of the trees.
      There is even a joke to describe what I am telling here. The one with the mexican fisherman and the american businessman
      And it happens that I see it, but I have no solution for solving it. The solution is in everybody, . Everybody needs to find his balance. Old wisdom tell it to us. Stretch as much as your blanket allows it.

    • @ehombane
      @ehombane Місяць тому +1

      @@randomromania If it happens that you decide to dissect this subject with me, we can use this guy as a frog ua-cam.com/video/caJ6u4UsQN4/v-deo.html. He also is sick of UK, and decided to leave. But looking from outside I have a different view. And analyzing it together you may have too, a different perspective.
      By the way, I admire UK a lot, even I never set foot on those islands. But I watched a lot about it. And a thing I like mostly, are the canals. Canals are a thing that Romania should ”import” from UK.

  • @MariusTeodorParaschiv
    @MariusTeodorParaschiv Місяць тому +2

    Remember one thing as you want people to respect British way of life do the same with Romanian way of life.

    • @randomromania
      @randomromania  Місяць тому

      I agree, how would you characterize the Romanian way of life?

  • @B_Ruphe
    @B_Ruphe Місяць тому +2

    Always find it somewhat arrogant when incomers cannot be bothered to master the lkanguage as soon as they arrive or better still, before they even arrive. A matter of respect for your newly adopted home country and its peoples, not only for the practical reasons. Americans are particularly bad in this way, but British are also rather bad about learning other languages,. Saying "I am poor at learning languages" is no excuse. It's just a skill that anyone can master quite quickly withy a bit of effort, and being immersed in a foreign language area provides ideal opportunities to acquire the idiom.

    • @randomromania
      @randomromania  Місяць тому +1

      I'd love to debate this subject with someone, we could make a video about it, anyone out there open to doing this?

    • @45tibi
      @45tibi Місяць тому

      @@randomromania I mean, I think it’s a matter of fairness. The English expect us to speak English when coming to their country so it’s only normal for us to expect the same when you come to Romania 🫣. If you are an English tourist I have no expectations but if you live there permanently, we have no reason to cater to you and speak English, it’s respectful to make an effort 🤔

    • @randomromania
      @randomromania  Місяць тому +1

      @@45tibi I think I'll try and set up the debate and make a video about it. I don't entirely disagree, what about a points based system where you have to jump through a number of hoops one of which can be language? It seems wrong to discourage someone super talented just because they don't speak the language, no?

    • @anewmindsetforeveryone
      @anewmindsetforeveryone Місяць тому +1

      Just learn the language, no matter how you sound, the effort is appreciated.

    • @randomromania
      @randomromania  Місяць тому

      @@anewmindsetforeveryone How should I prioritize learning Romanian against far more actionable knowledge?

  • @gianul
    @gianul Місяць тому

    She was a darling, doing all this 😉😄

  • @fmat1924
    @fmat1924 Місяць тому

    Why the hell are you guys using "you know" so many times???????????????? It's crazy

    • @randomromania
      @randomromania  Місяць тому +3

      i don't know, there are many mysteries in this world

    • @fmat1924
      @fmat1924 Місяць тому +1

      @@randomromania LOL, YOU KNOW!

    • @randomromania
      @randomromania  Місяць тому

      @@fmat1924 it's because we're considering what we're going to say before saying it so this allows for a pause for the brain to catch up :)

  • @bocskailucia159
    @bocskailucia159 Місяць тому +3

    More and more brits are coming in Romania for a lot of years ago.The first reason is financial of course ( although they don't recognise it ).
    What I don't agree with is the fact that forigners are aloud to by land.
    Is more to talk about it.

    • @45tibi
      @45tibi Місяць тому +1

      Well if you establish yourself in England and have the money, you can buy land in a foreign country too🤔

  • @cristianmicu
    @cristianmicu Місяць тому

    posted 5 days ago, i guess he's not that put on staying now lol

  • @arseniuarsn6841
    @arseniuarsn6841 Місяць тому

    trebuie sa schimba asta...vindem tara pe bani de cacat..si vin astia!!!

  • @riddlepop2631
    @riddlepop2631 Місяць тому

    You might like to reconsider your stay, depending on the election results this Sunday

  • @ErvinSchulz
    @ErvinSchulz Місяць тому

    Land of Dracula, Ceaescue...

  • @Daniel-lh4do
    @Daniel-lh4do Місяць тому

    yes the worse thing...is birocracy...

  • @nikogrujic6807
    @nikogrujic6807 Місяць тому

    😂 yeah but did you ask the Romanians if THEY are happy in Romania !!?

  • @ErvinSchulz
    @ErvinSchulz Місяць тому

    I know those cultures, ich kann deutch, ungarisch...
    You destroyed Transylvania, Europe.

  • @adrianceasar5620
    @adrianceasar5620 Місяць тому +2

    I have a friend a lawyer that move from London to Bucharest .. because of Therme :) and close to Sinaia

    • @randomromania
      @randomromania  Місяць тому +2

      yes, romania has been discovered, people i knew thought i was weird in 2001 when i moved here. :)

  • @firststeps220
    @firststeps220 Місяць тому +3

    Like & subscribe!! Nice work !!

  • @prometheus160
    @prometheus160 17 днів тому +1

    apuseni not apushani. and the name is transalpina.

    • @randomromania
      @randomromania  16 днів тому

      yes, multiple people corrected me :))

  • @arseniuarsn6841
    @arseniuarsn6841 Місяць тому

    respect Romanis and Romania will respect u..first learn the language...u can t make it here if u dont speak the romania n language