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Romania has a unique Latin culture, in the heart of Eastern Europe. Teaching & Projects Abroad is based in and around the historic city of Brasov, capital of Transylvania. Brasov is set in the mountains with its ski resort nearby, and it has a strange combination of impressive historical squares and palaces next to communist tower blocks.
Romania is due to join the European Union in 2007 - but remains influenced and scarred by its history. The impact of the revolution in 1989 was huge. The dictator, Nicolae Ceacescu, who was killed in the bloody revolution, is still much talked about and remembered with a variety of emotions. To live in Romania is to discover a developing capitalist society, alongside peasant subsistence. A place of contrasts.
Our office is in the centre of Brasov. There are a wide range of different restaurants and bars on offer within a short walk, or it is easy to get around the city with frequent buses and trolleybuses.
Your Romanian hosts will make sure that you eat heartily and try out their local wines. You may find yourself sitting down to Sunday lunch at 1pm and not getting up until 4.30pm! They will feed you Mamaliga, a corn bread which seems to come with every meal or Ciorba, a spicy soup. There is also sure to be lots of good conversation throughout the meal.
Brasov is a great stepping off place for travelling around Romania or Eastern Europe. You may want to spend your weekends visiting Bran Castle where Dracula lived or skiing at Poiana Brasov. There are painted monasteries in Moldavia. The beaches of Constanta also come well recommended. There are many opportunities for economical travel in and around Romania.
Dracula's castle
Teaching
Historic Brasov
