Romania is a cheap country… but how cheap is it? Could a family live on $1,500 per month in Romania? I wrote this article initially back in 2013, when our budget for August was $1,567. Our son had just been … Read more
Romania is one of the cheapest cost of living countries in Europe. But is it possible to live on $500 per month in Romania? While this is going to be a bit extreme, it can be done. It won’t be … Read more
Since June 10, 2020 we are the proud owners of a village house in Southwestern Romania, in the Oltenia region of the country. We actually moved with the intention of spending the summer and as much of the fall as … Read more
May 15 is the date when the State of Emergency in Romania ends and the deployment of some relaxation measures begin. The country will be, from now, in a State of Alert – but there are still a lot of … Read more
If you’re planning to move to Romania, probably one of the biggest decisions you have to make is where to live: choose a small town or a larger city? Or maybe you should go for a village and experience that … Read more
You have probably heard about or seen the idyllic Romanian villages in photos over the internet and fell in love with them. It is true, in most of these villages traditions remain untouched, the air is cleaner and the grass … Read more
The lockdown in Romania over the COVID-19 aka coronavirus began on March 15, 2020 when the Romanian president declared the State of Emergency for 30 days. The measure has since been extended to May 15th – and this is the … Read more
Probably most of the people in this world wouldn’t be able to find Romania on the map, while there are still many who probably never heard of this country yet. And if it wasn’t for vampires and Dracula, probably even … Read more
Romania has confirmed its first official case of the novel coronavirus as a man from the Gorj county (a rural area) tested positive, according to Romania’s health minister Victor Costache and secretary of state Raed Arafat. He has been moved … Read more
The year 2020 has just began, and it already marked a first ever for me: the first year that I started to worry about the air quality in Romania and especially the air quality of the city that I live … Read more