Romania
Arts Envoy IPR Romania 2018
The Arts Envoy Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) made its pilot program visit in the lovely, ancient and mysterious land of Romania in December of 2018.
Big thanks to the US Embassy in Bucharest and particularly to Ms. Isabella Alexandrescu for organizing all our visits.
Read on for highlights and pictures from the trip >>
Overview
Facts About Romania:
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Capital city - Bucharest (Bucureşti in Romanian)
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Prime Minister - Mr. Klaus Werner Iohannis
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Used to be Communist Country until 1990
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Over 90% Christian
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Part of European Union
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Languages spoken mainly Romanian, English, German, Hungarian
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Romania has three distinct regions
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1/3 of workers are farmers / agricultural
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Transylvania is in Romania
People & History
The people we met in Romania were very warm and welcoming, especially when I tried to speak their language, Romanian.
Romanians are descendant of a fair ancient people called the Dacians who were conquered by the Romans and later became part of the Ottoman Empire. The Germanic and Hungarian influence on the people is evident today.
My first impression of Romanian people is that the men are all giants and the woman are all supermodel gorgeous. I'm joking, of course, but anyone visiting will understand why I say this.
We met many students in the three cities we visited, and also many farmers and craftspeople who came to the cities for the annual Christmas Markets through the month of December.
The only people thinking about Dracula are the owners of the touristy gift shops that capitalize on the association drawn by Bram Stoker's book. It's reported that Stoker himself never visited Romania.