Emilie+L.+-+Romania

=Emilie L. is moving to Romania!=



=Okay, just to get started... how great is this?!?!?=



=__** NADIA!!!!!!!!!!!! That's right... on the cover of TIME MAGAZINE!!!!!!!!!!! **__=

**Nadia Comaneci is probably the most famous Romanian in the world, being the first gymnast to receive a perfect score of ten in an Olympic competition.**

Nadia Elena Comaneci was born on November 12, 1961, in Onesti, Romania. At the age of 6, she was spotted doing cart wheels by the well-known Romanian gymnastic coach, Bela Karolyi. When she was 14, Nadia Comaneci became the star of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, when she earned the first score of ten. The record breaking moment came with Nadia’s performance on the uneven bars. The electronic display was not set to display the four digits of a 10,00 score, so the scoreboard simply showed 1,00. She scored 6 more perfect 10’s that day, making it 7 in all. She won three gold medals for the all-around competition, uneven bars and balance beam, a silver medal for the team competition and a bronze medal for the floor exercise. In December 2003, Nadia’s autobiography, ‘Letters to a young gymnast’, was published. Nadia still remains involved with the sport through TV commentary and the column that she writes for the International Gymnast Magazine. She is the Honorary President of the Romanian Gymnastics Federation, the Honorary President of Romanian Olympic Committee, Ambassador of Sports of Romania and a member of the International Gymnastics Federation Foundation She has frequently been involved in events which promoted Romania abroad – the most recent was the launch of the Romanian tourism campaign, where she was present along with Ilie Nastase and Gheorghe Hagi – two other famous Romanian sport stars.

=**__Tourist Attractions__**= ===There are around 21.5 million people living in Romania right now. The capital of Romania is Bucharest. Some of the other major cities in Romania are Danube Delta, Black Sea Coast, Carpathian Mountains, Bukovina, and Transylvania. These are popular tourist attractions because they have beautiful views and tourist destinations. Around 22.2 million people live in Romania, but the number rises each day so I'm sure you can find someone to help if you need it .===

= = =__**Passport**__=

click on new passport, and fill out the questions. Soon after your passport will arrive in the mail. After you get your passport you can buy airline tickets to Romania and fly to your destination.


**__Hobbies__** ====**soccer, fishing and egg painting. Most of the eggs that are painted in Romania have religious designs on them. Other designs that are painted are sports, animals, and patterns. Some of the patterns have black and white on them but most are colorful.**====
 *  Some of the popular hobbies in Romania are: **

__Traditions__
===People are very friendly in Romania. Normally the people are friends with their neighbors. If a family member or close friend dies in Romania, the family wears black for 6 weeks up to a year. Also when Romanians give each other flowers they always give an odd number of flowers. You would only give an even amount of flowers as a sign of mourning. When people get engaged they wear the wedding ring on their right hand. When the couple get married the ring is transferred to the left hand. ===

=**__ROMANIAN FOOD__****__!__**= === Romanian traditional foods heavily feature meat. Cabbage rolls, sausages, and stews (like tocanita ) are popular main dishes. Muschi poiana consists of mushroom- and bacon-stuffed beef in a puree of vegetables and tomato sauce. You can also sample traditional Romanian fish dishes, like the salty, grilled carp called saramura .=== === Romanian Traditional Foods - Soups and Appetizers and Side Dishes in Romania:  Soups - made with or without meat, or made with fish - are usually offered on menus at Romanian restaurants. Zama is a green bean soup with chicken, parsley, and dill. You may also encounter pilaf and moussaka, vegetables prepared in various ways (including stuffed peppers), and polenta. === === Romanian Tra ditional Foods - Desserts of Romanian Cuisine: === ===Traditional Romanian desserts may resemble baklava. Other pastries may best be described as danishes (pastries with cheese filling). Crepes with various fillings and toppings may also be on the typical Romanian dessert menu. ===



=__**School System**__= ===2-3 years: nursery schoolcan remain up through 6 or 7- 8 a.m. to noon— students are taught to draw, color and teachers work at making sure children understand them and children learn to sing, dance, and do crafts—many learn a foreign language. === === 6-7 years —primary school starts after they have been tested—may remain until 10-11 yrs. School hours are 8-11 a.m. Not required to eat lunch at school—fed a small roll and milk. Taught Romanian language, Mathematics, Biology, History, Geography, Religion, Art and Crafts, Physical Education and a foreign language like English. Grades are : Not satisfactory, satisfactory, good and very good .=== === Lower Secondary School ---lasts four years. 2 terms in the year. Defined as one before Christmas and one after Christmas. New subjects introduced: Physics, chemistry, second foreign language. Two countrywide tests are held at the end of either term in 7 th grade—subjects tested Math & Romanian. === ===At end of 8 th grade —all students must pass a final exam in Math, Romanian and History or Geography. Test is graded on a scale 1-10. Certain grade has to be gotten to move onto high school. === ===Depending on their test score they will be placed in schools offering vocational training where they can learn different skills and when they graduate earn a certificate in that skill. === ===After finishing four years of high school they have to pass an exam and then they can enter the university of their choice. ===

 Must attend school until the age of 16.


**__10 Things you can't find in Romania__**

10. Heavy duty Scotch tape


=**__ROMANIAN BILL OF RIGHTS__**=

Right to protection


__Transportation__

Braila, Constanta, Galati and Tulcea are the most important harbors in Romania.


=__**Industries**__= ===Romania has been sucessful in developing industuries lately. Industry and construtuction accounted for 32% of the gross national product in 2003. Romania excells in the production of aoutomobiels, machine tools, and chemicals. Auto production tripled in the 2000s. Other major industrys include electric machienery and equiptment, textiles and footware, light machienry and auto assembaly,mining, timber, construction materials, metallurgy, chemicals, food processing, and petroleum refining.===

=**__10 useful phrases in the Romanian language__**=

 10. în cazul în care este autobuzul ? =where is the bus?


=**__MONEY__**= === The national currency of Romania is the //leu// (plural //lei//), which, literally translated, also means //lion// in Romanian. The leu is divided into 100 //bani// (singular //ban//). On July 1st 2005, the **new leu** replaced the old leu at a rate of 10000 old lei for one new leu. ===

Romania is relatively cheap by Western standards - one US dollar buys about 3.29 lei and one euro buys about 4.18 lei
=== When exchanging money, it is extremely advisable to use exchange bureaus or to use cash machines (which will provide ready access to most foreign bank accounts). Absolutely avoid black market transactions with strangers === === You should shop around a bit for good exchange rates. Some exchange offices in obvious places (such as the airport) may try to take advantage of the average tourist's lack of information when setting the exchange rate, and it is not advisable to use airport exchange offices, as the exchange rates may well be quite unrealistic. Prior to leaving for Romania, consult the Bank of for a rough estimate of what exchange rates you should expect. === (can you find the American dollar!)

=**__People who call Romania home__**=

[|Denny Laine] - British musician ([|The Moody Blues], [|Wings]
===<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|Wally Tax] - Dutch rock singer, of <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|The Outsiders] === ===<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; 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font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|Otto Mueller] - painter and printmaker, //Sinti// mother === ===<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">__<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad;">[|Veijo Baltzar] __ - Finnish writer, theater director, visual artist === ===<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|Ivailo Marinov] - also known as Ismail Mustafov, Ismail Huseinov or Ivailo Khristov) is a Rom Bulgarian boxer, who won the bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in light flyweight, and the gold medal in the same category at the 1988 Summer Olympics === ===<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|Billy Joe Saunders] - British Boxing, represented Great Britain in the 2008 Olympics === ===<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">__<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad;">[|Petre Marin] __ - Romanian (Steaua Bucaresti) === ===<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">__<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad;">[|Ionel Ganea] __ - Romanian (FC Timişoara) === === <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|Petre Marin] - Romanian (Steaua Bucaresti) === === <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|Heinie Manush] - baseball legend === === <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|George Bramwell Evens] - journalist, United Kingdom ===

= Top 10 Most Popular Names In Romania = =// Male/Female //=

10. Anthony 10. Mia


=and... ROMANIA'S NATIONAL ANIMAL IS!!!=

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===<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: -36px;">**Works Cited** ===

//Romania Business Insider//. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Jan. 2011. <http://www.romania-insider.com/‌famous-romanians-nadia-comaneci/‌5340/>.
=== “Romanian Facts.” //http://online.culturegrams.com///‌//kids///‌//kids_country.php?contid=5&wmn=Europe&cid=40&cn=Romania//. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2010. <http://online.culturegrams.com/‌kids/‌kids_country.php?contid=5&wmn=Europe&cid=40&cn=Romania>. ===

//Romanian Industries//. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Jan. 2011. <http://www.indexmundi.com/‌romania/‌industries.html>.
=== “Romanian school system.” //http://en.wikipedia.org///‌//w///‌//index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=romanian+school+system//. wikipedia, n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/‌w/‌index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=romanian+school+system>. ===