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Romania is a gorgeous country, characterized by extremely rich and fertile agricultural land as well as alp-like mountain ranges, including the Carpathians. In some of the most picturesque parts of the country, people are living, dressing, and working under traditional conditions that have been gone from Western Europe for a century. Although surrounded by Slavic (Bulgaria and Ukraine) and Balkan (Serbia) countries as well as Hungary, Romania is a “Latin” origin country with a romance language that is actually closest to classical Latin. Culturally and in terms of historic alliances, its culture is most similar to those of France, Italy, and Spain, Romanians taking pride in being the most eastern Romance pople.

Romanians are culturally rich, claiming a history full of world famous artists, sculptors, poets, composers, and opera singers. They have also historically enjoyed a very high educational level and according to recent statistic have had one of the highest literacy levels in Europe, a very high percentage of engineers per capita, among the highest English language proficiency of any non-native English-speaking country, and consistently high performance on international mathematics and computer competitions (in addition to gymnastics). Since great investment in computer expertise was made In Romania decades ago, the result is that Romanian computer specialists are considered among the best in the world. Romanian students consistently perform outstandingly at US schools, colleges, and universities.

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