I'm from Romania ❤...romanian languege is latin and the "r" is more strong than "r "soft from english and we have the" Carpați "mountains and this country is a paradise. Who is romanian... 👇🏼 👇🏼

I went to Romania a few times a while back, doing work for their Ministry of Justice prior to their joining the European Community. It was a lovely country with friendly people who, even though many were poor, always wanted to share whatever they had. My favourite city was Cluj-Napoca in the heart of Transylvania, the centre of which had not been flattened by Caecescu, so it still had an Austro-Hungarian empire feel to it. The alcoholic drink they had is normally called țuică, which is distilled on farms and sold by the roadside in old Coca-Cola bottles. The usual word for cheers is ‘noroc’ which just means ‘luck’.

Im half american and half romanian. I moved to romania 3 years ago and i can say that it’s truly such a beautiful country. Glad to be a part of these wonderful people. Thank you for your reaction:)

Massive respect for Romania from 🇷🇸 🫡

Nice reaction Connor, thanks for the appreciation. To answer a few of your questions: 1) is Romania Balkan? Yes and no. Geographically, not really, aside from a small portion in the south-east of the country called Dobrogea (Rick didn't go there in this film). Culturally, however, yes, we are partially Balkan. We're very similar to our dear neighbors in Bulgaria and Serbia, but we're also different. We're at the same time Balkaners (like Serbs, Bulgarians, Albanians), East Europeans (like Ukrainians or Russians) and Central Europeans (like Poles, Hungarians, Slovaks or even Germans). 2) Is Romanian a Romance language? Yes, to a great degree (about 80%). It is thoroughly a Romance language, but unlike any other Romance language, with a hefty amount of Slavic influence (about 20%) - even our word for "yes" is "da", just like Bulgarian or Russian. There are, of course, other influences in the language, but to much smaller degrees - Hungarian, Turkish, German. But if you'd like a fun fact about Romania and the Romanian language, up until the second half of the 19th century, Romanian used to be the only Romance language written in the Cyrillic alphabet, not Latin. Similarly, to this day, Romanians (and Moldovans) are the only major Romance population in the world that is majority Orthodox Christian. 3) Is the language of the Roma (gypsy) people also Latin? No, it is not. In fact, there are more varieties of Romani languages, and they're quite different from each other, but as a general characteristic, they're more similar to languages spoken in the Rajasthan state of India in terms of vocabulary. When it comes specifically to the varieties of Romani languages spoken by the Roma in Romania, you'd not understand much of anything if you spoke any Balkan language, including Romanian. However, from the point of view of grammar, syntax and phonology, it is part of the Balkan Sprachbund, so even if you spoke other languages native to the Indian subcontinent, you wouldn't understand it. It is the only Indian language that is spoken exclusively outside of India. 4) The Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest is still more disliked by the people of Romania, because of Ceausescu. Otherwise, we would promote it more, since it's the second largest administrative building in the world, after your very own Pentagon (also the heaviest). 5) Romania became Romance speaking because back in ancient times, it was conquered and colonized by the Romans. After they left, because of those beautiful mountains, it was much harder for the local population to culturally assimilate with the bigger and stronger populations that came afterwards, such as the Avars, Pechenegs, Slavs, Huns, and so on. Thus, the population remained by and large Romance speaking, and eventually assimilated most of the incoming peoples into its ethos in the broader Carpathian area. The fact no major center of power of either the Slavs or any others was truly close by made the influence of those centers of power lower and helped with the preservation of Latin, by contrast with Bulgaria and North Macedonia, which is also very mountainous and which was very Latin at the time, but which is also where the southern Slavs centers of power were, such as Preslav, Ohrid or Veliko Tarnovo. Anyhow, thanks for your reaction.

As a true romanian, I respect this video.❤

Back in 2014 when I was 18, I spent 3 months in Romania. It was beautiful. I loved Bucharest and I especially loved camping and hiking in the mountains. Wow, watching this is taking me back.

This summer i was in Transylvania. Romania is beautiful country, espacially mountains.

I am from Europe and live there but still overwhelmed about these real people who still live real lives, no matter how hard it can be. There is still a connection between the humans and also to ancient values.

It is a wooden church exactly like in Maramureș in Long Valley , New Jersey . Built by craftsmen from Romania .

Flavours of romania done by Charley Otley (9 episodes i think) covering every region of Romania is the best thing to watch and if you wish also to react to it.

Hello from Romania :) 🇷🇴

This is my country yeeeey Romania, i love my country !!!👏❤✊😊

This video really makes me want to travel there for sure! Thanks for sharing

Congratulations, you did a splendid job. And indeed, Romania deserves more and more atention

Peles castle - was built from King's own money. He sold 3 big properties in Germany to get the money. Not a dime from the country's budget. Entire cost in the range of 3 million gold francs . Don't even try to convert to today currency , you will get a shock .Library walls covered in Cordoba skins , Murano glass and crystals , mahogany and piper wood , etc , etc . This is whatever you want but not a hunting lodge . I would invite the guy who did the documentary to stay with me for a couple ( to a case ) of beers and I can educate him a little bit about my country. He did a ...tourist ...documentary , not a real one

Thanks, man. I'm living in Cluj (the second biggest city in Romania, after the capital). I saw all these places, but your movie creates me a lot of emotions. We speak latin language (like Italy, Spain, Portugal France). Gypsies speak a language similar with some indian dialect. At least numbers 1-10 are so similar with indian language (google it). Romans conquered Dacia (where is Romania today) in year 100 AD and a lot of romans remain here after their armies retreated. Also, the ancient dacian language was kind close with latin It is said that romans didn't need translators to get along with dacian people.

I feel real happy and proud of the country were i live, the reaction, wen you called Romania pretty, it just feels amayzing wen people say this abt. your country

Aahh Rick Steve... I remember using his walking audio tours in a bunch of places around Europe they're awesome. Romania is an awesome country.

Thank u guys, i love to see big countrys reacting to us because we aren't really counted by others

hey, Connor. to answer your question about Roma languages, No, they are not Romance languages but actually more closely related to Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati, etc. :) I happen to know a little bit of vocabulary because my grandpa was Roma, and when looking at Sanskrit for my linguistics degree (it's the Latin of Indic languages) I recognised a lot of words, especially stuff like numbers: 1 through 5 in the language that my grandfather spoke and Sanskrit are Romani: (y)Ek, dooy, trin, shtar, panj, Sanskrit: Eka, dva, trii, chatvarah, pancha

As a Romanian i feel obligated to answer all the questions, so here are the answers/clarifications to all the questions in the video 1:46 yes (it was also answered later on in the video at 9:53) 1:56 yes, we are a romance nation in a sea of slavs/huns, it happened because a lot of slavic / huns tribes travelled throw romania, we adopted some of their traditions/words, but we still mentained our romance origins. 2:47 The greeks made a colony (Tomis, curent day Constanta) that is now a big port in the black sea, and also yes, the culture in dobrujea is kindoff different than the rest, but its not only limited to there, our 3 main regions are similar, yet so different. 6:10 We are sometimes considered to be balkan culturaly, but geographicly only Dobrujea (south of the Danube) is balkan. 13:15 The highest peak of the carpathians is 2544 meters or 8346 feet (1.5 miles) vf. Moldoveanu ( peak Moldoveanu ) 18:50 ❤❤ :) A lot of people, especially romanians, say that Romania is a beautiful country 23:15 Its not considered a romance language, since its more similar to hindi rather than latin/any other romance language 24:08 Maramures is pretty near the region of Moldova ( not to be confused with the country Moldova, even tho we are very similar ), its more in the central north position. If some of you have more questions feel free to reply to this comment :D Or if i missed some questions asked in the video please dont hesitate to tell me

If you look at Europe map, will see Romania is right in the middle: aprox. 3000 km to Portugal, aprox. 3200 km to Ural mountains (border between Europe and Asia), aprox. 3000 km in Finland and aprox. 1000 km to last island in Greece. We are NOT in south-east of Europe.

I am from Romania and I would like to specify the following: 1. The area of ​​Romania was part of the Roman Empire between 106-272, and after that it was never effectively conquered. It was under the domination of the great local powers but not conquered. 2. King Charles 1 was imposed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire (Hasburgian) because the previous ruler was democratically elected (Alexandru Ioan Cuza), and before him there were rulers imposed by the Ottoman Empire. 3. Those who worked at the parliament palace were inmates from prisons.

Conner! Thanks for this. Sighisoara was my dad's home town! He was born there in 1911 and it is there that he trained as a cabinet maker.

Thank you for watching Romania!!

I was born on România, specifically Maramureș so lets see if this is accurate! Btw the cabbage rolls are tradiționale called "Sarmale" Edit: Accurate wooden Gates, accurate sheds, accurate inside, accirate food, accurate music, accurate clothes, accurate drinks, accurate churches, I visited that church (first one) anyone who wants to know where it is its în Plopis.

You have a new subscriber here from Romania. First video I’ve seen made by you and I can say you trully love history!🫶🏻

You should come visit Romania with your family or with your friends! It's a very special and friendly place in Europe!!! ❤

I'm from Romania and I'm happy and glad that you liked the main attractions. Honestly, Romania is wonderful. ❤

Thank you very much for promoting Romania. There are many beautiful cities, Sighisoara, Timisoara, Brasov, Sibiu, there are cities that still have medieval fortresses and buildings from the 16th-18th centuries. Plus the Happy Cemetery, where you can find something unique in the world. Here they laugh because it is different.

I’m impressed of your show I happen to be Romanian and you covered it so well great job

Romania , is Amazing Country !!! ❤️❤️❤️

The clues in the name. The Romanians are historically the Romans. Emporer Trajan managed to bridge the Danube (1.1km wide!!! ) and the province was created in Romania. When they later retreated, they destroyed the bridge, leaving lots of people i guess (and the romance language)... No longer bridge was built for 1000 years!

I came across your channel today, by „mistake” 😋 and loved this reaction video! as a Romanian, I just want to say a big thank you! 🙂I enjoyed it a lot! you covered it so well :) just subscribed to your channel! Imma binge watch all your videos ✌ keep up the great work

Tara noastra România este cea mai frumoasă țară din lume după părerea mea este Țara unde m-am născut și eu și am crescut este Țara noastră a tuturor românilor și o iubim foarte mult noi romanii si suntem mindrii în toată lumea de tara noastra pentru că aici este pămîntul stramosesc este glia si patria noastră a tuturor românilor de pretutindeni.Dumnezeu sa binecuvînteze Tara noastra România și pe noi toți românii de pretutindeni și pe toate tarile si toti oamenii din lume .Va multumim din suflet pentru video. .

Thanks Connor! The local population was romanized following the Trajan's conquest, the Romanian language developed as a result and it sort of endured through the ages despite the migratory waves that went through these lands. The language developed in isolation from the rest of the romance group but underwent a renewed latin influence in the 19th century. It still has some slavic/hungarian/german/turkish influences, as expected given its history, but it's definitely much closer to italian and other romance languages (this is the reason why the largest communities of the Romanian diaspora are in Italy and Spain). The Roma language is not part of the same branch, the name just sounds similar, purely by coincidence. Different regions of Romania can be thought of as either more Balkan (the South), or Central-European (Transylvania), or Eastern European (Moldova), but as a whole, the country shares many cultural similarities with its neighbors, in terms of religion, traditions, and a history of communism and life behind the Iron Curtain. Also, toward the end of the clip, Rick doesn't say "cheers!" when he takes the drink, he just said the name of the region - Maramures.

The dictator (Ceausescu) built/ordered that "palace" to be the People's Palace, which now houses the Romanian Parliament, besides the rentable grand rooms. He also build/ordered the Bucharest metro/subway.

Cool video, first time on this channel. Subscribing! BTW, very well done with your geography and history knowledge, you managed to impress a Romanian! :D

I respect you for knowing so much about romania before you even watched the video

RO is Not in the Balkans. But becouse we “ brush” the area , we Are often misplaced. That we have some areas influenced by Balkan, yes , but as Country definitely no

Have you noticed that if you wait long enough Rick will answer your questions 🙂 I love spiral care staces too!

Peles Castle had the world's first vacuum cleaner using an ingenious system of airducts that would blow the dust through a separate system leading outside. Additionally , the roof was retractable so that the King's guests could enjoy stargazing

My dad is half romanian and ig im too i have been in romania for so much times and i can say that romania has the most beautifull history in the world

You should check Wild Carpathia it goes more in depth with history of the land and also goes over all regions of Romania not only few popular ones… trust me!!! Is worth it!!

That cemetery at the end was really beautiful.

As a Romanian I feel really glad.❤ I really love this country. It has got all you need, and it's a beautiful place full of nature...❤❤❤

Romania is dope af and so are Romanians. But Cluj beats Bukuresht for me. Very good food and nice warm people. I wanna visit it for the 3rd time. It feels like home. Hi from Bulgaria.

I just love Rick Steves' videos: he is so repectful of the places and the peoples he visits and encounters! Romania is a very beautiful country indeed. Let's hope it doesn't get swarmed by dumb tourists who would ruin it! A couple of decades ago, I was working in a place where the cleaning lady was Romanian. The day after I'd seen a superb documentary on her country, I said to her, but?... What on earth are you doing in France? Your country is absolutely beautiful! She replied, with a slightly sad smile "Yes ... but there is no work there." From this documentary, it appears that the country is prosperous nowadays. Their joining the EU effect, I supose? I love the EU as much as Rick Steves!

Lots of love from Romania! Hope you’ll get to come gere as a tourist once

From Romania thanks for making this video ❤

Ur the 13th or so American KZfaqr that actualy knows something about our great country that made the world better with our inventions ❤

The Roma language is related to Indian languages, as its speakers also originate there. It has little to do with the Romance language family.

The Bran fortress did not belong to Vlad but to his enemies in Brasov. Besides his fortress as a prince, the fortress built by him is the Poenari Fortress, in the heart of the mountains, in a much more spectacular landscape than the Bran Castle. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poenari_Castle

Im from Romania Bucharest and it's a beautiful country

Lots of love from Romania

Slavic languages arrived in Balkans later, there is some Slavic influence in Romania language, we say da for yes, same as Russians but our language remained romance. We have been under foreign influence occasionally but kept the language.

The latin language and history are traced to the 2 dacian wars (101-102, 105-106). After the second war romans took over the dacians and latinized everything. Even though the dacians were proper adversaries, so much so that the Roman armies had to change their armour, the romans wanted the dacian gold which was in abundance in the Carpathian mountains. Until the fall of the Bizantine empire, the majority of Romania's land was inhabited by romans and the descendents of dacians.

Fun fact: Vlad III Tepes aka Dracula, was the son of Vlad II Dracul. In modern Romanian, drac means devil, and in Orthodox Christianity the devil is often depicted as a dragon (balaur). However, the latin word for drac is draco, which means dragon (balaur) or serpent. Tepes' father got the eponym Dracul, because he was allowed to join the Order of the Dragon (Societas Draconistarum), a chivalric crusader-like order, to defend Europe against the Ottomans.

I was in '70 there on vacation with my parents. I think it was for almost 2 weeks. The place we stayed was Mamaya (hope i spell right) in a hotel boarding the beach. Much military back then on the streets in time of the dictator. I can remember people where poor because of oppression of him. But still the warmth of people never forgotten, even when i was young, it is something i remember as a good time. I also remember the roads where almost no cars. The guide told the car you had was from family who died, because it wasn't affordable to buy back then. It's good to see Romania has now much better times.

The word Roma is not derived from Roman, despite the similarity. Roma means man in their language, that is more related to Hindi and Sanskrit. Romanian , on the other hand, is the English version of "român", which derives from "roman", like in Roman citizen. Being a Roman citizen in ancient times was the cultural equivalent of being an American citizen nowadays. It gave you status and privileges and was a point of pride. The debate about Gypsies being called Roma is still going strong here, because of the confusion it creates with the Romanian, also because an older term for Roma was Romali, or Loma. I am not very knowledgeable in the subject, but some Gypsies were even called Sinti. Are they different from the Roma? Why the sudden wide spread use of the term Roma instead of the other existing variants? Is it because it is easier to confuse with Romanian?

Pearl of the north: Norway Pearl of the west: Wales Pearl of the south: Italy Pearl of the east: Romania

To answer your question from 2:30, our people were here since the ancient times. We are descendants of a group of people called Dacians. After the Roman Empire invaded us in the 2nd century AD we were latinized and lived as a Province of the Roman Empire until it started collapsing. Eventually after many years of other countries occupying our lands, we finally rose up into 2 Romanian states (Wallachia and Moldavia) while our brothers to the west were occupied by the Hungarians who came all the way from Asia. After many years of hard fought battles against the Ottomans, Hungarians and even Germans for a bit, we managed to come together and unify into one country: Romania, which solidified our cultural identity and traditions. Sadly, after WW2, we have lost the valiant fight and became divided. The evil Russian horde stole and russified our brothers from the east (Moldova), and many of our former territories that were still occupied by the USSR aside from the modern territories of Moldova were kept by Ukraine, instead of handing them over to their rightful owners (us).

Tank you to be that positieve about our country, ❤❤❤

King Charles is related to Vlad , and likes Romania enough to have a holiday home there.

I know you have reacted before to Romania. I have seen it on your channel. Yes, the mountains are the Carpathians and our language has been influenced by Latin , French, Slavic languages, Turkish and soon. Our contacts with these people over the centuries, we have been in conflict with the Ottoman empire for centuries. In the 19th century there has been a revival of the interest in our Latin origin- and also the big influence of French ( we have so many words taken directly from it). So it is like a melting pot, sort of.

If you like narrow spiral staircases, come and visit the castle in Valangin, Switzerland.

happy to give you a tour if you ever wanna come to romania :)

Romani languages, like the people, come from India, so they're Indo-Aryan languages, related to Hindi

Town or city sqares could not work in America, you will notice right across Europe there is little or no trash or as we call it, rubbish, blowing or lying around. The US is one of the litter capitals of the world. Another thing about US cities [and towns] are the miles and miles of cables that American seem to find very attractive supported by delapitated wooden poles. The fact that most streets in cities are known by numbers rather than a name is another thing that should be changed, over time obviously. Famous streets should be revered and given nice names, e.g. Regent Street, Piccadilly Circus, The Royal Mile, Penny Lane etc.

2:57 Some voices will say is because we were occupied by the Roman Empire for about 500 years. But new historical evidence states that Old Romanian language is much older and it might actually be a distant cousin of the Latin language.

Even myself, a Bucharestian citizen, was delighted to see the stunning cultures of northern Romania. I was genuienly sent to heaven by the positive feedback I heard. And to answer a question of yours, yes, we are a Balkan country, but not culturally. Geographically, yes, we are. To all Serbs watching, I'm going skiing in Belgrade!

Why do not you pack your bags and visit ?

The Roman Empire attacked Dacia when Trajan was emperor, he lost some battles there, after which he returned and managed to build a bridge over the Danube, which at that time was a miracle of technology, and thus managed to conquer the capital of Dacia but not Dacia in its entirety. That's how the Romanian people were born and since then the Latin language, although some theories say that a vulgar Latin was spoken in Dacia before the Roman Empire conquest. And the emperor Trajan, when he entered Dacia, is said to have said "I have returned to the lands of my ancestors", hence the conclusion that somewhat Latinity was already present in Dacia for some time.

Thank you Mr. Steves ! You did an excellent job. 🥰 Indeed Romania it's an amazing country with so much history and culture and great people, there is no way you will not want to come back after visit once (^_^)

Dear friend, I am so happy that you loved this video and that you love what you've seen. If you ever decide to visit us I will be happy to show you arround!

gypsies speak a language similar to Punjabi (from northern India because that's where they originate from)

Romania is clearly underrated

Hi- bună i,m from romania 💯💯💯 ty for suport my little Comunity 🥰🙏

Hi Im from Romania thanks for saying such beautiful things ❤

✨️🇷🇴✨️🇷🇴TEAM ROMANIA🇷🇴✨️🇷🇴✨️ 👇

One of the most visited crosses in the Mary Cemetery reads : Under this heavy cross Lies my poor mother-in-law Three more days should she have lived I would lie, and she would read (this cross). You, who here are passing by Not to wake her up, please try Cause' if she comes back home She'll scold me more. But I will indeed behave So she'll not return from the grave. First Ending: Stay here, my dear mother-in-law! After restoration(poetic translation nr 1): In these verses, please attend, Endeavor not to share my sorrow's blend. Find a mother-in-law, a treasure rare, With her, a life of joy to bear.

I was iN Romania and i was amazed to See sich a beautiful Country! Cluj is really great Like a German City with beautiful architecture and very safe! Great restaurants and clean!!! Underrated country! Has so much to offer !

I know many People when they came to visit my country Romania they love it. My country is like hidden gem you need to discover it !

In Romania there are many cities, including Bucharest that on Sundays close to car traffic big, important boulevards and open them only for pedestrians.

Thank you for taking the time to virtually explore a foreign country that is at the other end of the world from your world ! Cheers !

I'll answer to your question what don't America has any spaces to walk? Is because American usually don't walk, you use your cars a lot. We like to go walk on weekends and socialisation a lot. For exemple I walk 10 to 30 km every weekend. Why just because I like walking not to add the fact I go to job buy foot. We like having cars but that's because we love to go long distances that's why you'll find us everywhere on the planet. We love walking and going longer distances meeting new people and talking. And we love making you feel like home also well feed and make you drink with us until you faint. We're not the first alcohol drinking state for nothing.

As a romanian❤i love this video

Btw if you want to visit romania from America then you can take the first flight operated by HiSky from Bucharest to New York!The inaugural flight will be on the 4th of July the first flight to America after a very very long time!

i am from romania too ❤ thanks for what you said at 18 53

good reaction brother

28:07 You can produce electric energy that way and it is a mechanism that will never break.

THANK YOU FOR APPRECIATING MY COUNTRY WHERE I LIVE

Your initial questions ! Language - derived from Roman occupation during 2nd and 3rd centuries AD . Roman veterans settled in the area , trade , etc , change of language . Slavs came much later , around the area , elements of Slavonic due to church , mainly from Bulgarian colonists , south of Danube ...and the Bible which was in Slavonic . Yes ...Carpathian mountains . Do not listen to some guys below , the Roma people arrived in the 2nd millennium AD and no influence over the local language . Except some street slang :-) which we use today when we want to be rude 🙂

He also has a video of Bulgaria, if youre interested.

Yes, the mountains in Romania are the Carpathians. It wasn't the venetian merchants, it was the Roman empire 2000 years ago ( about 1900 more precisely ).

We actually eat polenta almost everywhere in Romania, it’s just that everyone cooks it in different ways. We eat polenta in stead of bread, depending on the meal.

I loved this video❤ You deserve a subsribe❤❤❤

With Love from Romania

26:57 when we say cheers we say noroc