An enjoyable watch and I concur! I first visited Romania in June 1990 as a back-packer and fell in love with the people (particularly their dark sense of humour and creative ways of swearing!), the beautiful countryside, and home-grown tomatoes that taste like the best fruit on earth. I relocated (also from London) to Bucharest around 12 years ago now and, like you, couldn't be happier. I also have a family here now and we spend our time both in Bucharest and in Bistrita-Nasaud where my wife is from. Learning the language and living "as like a local as possible" is, just like you say, non-negotiable as far as I'm concerned ... the thought of moving somewhere "different" to then surround yourself with folks from back home and talk just about the past is an oxymoron to me too! :)) Anyway, spor la treaba si mult succes in Romania! :)
Haideți, stimate domn, că limba română nu este așa de grea! Limba română scrisă și vorbită este o limbă fonetică: cum se aude, așa se scrie. Fiecărei literă din alfabet îi corespunde un sunet.😊 Plus că limba română nu are atâtea excepții ca în engleză. În engleză, noi la școală primară am învățat că "oo" se citește U, "ee" se citește "i". Păi această regulă are excepții: deși se scrie "door", "floor" nu la fel se pronunță că "roof" 😊. Sau ni s-a spus că pluralul se scrie cu "s" la sfârșitul cuvântului. Și aici există excepții foot-feet, tooth-teeth etc. Vă doresc toate cele bune! 😊
@@elisabeta4696 Trei genuri (cf. germană) și acorduri la neutru care se schimbă de la masculin la singular la feminin la plural. Da, un limbaj fonetic, dar accentul este complicat. Este complex, motiv pentru care românii de 18 ani au probleme și mulți români sunt analfabeți funcționali.
Da, sunt analfabeți funcționali pentru că așa e "politica" globalistă: idiotizarea copiilor încă de la grădiniță, pentru ca-atunci când vor ajunge la maturitate- să voteze ceea ce vrea sistemul. "Un popor needucat este ușor de condus/subjugat, spuneți cu doriți. Mulțumesc pentru precizări! 🙂
@@livinginromania they did so...unfortunately they conceded 2 goals, and this 3-2 is just for statistics , because Craiova is out from this european competition...maybe the next year they will be more lucky
Hi there. I’m a Romanian living in UK over last 9 years. I’m so happy you enjoy living in Romania, and your curiosity for the culture just warms my heart. I wish you get the very best and even more from your stay, it’s only fair since Britain welcomes millions of Romanians.
So glad to stumble across your channel. I too am a retired languages teacher (French and Spanish although my degree is in Russian) and I have a love of Romania. It started through friends I made at work who are Romanian and then when I went with them on trips to Romania I made friends there mostly in Constanța and Bucharest. I have also learned the language. It's harder than Spanish but easier than Russian. I'll be going to see friends in Constanța in a couple of weeks. Hope the weather cools down a bit.
Thanks for watching. Almost looks like a County Durham crest on your avatar. Enjoy Constanta, but it's due to heat up next week. I can't wait to have a week back in the UK away from the heat.
God bless you, learn the language rings so true, grew up in Romania, fled in 1989, ended up in Canada , this was my first as well, learn the language so that one can communicate. Adjust to the lifestyle? customs of the host country not the other way around. Enjoy your stay. Cheers from Canada.
I just came across your video now and I must say you've earned a new subscriber. I'm a romanian who's been living in the UK for 6 years now, I guess we kind of switched places 😂 Keep up with the good work 👏🏻 love the way you speak, you have a calming voice ☺️ Mult succes!
In many places in Romania, as well as in other countries in Eastern Europe, time slows down. It slows waaaaay down. And you can hear your own thoughts if you want to. Here, we say "eternity was born in the countryside (vesnicia s-a nascut la sat)".
The bureaucracy has gotten better with online services, but mostly for the people with citizenship. It looks like there is still a long way to go for services to foreigners to catch up.
It’s a great evaluation. We don’t get in Bucharest planes spraying insecticide over the city, it can be something that city of Craiova does. About the temperature: you must have 3 sets of clothes: winter for -20C with some snow, summer: for 40+C and autumn + spring ( 15-28C ). It’s true that we did not had hard winters in the last 10 years but it’s more of a cycle and when it hits, you feel it. Good to have in house: electric oil heater and AC for the summer. Bureaucracy is something that we get too and it’s something you have to accept. It is safe, especially if you don’t swing/flex with money or gold jewelry. Be normal and everything will be ok. Many people go in west Europe in search of a working society but if you come here with the money of an average person, you live above average in Romania. The only problem is that if you want to go in vacation, you will get a better experience outside of Romania with the same money.
For Craiova-out loud! Get mustar cu hrean, it's roughly the same as English mustard. I'm afraid there is no replacement for Marmite except potentially ear wax, but it's difficult to harvest.
Now I'm curious about the mustard and crackers. With the crackers, I have no experience with the brands we have in Romania, and have never heard of your preferred brand from the UK either, but here too I have doubts that you can't find an equivalent in Romania. But the mustard... there are so many brands with different flavors and different levels of spiciness in Romanian stores. Is it really possible to not find an equivalent for the mustard?
www.gourmetto.ro/mustar-fin-si-iute-colman-anglia-100-ml.html?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwtsy1BhD7ARIsAHOi4xZefp6HFJAUfHkppS3wGjnbkTFCxMd4kz2lPzXygpEqdCTVvd6lQ6oaAk5sEALw_wcB Believe me. This is the best.
Your video is awesome. Congrats, your Romanian sounds really good.❤️ I have left Romania at 18 in 1997. I have a good career and a good job in Canada. Yet … as a Romanian-born.. would like to move back. Financially I don’t think I can make it back before retirement. Although it remains my big wish. Would love to enjoy as much time as I could there between 46-60.
Been following you for a long time. I am a fellow Brit thats just returned home after ten years in Vietnam. After 3 months back, I want out again 😂 do you recommend visiting Romania first as a tourist for a few weeks or just come and start looking for work and a place to stay? Thanks mate
British citizen want to move to ROMANIA, first contact the Romanian counsulate in the UK they have counsulate offices in each region in the UK They will provide you with all the information you need to make the move
I am C2+ in Bulgarian and I've lived here for 5 years. I have a UA-cam channel where I practice speaking using improvisation style speaking to make sure I am more facile with the language. I have only found a couple other Americans who could speak at my level. That's how difficult it is. You really have to make a life decision to master the language. I've had three other YT channels that I've shut down due to family members discovering the channels and seeing me talk about things that I wanted to remain more private within my family of origin. But I disagreed with the premise that native English speakers need to learn the local language. If you're married to a local that helps immensely, but remember you should always be able to find somebody who speaks the language when you're doing something you need to do. And if you don't, hand jesters will do. I have two masters degrees in difficult professions, but getting to C2+ was the most difficult thing I've ever had to do because like Romanian, Bulgarian is extremely difficult for non-Slavic speakers.
@@livinginromania it is not slavic, indeed, but we have around 30% of vocabulary from slavic languages. So, ya, it sounds like mixing italian with russian 😄But, he says about Bulgarian being slavic, and it is, and difficult to learn for non-slavic speakers. Not about romanian being slavic.
Found it funny that the second thing about life here was a subscription ticket to a football club. I have friends who are residents in Britain and if they were never been too much in to sports home they seem to talk a lot now about their time at the game and have a subscription ticket to some local football club. So i guess it's totally a British cultural thing.
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.
Romanians don’t attack random people on the streets. We might have what you may call “dangerous people” but they have civilized since 90’s and they are only representing their city or block If it’s one thing we dislike in Romania is unjustified violence, just like the old italian Mafia was keeping the cities safe and peaceful
It's been many decades since I last heard Romanian spoken by another national. Sounds wonderful. Congratulations and good luck learning Romanian! I wonder how you could acclimate in such a small town like Craiova, which I never visited, after growing up in a metropolis such as London. We live in New Jersey and left Romania in 1969. Regards, M.
That's the most romanian looking non-romanian pensioner i've seen :)))). You look like my father in law, you dress like him, and your kitchen looks exactly like his. That's the reason I clicked on the video, i was asking myself "what does this romanian retiree talk about since he's romanian and he didn't move one inch, he was here al along" :))))) Congrats on embracing your new country so well! And bine ati venit :)
Va salut si va stimez munca ! V am vazut din intamplare prin craiova am vrut sa va salut dar eram pe fuga ! Imi place mult genul de continut pe care il produceti si faptul ca stiti ce si cum sa promovati despre noi.. respect ! Totodata , voiam sa vaspun ca prima data cand am dar peste canalul dvs am crezut ca este international , intrucat aveti o engleza perfecta cu accent occidental ! La mai multe clipuri de genul .. va salut cu drag! Un craiovean .
Vă mulțumim pentru comentariile dumneavoastră amabile. Data viitoare când mă vezi, salută-te. Ma bucur ca iti place accentul meu pentru ca sunt britanic, desi nu englez!
@@livinginromania Noi, romanii nu intram in detalii, pt noi un britanic este egal cu un englez :) Pentru mine, una, inseamna acelasi lucru, desi tu poti fi din Scotia sau Tara Galilor, tot englez esti :)
I am a Romanian living in London! 🥰 I love the city... I cannot see myself coming back home.... Unfortunately, economically looks worse for some Romanians to come back home... Nice to see my country through your eyes... 😊
@@livinginromania Have you done a video about how specifically to do it and what's entailed? I'd very much like to do so and I would immensely appreciate it.
@@livinginromania Thanks so much. I would love to be able to join you in Romania. Should we ever meet, I shall buy you a pint or make some sarmale for you. 😄
Wow you arrived at the poorest and less educated part of the country: Oltenia. Our models in Oltenia from a history point of view were the Turks and slava, Bulgarians /Russians. Can't say they are the same like Germans/Austrians who impacted Transilvania, isn't it?
Buna. You are 15 subs to 1000 😉💪😊. Va doresc o viata cat mai frumoasa in Romania . Pronuntia dumneavoastra este foarte buna. Pentru a invata o limba trebuie sa vorbiti in continuu limba tarii respective (romana) 😉. Mult succes ! 😊.
Romanian here. Good luck with your papers, hope it goes well. As you've probably heard, govt bureaucracy is something of legend among romanians. Got a bit better since the pandemic but not that much, we still have a long way to go. I'm from Craiova also, moved to Bucharest a few years ago.
IF...you will learn romanian language well enough,....A BIG DOOR is opened for other languages like : italian, spanish and french.even some portuguese....you will be able to understand some ideas without even learnig those languages ! Cheers
i couldnt imagine trying to learn romanian from scratch. So much effort. Just move to germany and learn german at this point like a proper romanian😂 its part of the culture😂
Inainte erau extreme termice pe zona de temperaturi negative, acum doar vara. Daca ninge aici in sud, ninge si in Grecia. Pentru noi romanii, cazierul se obtine pe loc. Birocratia nu mai e la nivelul de acum cativa ani.
But, who's coming to Romania? I am sure you didn't point to the map and send your dart with your eyes closed. Are you sure you-re not married to a Romanian gal? But as we all say, everyone is free to his thoughts. You-re happy, that's all what's important.
Hello. Greetings. I just have fount your video here. As someone that had tried to escape Romania forever in the last 12 years because I don t like how people get angry very easy from nothing without reason......and recently I was ending at psychiatry to discover that I am suspected to schiztopal antisocial personality disorder..... The main reason is due stressfull behavior and way of life wide spreaded in Romania. I wonder why you would like to come in eastern Europe in a former communist country , were people in the street don t smile, but instead yelling and shouting and stress are way of life. I had plans to remain forever in France, to escape the stressfull life of Romania , i had live in Marseille and Montpellier, but there s no France anymore, it s worst than Romania on the safety/violence level. I know in UK and almost all western world is relatively the same. That s why you had left UK?
No, I left the UK because I married a Romanian lady. I have loved it here in Oltenia. People have a great sense of humour and have been very welcoming. Thank you for watching.
Well.....with my condition mentioned above, signs of my personality, usually I don t laugh at no one's jokes, and I find also Romanian humor that incite to violence, it s based on mocking others, arrogance. Romania and Balkan and the rest Slavic countries ( I had meet persons from Russia Poland Ukraine, Czechia and regarding to difficulty , angryness without level they are similar, for example Russia more violent, Czechia less, Poland similar) are better than third world lawless west today , sadly. But not for social life. If you value kindness, goodness and wisdom there you cannot find them in Romania, only in rare exceptions. I just compare how common native ordinary people behave in Romania and in France, Austria, Germany, Italy where I had live before. Just look at the drivers behaviors. It a common in the omania to insult in trafic, to lack of patience. Those who do this have important emotional problems. Which the state must resolve it, with harsh laws. If you go in some stores and you say good day you have much chances to find someone that doesn t answer you back and if you ask more questions details about some products they will make you a grumpy gave and react arrogant with angryness. The same if you go in a state institution, like taxes, finances, or paying your electrical bills. In the western countries that I had mention above is not common to find a native that b have like this. I had encounters persons outside europe, for example at the French work service office a lady from Morocco that was bitter like the public funcționairs in Romania. Because I had encounter too many times this in Romania , my next impulse is to smash that person head, and I have some experiences about this and i find it difficult to control everytime. I find social life in Romania at the same quality of the how look most buildings of the streets.
I disagree with you. I moved here six years ago after visiting every year since 1992 and have no regrets at all. My lifestyle here is far better than it was in the UK. It's a beautiful country with wonderful friendly people.
Chiar nu ai habar ce vorbesti . Vom discuta in 20-30 de ani cand vestul va fi sub est si tot mai multi din vest se vor muta in est . Eu sunt in UK si UK-ul e in declin foarte grav . Eu sunt placut impresionat de progresul care se face in Romania , poate nu se vede daca locuiesti acolo dar daca vizitezi odata la 1-2-3 ani vezi clar si de la distanta ca progresul este imens in Romania . Diferenta de salarii nu mai este asa imensa , daca ai casa ta o duci destul de ok in Romania .
@@filipdobrin6515corect! S au schimbat foarte mult lucrurile aici, dar sunt mereu persoane, neavizate de altfel, care vorbesc în necunoștință de cauza!
Loved Oradea when I visited. Never been to Cluj, Romania's most expensive city. Love it here in Craiova. Friendly people and a renovated city. If I moved elsewhere it would be to Medias, one of my favourite cities in RO.
Multzi infatuatzi din Ardeal pe aici... Mai scutiti-ne cu aerele voastre de superioritate! Omul āsta locuieste în Craiova (oras foarte frumos si curat) pentru cā s-a cāsātorit cu o craioveancā.
I am Romanian and I wonder myself why to live here! First is my country and i love my country! Second: in Europe is worse. third: I want my country to grow! So mister, if you don't like Romania you can go home!
Sorry to say this but as a one time teacher I didn't rate your presentation highly. It was rather rambling and didn't cover the most important aspects of coming to Romania such as finding somewhere to live, getting temporary residency, health insurance, implications of now being a non EU applicant etc. So I'll give you 3 out of 10.
I have to say that I never considered this vlog to be a definitive handbook/presentation for those interested in residing in Romania. Its a few personal thoughts as are all his vlog posts which help you get thinking about the topic. That you have played at being the pedantic teacher and marked these thoughts is really rather silly.
That's the most romanian looking fridge I've seen from someone who's not romanian
I try to be authentic (my wife is Romanian!)
And the T shirt too
It goes along with the macrame window treatments🤣🤣🤣
Correct . The fridge gives srong romanian vibes
@@cristiant9437 Got to love a fridge magnet!
An enjoyable watch and I concur! I first visited Romania in June 1990 as a back-packer and fell in love with the people (particularly their dark sense of humour and creative ways of swearing!), the beautiful countryside, and home-grown tomatoes that taste like the best fruit on earth. I relocated (also from London) to Bucharest around 12 years ago now and, like you, couldn't be happier. I also have a family here now and we spend our time both in Bucharest and in Bistrita-Nasaud where my wife is from. Learning the language and living "as like a local as possible" is, just like you say, non-negotiable as far as I'm concerned ... the thought of moving somewhere "different" to then surround yourself with folks from back home and talk just about the past is an oxymoron to me too! :)) Anyway, spor la treaba si mult succes in Romania! :)
Agree about tomatoes and now love ardei.
Haideți, stimate domn, că limba română nu este așa de grea! Limba română scrisă și vorbită este o limbă fonetică: cum se aude, așa se scrie. Fiecărei literă din alfabet îi corespunde un sunet.😊 Plus că limba română nu are atâtea excepții ca în engleză. În engleză, noi la școală primară am învățat că "oo" se citește U, "ee" se citește "i". Păi această regulă are excepții: deși se scrie "door", "floor" nu la fel se pronunță că "roof" 😊. Sau ni s-a spus că pluralul se scrie cu "s" la sfârșitul cuvântului. Și aici există excepții foot-feet, tooth-teeth etc. Vă doresc toate cele bune! 😊
@@elisabeta4696 Trei genuri (cf. germană) și acorduri la neutru care se schimbă de la masculin la singular la feminin la plural. Da, un limbaj fonetic, dar accentul este complicat. Este complex, motiv pentru care românii de 18 ani au probleme și mulți români sunt analfabeți funcționali.
Da, sunt analfabeți funcționali pentru că așa e "politica" globalistă: idiotizarea copiilor încă de la grădiniță, pentru ca-atunci când vor ajunge la maturitate- să voteze ceea ce vrea sistemul. "Un popor needucat este ușor de condus/subjugat, spuneți cu doriți. Mulțumesc pentru precizări! 🙂
@@elisabeta4696 e usoara in materie de scris , ca da e fonetica . Dar in materie de gramatica e foarte grea .
Your cultivated voice and accent is just a pleasure to listen to. Congrats!
Wow, thank you!
@@livinginromania I'm romanian. Please, would you be kind and teach me youre native language-english?
@@julierose8470 Nice idea, but I am retired and live in Craiova! I hope you can find a teacher.
It's a great voice, reminds me of my late Aunt who had the same calming manner, she was from Oxford BTW
@@voice.of.reason Thank you for watching. I was born in London but lived and worked in Winchester for most of my career.
Such a nice review mate! Iti multumim frumos ;) Cheers!
Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed it.
Loved your comments and advice. Down to earth and very honest. Wish you a good life in Craiova. I would love to see Univ Craiova playing...
They are having a great season so far, but we need 3 goals against Maribor on Thursday!
@@livinginromania they did so...unfortunately they conceded 2 goals, and this 3-2 is just for statistics , because Craiova is out from this european competition...maybe the next year they will be more lucky
Hi there. I’m a Romanian living in UK over last 9 years. I’m so happy you enjoy living in Romania, and your curiosity for the culture just warms my heart.
I wish you get the very best and even more from your stay, it’s only fair since Britain welcomes millions of Romanians.
I am loving it here. Thanks for watching.
Thank you for promoting my country, RESPECT!🌞👏
Cu placere!
So glad to stumble across your channel. I too am a retired languages teacher (French and Spanish although my degree is in Russian) and I have a love of Romania. It started through friends I made at work who are Romanian and then when I went with them on trips to Romania I made friends there mostly in Constanța and Bucharest. I have also learned the language. It's harder than Spanish but easier than Russian. I'll be going to see friends in Constanța in a couple of weeks. Hope the weather cools down a bit.
Thanks for watching. Almost looks like a County Durham crest on your avatar. Enjoy Constanta, but it's due to heat up next week. I can't wait to have a week back in the UK away from the heat.
@@livinginromaniaWell spotted! I am indeed a Durham lad.
@@barrysteven5964 Me too. Born in Crag Head. Mum still lives in C-l-S.
@@livinginromania don`t come now, it`s too hot here too, 28 degrees Celsius all this week :(
Romania has beautiful people, good food and music❤
It certainly does.
Cu Mustar! Romanian mustard is excellent ;-)
God bless you, learn the language rings so true, grew up in Romania, fled in 1989, ended up in Canada , this was my first as well, learn the language so that one can communicate. Adjust to the lifestyle? customs of the host country not the other way around. Enjoy your stay. Cheers from Canada.
Thank you. Everything you say resonates with me. Enjoy Canada.
Thanks for nice words about Romania 🇷🇴 😊
Cu placere!
I just came across your video now and I must say you've earned a new subscriber.
I'm a romanian who's been living in the UK for 6 years now, I guess we kind of switched places 😂
Keep up with the good work 👏🏻 love the way you speak, you have a calming voice ☺️ Mult succes!
Thank you for watching. Stay calm!
Good vieeo Thanks 🙏
In many places in Romania, as well as in other countries in Eastern Europe, time slows down. It slows waaaaay down. And you can hear your own thoughts if you want to. Here, we say "eternity was born in the countryside (vesnicia s-a nascut la sat)".
If u translate L. Blaga at least give him the credits🤡
The bureaucracy has gotten better with online services, but mostly for the people with citizenship.
It looks like there is still a long way to go for services to foreigners to catch up.
Sadly yes. Thanks for watching.
It’s a great evaluation. We don’t get in Bucharest planes spraying insecticide over the city, it can be something that city of Craiova does. About the temperature: you must have 3 sets of clothes: winter for -20C with some snow, summer: for 40+C and autumn + spring ( 15-28C ). It’s true that we did not had hard winters in the last 10 years but it’s more of a cycle and when it hits, you feel it. Good to have in house: electric oil heater and AC for the summer. Bureaucracy is something that we get too and it’s something you have to accept. It is safe, especially if you don’t swing/flex with money or gold jewelry. Be normal and everything will be ok. Many people go in west Europe in search of a working society but if you come here with the money of an average person, you live above average in Romania. The only problem is that if you want to go in vacation, you will get a better experience outside of Romania with the same money.
-20? Maybe 10 or 20 years ago. Now in January you can have 18 degrees
Of course you do get in Bucharest planes spraying insecticide, you just don't see them , I see them.
I enjoyed this video
Thank you Sir for mowing to our beateful country 🇷🇴
😊😊😊😊
Love it here. I will be staying.
Romania is beautiful and Romanian people are wonderful.
@@loganblackwood2922 Sunt de acord!
Ai omorât engleza jhonule, "mowing" înseamnă a tunde(iarba), "beateful" e un cuvânt nou !😅("moving", "beautiful")
Just came across you and appreciate your sharing. Thinking of moving to Romania. Can you tell where there is a dry arid climate there, if any. Thanks.
Anywhere below the Carpathian mountain range. Especially Oltenia. Has rarely dropped below 36 degrees this summer. 25 at night.
THank you. Is Oltenia a city? So not humid?
@@DianaC-c7d 5 counties in the south west of Romania. Not humid. Arid.
@@livinginromania Thank you very much!
Watching your videos uncle David hopr everything is good! Tell mom mom I live n miss her
Thanks for watching. I'll see her on Saturday and will pass your message on today.
@@livinginromania no problem n thx u I love n miss yall too
For Craiova-out loud! Get mustar cu hrean, it's roughly the same as English mustard. I'm afraid there is no replacement for Marmite except potentially ear wax, but it's difficult to harvest.
Nothing matches Colman's English mustard. Thanks for watching.
Moving to ROMANIA for me and my daughter it was a hard road, we integrated fast into British society
Thank you, hope you do a part two and talk about health care from the point of view of a westerner.
that Bine ati venit! is spot on, spot on sir
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel.
Glad to hear sir, I hope you enjoy the eastern sun
Am loving it. But it's rather hot at present. It's been over 36 degrees for the past month!
Silent viewer here. I liked this one, "Things You Should Know...". Could you do a part two in the future?
Will do to answer the points listed below!
Foarte bun vlogul! Mai ales partea cu gandacii!😂😂
Mersi. Nu sunt mare fan de gandacii!
Now I'm curious about the mustard and crackers. With the crackers, I have no experience with the brands we have in Romania, and have never heard of your preferred brand from the UK either, but here too I have doubts that you can't find an equivalent in Romania. But the mustard... there are so many brands with different flavors and different levels of spiciness in Romanian stores. Is it really possible to not find an equivalent for the mustard?
www.gourmetto.ro/mustar-fin-si-iute-colman-anglia-100-ml.html?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwtsy1BhD7ARIsAHOi4xZefp6HFJAUfHkppS3wGjnbkTFCxMd4kz2lPzXygpEqdCTVvd6lQ6oaAk5sEALw_wcB Believe me. This is the best.
@@livinginromania looks like you've found it
David, just post the links regarding the move to ROMANIA
Your video is awesome.
Congrats, your Romanian sounds really good.❤️
I have left Romania at 18 in 1997. I have a good career and a good job in Canada. Yet … as a Romanian-born.. would like to move back.
Financially I don’t think I can make it back before retirement. Although it remains my big wish.
Would love to enjoy as much time as I could there between 46-60.
Good for you. Come back on holiday and make the big move (if you wish) once you are retired. You won't regret it.
@@livinginromania Subscribed. Look fwd to watching your other videos
@@spruceguitar Thanks for watching
Felicitări! Excelent accent in română!
E greu vara. Iarna nu mai e ce a fost de 20 ani.
Corect
Been following you for a long time. I am a fellow Brit thats just returned home after ten years in Vietnam. After 3 months back, I want out again 😂 do you recommend visiting Romania first as a tourist for a few weeks or just come and start looking for work and a place to stay? Thanks mate
Always better to visit a place first for an extended period. It's fairly cheap to rent an apartment on a short term lease.
Welcome to Romania. This is rather shocking to me, in a pleasant ticklish way
Loving it here
I'm romanian but living in Canada for almost 30 years now...i might go back when its time to retire,anyway nice vlog,cheers!🙂
Do it. You won't regret it. Think of all the zacusca, salata de boeuf, salata de vinete and sarmale. Not to mention the mici!
British citizen want to move to ROMANIA, first contact the Romanian counsulate in the UK they have counsulate offices in each region in the UK
They will provide you with all the information you need to make the move
Very nice and smart gentlemen
Thank you for watching.. Multumesc frumos
Hello , can you give any info regarding health insurance for retired expats . Thanks !
Watch Living in Romania 138. 13,30, where I explain the process.
Looking for a job in Romania... Would appreciate greatly any help. Background in warehousing. Thanks a lot
Not really my area. I am an ex lecturer/teacher, but I wish you all the best.
Nice to hear you!
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Thanks for watching.
I am C2+ in Bulgarian and I've lived here for 5 years. I have a UA-cam channel where I practice speaking using improvisation style speaking to make sure I am more facile with the language. I have only found a couple other Americans who could speak at my level. That's how difficult it is. You really have to make a life decision to master the language. I've had three other YT channels that I've shut down due to family members discovering the channels and seeing me talk about things that I wanted to remain more private within my family of origin.
But I disagreed with the premise that native English speakers need to learn the local language. If you're married to a local that helps immensely, but remember you should always be able to find somebody who speaks the language when you're doing something you need to do. And if you don't, hand jesters will do. I have two masters degrees in difficult professions, but getting to C2+ was the most difficult thing I've ever had to do because like Romanian, Bulgarian is extremely difficult for non-Slavic speakers.
Well done. Romanian is not a slavic language. Thanks for watching.
@@livinginromania good luck getting to C2, most never make it.
@@livinginromania it is not slavic, indeed, but we have around 30% of vocabulary from slavic languages. So, ya, it sounds like mixing italian with russian 😄But, he says about Bulgarian being slavic, and it is, and difficult to learn for non-slavic speakers. Not about romanian being slavic.
Found it funny that the second thing about life here was a subscription ticket to a football club. I have friends who are residents in Britain and if they were never been too much in to sports home they seem to talk a lot now about their time at the game and have a subscription ticket to some local football club. So i guess it's totally a British cultural thing.
Thanks for watching.
I’ve been learning Romanian for 120 days in a row. On duo lingo and chat GPT. Este greu Doar Imi place.
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.
I am Romanian in UK I plan to return
Glad to hear that.
Place you settle in is key
Craiova îs not known for it's safety inside Romania, and it's still safer than London??? 😮
Feels very safe to me. I know it's reputation was bad, but things seem to have changed for the better.
Alea cu craipva si bricegele cel mai probabil sunt legende urbane cu 0 relevanță in viața reala
@@georgealin3923 și lebedele de la Viena
Romanians don’t attack random people on the streets. We might have what you may call “dangerous people” but they have civilized since 90’s and they are only representing their city or block
If it’s one thing we dislike in Romania is unjustified violence, just like the old italian Mafia was keeping the cities safe and peaceful
@@claudiuflorea2090 Feels very safe to me. I live in a nice area and have never felt threatened here.
It's been many decades since I last heard Romanian spoken by another national. Sounds wonderful. Congratulations and good luck learning Romanian! I wonder how you could acclimate in such a small town like Craiova, which I never visited, after growing up in a metropolis such as London. We live in New Jersey and left Romania in 1969. Regards, M.
For me 330k is not a small town! Love living here. Thanks for watching.
Welcome to our country , we are working in the UK but will retire when our time will come back in Romania .
buddy there is no global warming lmao
That's the most romanian looking non-romanian pensioner i've seen :)))). You look like my father in law, you dress like him, and your kitchen looks exactly like his. That's the reason I clicked on the video, i was asking myself "what does this romanian retiree talk about since he's romanian and he didn't move one inch, he was here al along" :))))) Congrats on embracing your new country so well! And bine ati venit :)
Thank you for your kind words. I take my Romanian citizenship test in January. Abia astept!
@@livinginromania Multa bafta! Dupa test, sa va serbati succesul cu o bere romaneasca si o portie de mici :)
@@lecsu131 Multumesc frumos. Daa. Bere si mici, de ce nu?
Va salut si va stimez munca ! V am vazut din intamplare prin craiova am vrut sa va salut dar eram pe fuga ! Imi place mult genul de continut pe care il produceti si faptul ca stiti ce si cum sa promovati despre noi.. respect ! Totodata , voiam sa vaspun ca prima data cand am dar peste canalul dvs am crezut ca este international , intrucat aveti o engleza perfecta cu accent occidental ! La mai multe clipuri de genul .. va salut cu drag!
Un craiovean .
Pai omul e strain/englez stabilit in Romania, de aia are accent perfect in engleza :))
Vă mulțumim pentru comentariile dumneavoastră amabile. Data viitoare când mă vezi, salută-te. Ma bucur ca iti place accentul meu pentru ca sunt britanic, desi nu englez!
@@misscg367 ,oook am înțeles acum wow:D
@@livinginromania Noi, romanii nu intram in detalii, pt noi un britanic este egal cu un englez :) Pentru mine, una, inseamna acelasi lucru, desi tu poti fi din Scotia sau Tara Galilor, tot englez esti :)
@@misscg367 Prietenii mei români înțeleg acum: sunt galez
I am a Romanian living in London! 🥰 I love the city... I cannot see myself coming back home.... Unfortunately, economically looks worse for some Romanians to come back home...
Nice to see my country through your eyes... 😊
London has a lot to offer, if you can afford it. I am happy here.
@@livinginromania wish you all rhe best!
@@MikyARH Thanks for watching.
I can't afford to move to Romania but I want to. I love Romania, but I'm working class and broke. Guess I'm stuck. Vorbesc putin in limba Romana.
Don't give up hope. I am a pensioner and manage very well. Money goes a long way here. Best wishes.
@@livinginromania Have you done a video about how specifically to do it and what's entailed? I'd very much like to do so and I would immensely appreciate it.
@@loganblackwood2922 I'll do a part three with the specific steps to take.
@@livinginromania Thanks so much. I would love to be able to join you in Romania. Should we ever meet, I shall buy you a pint or make some sarmale for you. 😄
@@loganblackwood2922 End of this week Busy with some other projects before then. I'll be pleased to buy you a pint if you make it out here. 80p.
You have a great advantage. People of Oltenia are some of the most fun Romanians.
I agree. thanks for watching.
Wow you arrived at the poorest and less educated part of the country: Oltenia. Our models in Oltenia from a history point of view were the Turks and slava, Bulgarians /Russians. Can't say they are the same like Germans/Austrians who impacted Transilvania, isn't it?
If you want an alternative to Craiova which also has airport and soon it will have the highway near it, take a look at the city of Bacau.
My second favourite town in Romania is Medias! But I love Craiova.
Hai Craiova! 😂
Buna. You are 15 subs to 1000 😉💪😊. Va doresc o viata cat mai frumoasa in Romania . Pronuntia dumneavoastra este foarte buna. Pentru a invata o limba trebuie sa vorbiti in continuu limba tarii respective (romana) 😉. Mult succes ! 😊.
Multumesc frumos!
We made it to 1000 today. Thanks for your support.
@@livinginromania Congrats !!🎉🍾
You deserve 👏✊😊
@@MaximDL1410 Thanks mate.
Search the mustard better ..its a lot..
Yes, but once you try Colman’s English mustard, you can’t go back!
Romanian here.
Good luck with your papers, hope it goes well. As you've probably heard, govt bureaucracy is something of legend among romanians. Got a bit better since the pandemic but not that much, we still have a long way to go.
I'm from Craiova also, moved to Bucharest a few years ago.
Thanks for watching.
IF...you will learn romanian language well enough,....A BIG DOOR is opened for other languages like : italian, spanish and french.even some portuguese....you will be able to understand some ideas without even learnig those languages ! Cheers
I speak fluent French, so have gone the other way. French has helped me a great deal.
i couldnt imagine trying to learn romanian from scratch. So much effort. Just move to germany and learn german at this point like a proper romanian😂 its part of the culture😂
I speak fluent German. Time for a new challenge!
The language was hard to learn because you moved to Oltenia. They speak very fast and even we have a hard time understanding them:))
So true!
Inainte erau extreme termice pe zona de temperaturi negative, acum doar vara. Daca ninge aici in sud, ninge si in Grecia. Pentru noi romanii, cazierul se obtine pe loc. Birocratia nu mai e la nivelul de acum cativa ani.
Foarte adevărat
But, who's coming to Romania? I am sure you didn't point to the map and send your dart with your eyes closed. Are you sure you-re not married to a Romanian gal? But as we all say, everyone is free to his thoughts. You-re happy, that's all what's important.
I am and am very happy here.
Air conditioning is good for you!
Of all the places .... Craiova ...
It's great, believe me!
Willkommen in Rumänien. Alles Gute der ganzen Familie.
Herzliche Grüße aus Târgu MUREȘ.
Recht vielen Dank.
Hello. Greetings. I just have fount your video here. As someone that had tried to escape Romania forever in the last 12 years because I don t like how people get angry very easy from nothing without reason......and recently I was ending at psychiatry to discover that I am suspected to schiztopal antisocial personality disorder..... The main reason is due stressfull behavior and way of life wide spreaded in Romania. I wonder why you would like to come in eastern Europe in a former communist country , were people in the street don t smile, but instead yelling and shouting and stress are way of life. I had plans to remain forever in France, to escape the stressfull life of Romania , i had live in Marseille and Montpellier, but there s no France anymore, it s worst than Romania on the safety/violence level. I know in UK and almost all western world is relatively the same. That s why you had left UK?
No, I left the UK because I married a Romanian lady. I have loved it here in Oltenia. People have a great sense of humour and have been very welcoming. Thank you for watching.
Well.....with my condition mentioned above, signs of my personality, usually I don t laugh at no one's jokes, and I find also Romanian humor that incite to violence, it s based on mocking others, arrogance. Romania and Balkan and the rest Slavic countries ( I had meet persons from Russia Poland Ukraine, Czechia and regarding to difficulty , angryness without level they are similar, for example Russia more violent, Czechia less, Poland similar) are better than third world lawless west today , sadly. But not for social life. If you value kindness, goodness and wisdom there you cannot find them in Romania, only in rare exceptions.
I just compare how common native ordinary people behave in Romania and in France, Austria, Germany, Italy where I had live before.
Just look at the drivers behaviors. It a common in the omania to insult in trafic, to lack of patience. Those who do this have important emotional problems. Which the state must resolve it, with harsh laws.
If you go in some stores and you say good day you have much chances to find someone that doesn t answer you back and if you ask more questions details about some products they will make you a grumpy gave and react arrogant with angryness. The same if you go in a state institution, like taxes, finances, or paying your electrical bills.
In the western countries that I had mention above is not common to find a native that b have like this. I had encounters persons outside europe, for example at the French work service office a lady from Morocco that was bitter like the public funcționairs in Romania.
Because I had encounter too many times this in Romania , my next impulse is to smash that person head, and I have some experiences about this and i find it difficult to control everytime.
I find social life in Romania at the same quality of the how look most buildings of the streets.
Who are you?
Domnul David aka "Living in Romania"
Sunt din Scoția și eu iubesc România și Moldova. Este visul meu să mă mut acolo dar va fi mai dificil de când Brexit. Fuck Brexit !!!
Tot este mai difficil dupa Brexit. Bafta!
OK, all sounds good, but as a second thought let's hope that Rus or N Korrea😁 don't nuke us all and we have a pleasent time to enjoy our life
They won't. We are in NATO
Looking like it’s been great to escape from the dravidian island.
Wrong island mate!
@@livinginromania I don’t think so.
I'm romanian and I have just one advice if you want to move to Romania: DON'T DO IT! You will thank me later.
I have moved here. 5 years now and no regrets!
I disagree with you. I moved here six years ago after visiting every year since 1992 and have no regrets at all. My lifestyle here is far better than it was in the UK. It's a beautiful country with wonderful friendly people.
@@Mrjbfthere is no future in this country, high corruption and it still smell like communism
Chiar nu ai habar ce vorbesti . Vom discuta in 20-30 de ani cand vestul va fi sub est si tot mai multi din vest se vor muta in est . Eu sunt in UK si UK-ul e in declin foarte grav . Eu sunt placut impresionat de progresul care se face in Romania , poate nu se vede daca locuiesti acolo dar daca vizitezi odata la 1-2-3 ani vezi clar si de la distanta ca progresul este imens in Romania . Diferenta de salarii nu mai este asa imensa , daca ai casa ta o duci destul de ok in Romania .
@@filipdobrin6515corect! S au schimbat foarte mult lucrurile aici, dar sunt mereu persoane, neavizate de altfel, care vorbesc în necunoștință de cauza!
craiova? sorry to hear that, you should've opted for a more civilised and developed region of ro, eg oradea/cluj
Loved Oradea when I visited. Never been to Cluj, Romania's most expensive city. Love it here in Craiova. Friendly people and a renovated city. If I moved elsewhere it would be to Medias, one of my favourite cities in RO.
"more civilised" - I don't think you have ever visited or stayed in Craiova.
@@virgiliustancu9293think I have lived here for 5 years. Come for a visit
Multzi infatuatzi din Ardeal pe aici...
Mai scutiti-ne cu aerele voastre de superioritate!
Omul āsta locuieste în Craiova (oras foarte frumos si curat) pentru cā s-a cāsātorit cu o craioveancā.
@@crisgradcrisgrad5688 Da este adevărat. Iubesc Oltenia. Dar dacă nu aș locui aici, aș locui în Mediaș, un oraș frumos.
I am Romanian and I wonder myself why to live here! First is my country and i love my country! Second: in Europe is worse. third: I want my country to grow! So mister, if you don't like Romania you can go home!
I love it here thanks. It is now my home and has been for 5 years.
If you are young don't came in Romania! You will not like to live there! Romania is a police state.
Strong opinion!
I‘ll give you some advice: don’t!
Too late. I've been here for 5 years.
Sorry to say this but as a one time teacher I didn't rate your presentation highly. It was rather rambling and didn't cover the most important aspects of coming to Romania such as finding somewhere to live, getting temporary residency, health insurance, implications of now being a non EU applicant etc. So I'll give you 3 out of 10.
Thank you so much for watching. 😀
Who said it was a presentation? It's just a vlog. Or is every vlog a presentation to you? He is just putting some of his personal experiences to us.
@@Mickzz Thanks mate. I expect he was a really fun teacher!!! 🤣
I have to say that I never considered this vlog to be a definitive handbook/presentation for those interested in residing in Romania. Its a few personal thoughts as are all his vlog posts which help you get thinking about the topic. That you have played at being the pedantic teacher and marked these thoughts is really rather silly.
@@Mrjbf It's a bit of fun. Let's leave it at that. Agree: they are my personal impressions. That's all.
No need to come to Roumania..There are more beatituful country there...France,Italia,Budapesta...
Yeah, budapest is a great country lol
There are many beautiful countries and Romania is one of them. Check out Charlie Otley's TV shows on this beautiful country.
Romanians are welcoming to foreigners as long as you respect the county and the people. The same in all other countries.
In Rusia they don't learn you geography?
@@Kannot2023se pare ca nu!!!!