Romania Research update

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Where to go and what to see in Romania?

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Fast Facts
Capital Bucharest.
Language Romanian. Learn on Duolingo.(See my previous posts.)

Romania Top Attractions

In Romania you can travel on the restored Royal train.
See Painted Monasteries

Fortified Castles
Castles are associated with Dracula, a name meaning son of the Dragon, although in modern Romanian it means the devil.

Alternatively, or in addition, follow Jewish heritage.

Jewish Heritage:
http://www.romantiatourism.com/
email romaniatravel@btconnect.com
or tel:0 207 935 6435.
A well-known Romanian-born Holocaust survivor who went to America was Elie Wiesel, author of Night.

Dr. Moses Rosen Museum of the History of the Jewish Community in Romania – Holocaust Museum
Address: Str. Mamulari 3
Tel: (21) 311.08.70
Web: www.romanianjewish.org/en/fedrom_08_01.html
Open: Mon. - Wed. & Fri. - Sun. 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.; Thu. 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Housed in the magnificently preserved Great Synagogue (1850) in the city's historically Jewish neighborhood, this museum traces the history of Romania's Jewish population.

100 synagogues (half still in use); 800 scattered cemeteries.
Jews in Little Romania in New York introduced goose p a s t r a m a, smoked, seasoned, salted, which evolved in New York into beef pastrami.

Bucharest
Two attractive and active synagogues and three Jewish cemeteries.

Tips
More information from:
http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/pinkas_romania/rom1_00029.html

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