I'd like to mention that the title should be ''London vs Constanta'' as if you move further to Bucharest , you will realise that you need an update to this video.

@boicerdiegio1709

2 жыл бұрын

George Obada, Well, that's not true, you little hater.

@DarkSignal59

2 жыл бұрын

It's very true. Source: Romanian living in another city than Constanta. Some things here are exceptions, not the rule. Not hating, just pointing out.

@predaionut3105

2 жыл бұрын

Go in Bucharest and you will see samthing different .

@p3tr02oo6

2 жыл бұрын

Every part of the country has slightly differences but overall everything is the same. Where the economy is higher you can find more up to date things to enjoy and buy. There are villages or citys in UK witch are lower than Constanta and that goes on the same differences. Poiting Bucharest from all citys from Romania and suggesting a different name to her title shows how much bad reputation has the people who are living in Bucharest. Indoctrination at the highest level buddy. Touche.

Now the explanations :-D -- PART 1 - Romanians never had a tradition of drinking tea because historically we never had access to that part of the world where tea is grown. Up until 30 years ago, what we called tea was in fact an infusion of various local plants, most of them having medical properties (like chamomile). Of these, the most popular as a breakfast tea was linden tea. In restaurants at the seaside or mountainside they used to serve caramelized sugar tea, which was no tea at all but a tea-like drink made from caramelized sugar and water which did taste really good. Green tea, black tea varieties, fruit tea did get some public in recent years, but tea is not the breakfast drink of choice in Romania at all (as that would be coffee). It's relevant that in Bucharest there are hundreds of coffee shops but only 2 or 3 "ceainarie" (tea house), whereas in Constanta there may not be any tea house at all. Consumption of tea for medical purposes remains high, though. - Supermarkets in Romania are a Franco - German affair, with the specification that the French were here first (Carrefour was the first consumer-oriented supermarket, and before Carrefour ~ 2003-2004 or so we used to shop at the local markets and small mom and pop stores) and the Germans made their way with some discount supermarkets like Penny or Lidl. The very first Western-style supermarket that arrived in Romania was Metro (~ 1995 or so) but it would cater to trade only, not to the general public. During the Communist period, what we had was the state-owned "Alimentara", a network of general food stores selling Romanian products only. After the Revolution, the Alimentaras were scrapped because their suppliers ceased to function and the retail spaces were sold or rented to private enterprises. Most of them were turned into mom and pop privately-owned stores and then onwards into supermarkets :-) - The poles are needed because people park their cars on sidewalks. Before poles, city centers were huge parking lots with everybody parking wherever they found some space. Sidewalks were fair game in this process. As of recent years, mayors started implementing these poles, in an attempt to keep at least some of the main sidewalks car-free. - We don't have a weekly traditional meal. Our traditional meals are for Christmas (when we cut the pig) and for Easter (when we cut the lamb) :-)) - Newspapers were a thing right after the Revolution and a few years down the road. Back during Communism the press was not free, it was controlled by the State. And they were only allowed to write articles that described the regime positively, socially and politically. People did buy newspapers, but mostly for the sports pages and the classifieds pages, as the rest of the newspaper articles would fall into propaganda. After the Revolution, in the very first days actually, State-owned newspapers changed their names and the same editors started to write freely. A notorious switch was that of the "Scanteia" newspaper, which was the official newspaper of the Communist regime. They changed their name to "Adevarul" on December the 26th, 1989 while the Revolution was still on :-))) Since most of these newspapers that changed names had kept their structure and employees, in the "beginning" they were all general newspapers and doing quality press. Soon afterwards, tabloids appeared. In their Romanian version, of course, writing mostly about murders and violence... which during the 90s we had a lot of. It was common to see explicit crime-scene photos in these early tabloids, as reporters even had arrangements with the police so they could enter the crime scene and photograph everything while it was still fresh :-))) . The decline of the newspapers started in the early 2000s when the internet appeared. And, as there wasn't any way to charge money for accessing the website (credit card payment was almost non-existent back then in Romania), they had to give free access to visitors. Which ultimately led to "the death of the newspaper". Nonsense, they're all online and free to read now :-) --- To be continued (I hope)

@EllaSlingsby

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your information! Interesting 😊😊

@Tiff723

2 жыл бұрын

Andrei, you are a star, you explained everything so accurate, please continue your explanation.

@annelibacila8657

2 жыл бұрын

I am romanian, but man I did not know all of this stuff. The amount of research done for this comment tho... please continue

@XVRMEDIA

2 жыл бұрын

@@annelibacila8657 I’ll be 37 in two weeks so it’s my life 😆 I lived through all these things. I was actually reading all those newspapers cause there was nothing else to do back then 😆😆 Sure, I’ll carry on :-)))

@istratevirgil7045

2 жыл бұрын

Ai avut ceva timp liber 😀

I'm a Romanian living in UK, London. I have been living in Romania in a bigger city than Constanța (Timișoara). There are things you mentioned about uk, that you also find in Romania (we say "touch wood" hundreds of times a day as romanians). We used to have our version of Poundland (3,8 lei) but not anymore. Cost of living, guaranteed is higher in Romania than in UK, London! That is for sure. After living for almost 30 years in Romania and now over 7 in UK, I can assure you, UK is a lot cheaper overall. :) Thank you for loving Romania! But, as many said, Constanța is not România. Maybe go and spend a week in cities like Cluj, Timișoara, București, Oradea... You will be blown away :)

9:20 go to a small store when it's not crowded and ask the cashier if she wants change, most of them will want because they have to give change back and don't have enough

Now the explanations :-D -- PART 2 - Cards and letters were also a thing during the Communist era when communication was quite a problem. It was common to buy cards when you went on a holiday. They looked nice, they had high quality print, usually they featured a photo and some explanations of the place or nearby landmarks and on the back of the cards you could write a message to your loved ones at home. It was a way to create some memories in a time when photo cameras were scarce (and they were really scarce in Romania before the Revolution; few people had photo cameras and even fewer had video cameras so immortalizing a moment during your trip wasn't always possible). After the Revolution, photo cameras started to appear more commonly and people would just take photos, have them printed and friends and relatives could enjoy the album altogether. I noticed that photo printing is still common nowadays too. As for letters, somethimes they were the only way you could communicate with a distant relative living in the countryside. Phones (landline, obviously) were uncommon even within cities, while in the countryside you could have only one phone for an entire settlement (usually located at the city hall) so the only way to communicate some information was to send a letter through the Romanian Post :-) Which, by the way, was also used to transport many other things from and to the countryside. Like, for example, dry bread. Which you would send on a regular basis from the city (where it was thrown away because it was too hard to eat) to the countryside, where your relatives used it to feed the pigs. And in return, you would get a nice 20 kg package of pork meat for the Christmas :-))) But back to cards: nowadays they're used mostly as invitation cards (to invite people to an event like a wedding) and sometimes when you buy someone a gift for his/her birthday, you can still add a card with a hand written message and it wouldn't be considered old fashioned. - Sunscreen is not commonly used, as most people aren't too aware about maintaining a healty complexion. Besides, it's considered a thing for women, somewhat like make-up :-)) I do believe that it may be common among young, beautiful women though. Even when sunbathing I think it's rather uncommon for the general public. - Mayors started only recently (2-3 years) to close some roads in city centers during the weekend. The idea is to create a route where people can take a meaningful walk, not being bothered by traffic. Although (at least in Bucharest) there are many parks where people can take a walk. It symbolizes "giving up the car and adopting a more healthy way of life" :-)) and it doesn't bother anyone as long as it's confined to Sundays. Obviously, nobody will give up the car when they need it. - All restaurants in Romania are tailored to the middle class. Even the classiest restaurants in Bucharest are tailored to the upper-middle class. Hence the absence of any Michelin rated restaurants in Romania. In these upper-middle class restaurants (where you pay about double than in a regular middle class restaurant) you get to stand next to Romania's elite. From billionaire business people to the prime-minister and any actor, athlete or politician (except for the President, which has a special protocol). So there isn't much reason to formalize ourselves over who gets to be poured Coca Cola in his glass and who doesn't get. Romania's elite are all commoners, having gained money and power in the past 30 years only. They may have jets and apartments in Monaco, but at the core they're all ordinary people. - Romanians love their country in a very patriotic way. They don't like to be called nationalists because it resounds like something from the past, but the way they feel for their country is at the border between patriotism and nationalism. Unfortunately we don't have many ways to express this love, as our politics is a mess, our athletes don't have the success they once had in international sports (but those who do, like Simona Halep, are loved by everyone) and generally in the past 30 years we had little chance to affirm ourselves on the world stage in science, culture or economy, as we once did. We're trying hard, but the achievements from the past are still a lot more important than what we could achieve recently. Yet, there is this symbol that we all love and it symbolizes both past achievements and our current struggle to improve the country: the National Flag. We all love "Tricolorul" and we're proud to see it rising, even if in a common place like our car window :-)) --- To be continued

@EllaSlingsby

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again for your comment😊🙏🏼

@ciripa

2 жыл бұрын

nicely put frate!! :D

@ioanion5721

2 жыл бұрын

Stop talking nonsense. Get your hands on a phone book from the 80's and see that there were enough subscribers, including in the villages.

@XVRMEDIA

2 жыл бұрын

@@ioanion5721 Yeah, sure. Not even in Bucharest was everybody connected to a phone line. Not to mention that it was totally unreliable and it stopped working all too often and it took weeks for service to be restored.

@dumi2005

Жыл бұрын

mucho texto mi amigo

1:50 because all romanian tabloids moved online now , newspapers are not anymore popular here...all wants (almost all) to read news from their online sites of tabloids ...so citizens read news from their phones ,tablets, PC ...

You can find Cadbury in supermarkets, but we have a wide range of choice of German, Swiss, Belgian chocolates which are way better in my opinion, or at least more to our taste.

@trespasser121

2 жыл бұрын

I haven't had Cadbury in a long time, but the one made in UK was very good, a little darker and grainy (more real taste). Belgian and Swiss chocolates are too buttery, German - in between. Maybe they still have the original in UK, but in North America, where I live, most of it was made in USA, then imported from China and I stopped buying it, far from the original.

This was a very interesting video. And now, to answer some of your questions :) - I feel that cards are not that popular here. However, you can find them in stores like Diverta which you should find in malls. - I think the windows of the busses are tinted to protect the passengers from the sun - it can get really hot in summer, especially if the bus does not have air-conditioning. - You need a prescription here also for some medication- antibiotics are not sold without prescription. - In regards to the Meal Deals, we have here what is called "Meniul Zilei" (Menu of the day) where you have a soup, 2nd course and desert/soda for a lower price. This is mainly in restaurants but also in Carrefour or Auchan which are supermarkets. - The coin machines can be found in Kaufland hipermarkets (i think they also have them in Constanta), but they will give you the amount of cash on a card and you can use it as discount for your purchases in Kaufland only. Cannot wait to see ur next video.

@EllaSlingsby

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting! Thank you so much 😊🙏🏼

Thank you! I really enjoyed it!!

Some difference i also noticed: - crisps flavours and size are very different - sandwiches fillings are also very different in the shops - in romania many people eat cereals with warm milk , i’ve never seen that in the uk . Like i poured hot chocolate on my milk to make it warm haha - shops close really early in the uk compared to romania - theres not as much vegetation in the uk i believe .. like here i see way more trees and gardens - obviously the communist buildings , which kinda makes the city more full if that makes sense .. like cities in uk are more airy and theres more free space.. - in many restaurants in uk you would order and pay for what u want at the counter and then the waiter just brings you the food .. - there’s no shaorma in uk and no wrap whatsoever compared to it imo :D our shaorma has so much flavour - zebra crossing is different .. like there would be some dots on the sides whereas here there are lines :D and in the uk u would see “look right” or “look left” or something like that indicating you the way cars are coming from which is interesting - in romania you find shops at every single corner .. whereas in uk you would have to walk a lot to find one - also about the language .. i like that in romanian we pronounce all the words like we write them .. we dont skip any sound I loved your video !! Keep up the good work 👏🏻💪🏻

@EllaSlingsby

2 жыл бұрын

yes so true!!! Thank you :)

Go to Lidl, in Tomis 3 (next to the market). You will find one of those change machines to get rid of your jar of coins.

I enjoy every video made😁

Don't listen to people when they say Constanta is a small city, Constanta is in top 5 largest city in Romania and one of the whealtiest cities. I wound say is a pretty safe place. Also we only sell medicine in "farmacie" because is there a law that says that medical pills can only sell in farmacie, so the stores can not sell them.

@EllaSlingsby

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment 😊🙏🏼

Love it. Enjoy your staying. Take care.

WOW!!! Love this video so interesting!!👍👍❤️❤️👏👏🤩⭐️

@EllaSlingsby

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate🥰❤️❤️❤️

I saw you are very busy with your job. Even when you visited Galati was for your ballet job. You need some time (vacation) to visit other cities in Romania, like those from Transylvania, or like Iasi and Craiova. They are very beautiful. Also, I recommend you to visit Sinaia and Hunedoara for their castles.

We never use self-checkout in supermarket becouse they want to replace cashiers jobs.I do not agree and I try to protect these small jobs as much as possible

After you retire from ballet you should open a coffee shop or something in Constanta

12:00 The weather here is much warmer than it is in the UK and while the buses do have air-conditioning installed, it leads to a high amount of fuel consumption, so tinting the windows lowers the temperature inside. Plus, I also like that it offers more privacy this way.

@KMKZ98

2 жыл бұрын

And that it just in Constanta, in other cities the windows are clear

@EllaSlingsby

2 жыл бұрын

That is interesting thanks!😊

@andreeas.2362

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. In Brasov, because is colder, are not so tinted. They just have some UV standard treatment, but not as high.

There are kiosks selling newspapers everywhere- wherever you can buy bus tickets in Constanța you can buy Romanian newsparers(Although physical newspapers are less popular than they were 20 or so years ago) Right across the street from Cafe do Brasil on the Bulevard ( i believe Tomis) in Constanța for example

I will share my experience here, not to offend you or any other. I live in Carlisle UK for 10 years now and as Romanian (Bucharest) I find it strange that on a Sunday morning I have no transport to go to work until 9am,the main boulevard is getting closed every Friday and Saturday because of drunk people...people are getting killed almost every week, lots of junkies and pedophiles around and it is full of homeless people all over the city and I don't feel very safe to be honest. Birthday cards or cards you will find them in the supermarket or just order them on-line. We don't have afternoon tea like English people, we have breakfast, lunch and dinner. I find English cakes very dry and tasteless. We are very different as cultures but to the end of the day we are all humans. Much love and enjoy your stay xx

@uncreativename6210

2 жыл бұрын

this is so mean omfg

@georgepopescu1327

2 жыл бұрын

beau englezoaicele alea pana lesina pe trotuar :)))

@nikoiniko8205

2 жыл бұрын

@@georgepopescu1327 e o alta "cultura", la ei ... Nu toată lumea e la fel.

@nikoiniko8205

2 жыл бұрын

@@uncreativename6210 how is this mean?! I mentioned that I am not being disrespectful is just about my experience in their country. I bet she feels safe in România.

@mirelapatasani4366

2 жыл бұрын

@@uncreativename6210 This is so true!

if anything when you guys have the time and mood for a trip i would suggest going outside the old kingdom and into transylvania, maramures, banat or crisana. there are sooo many things to see and to do and the cities are quite gorgeous. without meaning to upset my fellow romanians over the carpathians the cities in these other regions are just on another level to constanta (which i also love). and not only the major hubs. kudos and thank you for all the kind words you've expressed about us and our motherland. (and yes i know there are bad stuff too, no garden without bad apples i suppose) have a lovely weekend, from Arad :) P.S. we dont send cards for bdays :D

@EllaSlingsby

2 жыл бұрын

👍🏼🤩😊

Hi Ella! We used to have 3.8lei stores. I guess it s just lack of entrepreneurship. Also, you can exchange your coins at the bank I think. I m the opposite to you now, a romanian living in the UK :) Glad you re enjoying your time in the Carpathians!

@EllaSlingsby

2 жыл бұрын

Ahhh interesting!! Thanks 😊😊

Meal deals in UK supermarkets are sort of OK since the price you pay for those 3-4 items becomes somewhat reasonable, otherwise the individual price for the likes of a single pack of crisps, a chocolate bar, or a single small bottle of water or juice is a rip-off. In Romania there was less need for such a thing (meal-deals), since the discrepancy between buying a single pack or a multipack or small bottle versus multi-bottles or a large bottle is (or it used to be) very small (if calculating the prices per same weight). Not long time ago, when people had much less purchasing power than today, they used to be very picky about what would they buy, and they would simply refuse to buy something that was (or seemed to be) too expensive (or bad value for money). The things have been changing though, and meal deals might become a thing in Romania too, although the culture of lunch meals it is still quite different. It's very unusual for somebody to rush to the supermarket to grab a meal for lunch, instead people would take some street food (all those patisseries... :) ) or have lunch in a restaurant (there are plenty of inexpensive options).

hi ella. in cluj-napoca the things are a bit different - in parks you don't have security, but you kind of don't need one - the green walking man is also absent from the traffic lights - you can get rid of coins by paying to self service points in supermarket if you are ashamed to do it on regular ones. i saw some coins machines on kaufland in cluj - the black windows on buses might be to reduce the heating of the inside space of the bus due to sun rays, hence you might not need to blast full the air conditioning on sunny days

12:05 it improves the efficiency of the air con system in our hot summers

@EllaSlingsby

2 жыл бұрын

Got it👍🏼👍🏼😊

I believe there is one such a machine for coins exchange, mostly in Kaufland stores. At least that's what i've seen and heard from the street.

@EllaSlingsby

2 жыл бұрын

👍🏼👍🏼😊🙏🏼🙏🏼

@ParisDoNotFaceMe

2 жыл бұрын

@@EllaSlingsby You can also just exhnage it at The Bank

@gabrielbuiculescu1617

2 жыл бұрын

@@EllaSlingsby ☺️👍☀️

@ioanica8411

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, almost every Kaufland in Iasi has a coin machine. Not sure about Constanta but you could check it out! :)

Most people know at least two foreign languages ​​because this is the education system in our country. Constanta is a true model of ethnic coexistence. Here you will find Armenians, Bulgarians, Jews, Greeks, Italians, Turks and Tatars. This gives Constanta a certain charm. People from these ethnic groups know and speak their native language, Romanian, plus the two foreign languages ​​learned at school

Newspapers and cards was use it in Romania till 15-20 years ago now everything is digital to save trees and nature.

@GholaTleilaxu

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah right! The amount of deforestation taking place nowadays in Romania is comparable to the extermination of wolves and bears in the British islands. In 50 years from now there won't be any wild tree left in Romania. There will be only dumb online hipsters, typing out loud from their favourite city coffee shop, over a mug of latte, how much they fight for the environment.

We do send cards for birthdays, Easter, Christmas (not for funeral though), and you buy them from post office and supermarkets nowadays.

No, there are no meal deals in stores here, but there are in reastaurants. We have daily lunches that cost somewhere from 15 to 30 lei. They are made of a soup, a meat dish plus a garniture mostly from potatoes and a salad. Sometimes a sauce or desert and/or a drink too.

What an interesting video 🥰🥰🥰

9:35 there was a time when we had stores like that but they were full of cheap stuff and most products cost more anyway

Here in Cluj-Napoca some Kaufland stores have a machine at the entrance that takes your coins and gives you a card that you can use at the store to pay for your groceries.

Hi. I think, that the windows of the buses are tinted for the summer months, to protect you from the sun. The coins you can ask the guys from the shops to change to notes. Not all of the will do it. Try at the small local shops.

15:00 you can find "Meal of the day" a 2 course meal at some restaurants or through catering, usually between 15-25 lei, some places will include a dessert, supermarkets don't have this but I think Auchan and Carrefour have them

@andreybej1

2 жыл бұрын

you can exchange your cash at any store or chiosc :)

@LauS0

2 жыл бұрын

@@andreybej1 Depinde de ce oameni dai

12:00 mostly because of the weather. you don`t want to sit next to the window on a 35 degree summer day. It can also be privacy related when it comes to other vehicles such as cars. In some cases a trend, i may add, a lot of people think they are cool...

I think you should visit more of Romania to make a general impression of the country. For example go to Transylvania, cross the Carpathians, it will have a much different vibe.

2:53 we only put on sunscreen when we go to the beach haha, except maybe people who are more sensitive to the sun 4:07 unfortunately biking culture is not so developed here yet, i was shocked when i came to Denmark lol😂

@alexd5637

2 жыл бұрын

It's not about culture, it is about infrastructure. And perhaps dogs!

Thank you, Ella. I hear the Internet/wi-fi is fast in Romania. Would you concur? Here in the USA, we pay more than any country in world for monthly Internet service, and I believe our avg. speed ranks 15th.

@Infin1ty2403

2 жыл бұрын

Actually it is faster and cheaper because it's competitive to attrack customers since around 2005. This started with the "homemade" LAN hoods where blocks of apartment would connect in between them to form a big LAN hub back in the early 00s. Later around mid 00s there were companies such as Digi (RDS) that would buy the entire LAN hub and add it to their network. This way it was easier to implement high speed internet as most of the infrastructure was almost already in place. Compared to the other route of western couuntries where it started in the 90s via telephone lines which are way slower than the LAN type.

@EllaSlingsby

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it is 😊🙏🏼

@Tudor356

2 жыл бұрын

@@EllaSlingsby 🌎📶😎

Nice video. Try and compare Bucharest or Cluj with London. Constanta it's nice in the summertime otherwise it's quite a bleah city and almost dangerous. U will see more similarities between Bucharest and London for sure.

For us,Ella.Green is allowed(little image on man is walking),red is forbiden(little man stay).

Usually at checkout tills that have a built in scales (like you would have for vegetables) the casheer can weigh in your selection of same type coins and figure out how much you have and then exchange that for notes

In Cluj-Napoca self-checkouts can be full at times btw so it depends on the city.

9:07 the machines are in romania too but i think there are just at kaufland, im not really sure.

Don't really eat chocolate anymore, however I used to really enjoy the Cadbury fruit and nut and the caramelo! Wonderful!

@EllaSlingsby

2 жыл бұрын

Yum!!!

There is a lidl at 10 minutes away from my home in București and they've implemented self check out for about a year

Well also at Kaufland are coins machines. BUT usually they are broken ☺ and if they work they don't give you cash they gave you a voucher for shopping in the store.

Lidl has coin machines. I live in UK and i love meal deals, it's life saver and also so very cheap, and after 7 o'clock they're even cheaper. i wish Romania could import Candbury sweets, i love them and miss them when i'm in Ro.

for change - you need to try at Kaufland supermarket - there are a coin machine, it's kind of the same like morrisons, tesco - recive a recipes

In Romania it is perfectly normal to ask people to exchange money. Usually people that sell things at markets or supermarkets or shops

In Romania , most newspapers have an online edition so I don't see the point in buying them the printed version on paper. As for greeting cards, I prefer to call the person close to me. By the way, I also used google translate to write this text to make sure it is written as correctly as possible .

@EllaSlingsby

2 жыл бұрын

👍🏼😊

Ă, Â, Î, Ș, Ț - are not letters with lines of accent, they're just letters :)) with their own sounds just like any other letter. And because Romanian is a phonetic language, they will always be pronounced as such :) which makes it so much easier to learn new words. ♡

@EllaSlingsby

2 жыл бұрын

Ahh interesting!!😊

For exchange,no! But you can change on shops.

You can exchange the coins at the bank or local shops that need change. The windows on the bus are like that because of the sun.

15:05 the individual prices of items in meal deals are artificially inflated to make the meal deal look better than it is , surely 6 slices of apple aren t worth 1.35£ and the protein drink priced 2.65 in tesco is 99p in lidl

There are coins exchange machines in some kaufland supermarkets...but you allso can exchange your coins is small mix shops , who not use credit cards.usualy the persons there are in needs of those coins for give exchange to customers.

There is no exchange machines for your coins but what you can do is add it on your public transportation card when you charge it at the kiosk. Don't keep it in a jar cause there is no bank that would take it.

Any small grocery store or farmacy will take your change coins, or u can exchange the coins in the banks if u have the time

I've seen that the weather is a very subjective thing. For example when I was in Portugal for a few days in January which is the coldest month there, I was walking around in a t-shirt at 15-18 degrees and most of the locals where wearing big or puffy jackets, I think someone from UK would even wear short pants 😁 as you are even more used to cold weather

@Tudor356

2 жыл бұрын

😁

Our homeless moved to the UK, which is sad but is true.

In place of cards we prefer to visit,call,send sms,message on fb,etc. A card is a past thing and cold. We prefer to visit eatch other in weekend,etc.

That was so interesting and having been to Romania a few times all very true and interesting.

Instead of Cadbury chocolate you can try Milka. I remember, when I came to UK, I was disappointed that I didn't found Milka in stores, but I noticed Cadbury has the same packaging and only the name is different. Is the same thing, they only have different names. Enjoy! 😊

Tbh I like the restaurant service more in the UK the waiters seems more friendly and they don't usually expect a big tip. I like that in the UK u can split the bill and pay with 2 cards or one card and one Cash this rarely happens especially here in Constanța were they usually roll their Eyes. Other than that I really enjoyed your video.

@EllaSlingsby

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

9:28 we dont have that but we have a lot of stores who have basically daily discounts like "all is at 20 lei" i have seen one who was having "all at 1 leu" :)

@EllaSlingsby

2 жыл бұрын

👍🏼😊😊🙏🏼

But Thank you for your video you are amazing girl

The buses have dark window because in romania is lot of sun and in summer bus turn into an oven. In UK are mostly clouds, so no need for sun protection.

In uk shops are close at 6 pm , in Romania are close at 9 pm.

@EllaSlingsby

2 жыл бұрын

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In Romania very really we send Birthday cards . We normally we send to families if they are aboard. Or far away or if we can't attend a wedding. Food 1 breakfast Eggy bread / fried eggs with fruit tea Boiled eggs with slănină şuncă Could be jam on.toast with coffee tea.. croissants or now cereals Some who are into health nutrition more modern guacamole (avocado, etc) We do have alot of soups( ciorba) And we do have traditional food ( sarmale, ciorba, mici, tocănițe( stews) mămăliga, We always have 2 sides dinner Soups and main meal We have Christmas platers and Easter food .. u have to make more romanian friends to introduce you in the romanian culture and traditional restaurants . We are very blunt.. .and we do not sugar coat things but we are very polite.

@EllaSlingsby

2 жыл бұрын

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We usually get rid of coins by paying with them in stores, but you can also try to exchange them at any bank. But this was mostly in the past, as we now pay almost exclusively with the cards. Also you'll find that some things that you mentioned about Constanta are different in Bucharest (they are similar to London).

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In romania to change coins to banknotes you just go to any marketplace and ask. The sellers will gladly change the coins for you because they need the coins to give change to their customers. I also find that answering with DA on the phone is not friendly, it shows lack of politeness, so you are not alone.

Library shops are fully stocked with anniversary cards so and so on. In Poundland not everything is 1 £. I’ve meet a few English people talking more than native language 😎. I live in Uk and the criminality rate is more higher than ro, that’s why 🚑 and 🚓 aren’t so present. I have the wash machine in the kitchen and not so convenient. Also kitchen is more smaller than ours in Romania. Meal deal best ever 😎sadly not in Ro. Congratulations for your videos and safe one. Happy new year 🥳

One big difference in restaurants, is that in the UK they almost never bring you napkins at the table;e (just one with the cutlery) Also, supermarkets in UK are not as diverse as the ones in Romania in choices of juice or other products. France also has a large variety of drinks and foods. UK superstores are kinda "bald" The old buildings in Romania are inspired from French and Austrian architecture. Cadbury is one of the best chocolates, true. The schools have regular breaks in Romania. The wires are a problem, Japan has the same issue. Buses have black windows because of the strong sun, to help the AC inside. No ice cream vans in Romania because you have a lot of small kiosks or shops. 24/7 some of them all over the suburbs. Not so much bikes because of the harsh weather, hills in a lot of other cities and no bike infrastructure.

@EllaSlingsby

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment 😊😊

@MirceaD28

2 жыл бұрын

True, only that in Brasov there are no wires at all. everything is underground since... 2006 I believe.

In Romania if you want to change the coins to cash you can go to Selgros market.

Postal card aren't so popular anymore, we also used to have a lot of newspapers, all kind of magazines are present here as well since decades such as even Forbes Romania, Vogue Romania and so on. BUT the newspapers are losing terrain in front of the digital newspapers. Here we update and we have exclusive info also online. Even my grandfather reads newspapers on tablet. For instance some newspapers don't even publish anymore, such as Prosport which is our 2nd largest sports newspaper. They had editions for years. Now they are just online. Why would you pay for a newspaper when all is digitalised now and everyone uses a PC?!

We used to send cards, not anymore - for some reason... I guess maybe it is because we use more online services now, which in my opinion is a bad thing. It was more exciting to get a card from someone on various occasions.

We don't have "5 lei" shops, but we have "5 to go" and this is a coffe shop, a franchise, maybe you know about it, I see in Constanta it's on Tomis Blvd.

@EllaSlingsby

2 жыл бұрын

Yes love their coffee!

Busses have black windows here to protect people against sunrays durring the summer :)

They have meal deals at some megas. They cook chicken breasts, legs and wings, sausages and mici. You can get them with fries, a soda juice or water and a sauce for about 12 lei.

@EllaSlingsby

2 жыл бұрын

yeah I get that sometimes!! :)

you can exchange the coins at any shop, that's how we do it in romania

One more difference, actually my favourite in the UK, most kitchen sinks are located in front of the window so you get the benefit of the natural light when washing dishes.

@EllaSlingsby

2 жыл бұрын

That’s so true!! 👍🏼👏🏼

In Kaufland shops there is a change ... but from what to what I don't know really ... I guess you can get coins for notes. But you can go to the bank and they would change them.

@EllaSlingsby

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info!😊

@SahasraraIm

2 жыл бұрын

@@EllaSlingsby You are welcome!

Do they watch Coronation Street in Romania? I am from Canada and most of the things you said about the UK , is the same here. (Hint the Queen owns us). I am a new subscriber . very nice channel.

@EllaSlingsby

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! No coronation street haha!!

Hi Ella, I like all your videos. There are many Romanians who have left the country for a better life in the west, in the UK alone there are almost 1 million and most of them never want to return home. There are many reasons for this but the main ones are: poverty and corruption. Due to this mass emigration, Romania is considered a failed state that exports crime and second-hand citizens. From this perspective, you are a special person because I don't see many Britons who want to live and work here. For me, it is very interesting to see places (which most of us consider uninteresting and backward compared to the civilized world of the West) from another perspective, namely: your eyes. After I've seen your videos, I'm thinking that Romania is not such a bad place to live after all. Thank you

We send b-day cards to teachers or at work. But the people can buy a generic card and it is customary to write your own text inside. It feels a bit rude when the message is in just generic text on the card.

9:19 in Romania we go to the bank to exchange money since the machines just seem unnecessary

@EllaSlingsby

2 жыл бұрын

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to exchange coins for cash, you just need to visit a small shop and ask if they would like coins for banknotes (primiți monezi la schimb pentru bancnote?) if they say no, just go to another shop, but most likely any small shop will say yes. hope this helps

Is just to normal the Washing machine to at bathroom rather than to be in kitchen. The meal deal is not £3 pound special in Sainsbury’s is £5.

@EllaSlingsby

2 жыл бұрын

Tesco meal deal is £3😊

@zinastanescu

2 жыл бұрын

@@EllaSlingsby Hi a £3.something in tesco too. I live in Bedford and I did had sometimes meals and when I was to pay ,wast a bit more. Not five , but still.

You forgot the best thing, we have amazing tomatoes in the summer.

Ohh Intresting 🤔

Any small store if you ask will exchange coinage or the bank if you have a lot 9:27

Nice 🙂

Regarding the homeless people, Romania has made big efforts since 1990. Now we almost have no homeless people. We gave them shelters as well for the ones left. 97% of the Romanian own a home. Romania will change a lot in the next 10 years, you will see us after one decade.

Back in the day, parks where little dens of thieves, that's why we have security.

Yes u can but from aeroport Cadbury And in uk 🇬🇧 is right on the floor “ look right or look left”. Yes many thing will gonna change in Romania.

@EllaSlingsby

2 жыл бұрын

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Good job there . It is a huge difference between the two. Romania is a lot closer in these regards with France of course they're latin and romanians studied in France centuries ago also vacationing there and get married too. Example Bucharest is also known as Little Paris . There are few ties brought by romans who concurred both lands than Britania respectiv Dacia Even though Romanians have more general knowledge about UK and speak english where brits do not. The only close relationship comes in mind that last king of Romania Michael was cousin to queen Elisabeth.

So are you safer there or the UK?

if you find a Kaufland I think there is a coin change, i konw that coz in bucharest have