Travel booklet Romania - Satu Mare

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OUR COUNTRY

Romania[a] (Listeni/roʊˈmeɪniə/ roh-may-nee-ə; Romanian: România Listeni[romɨˈni.a]) is a sovereign state located in Southeastern Europe. It borders the Black Sea, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Hungary, Serbia, and Moldova. It has an area of 238,391 square kilometres (92,043 sq mi) and a temperate-continental climate. With over 19 million inhabitants, the country is the seventh-most-populous member state of the European Union. Its capital and largest city, Bucharest, is the sixth-largest city in the EU, with 1,883,425 inhabitants as of 2011.[8] The River Danube, Europe's second-longest river, rises in Germany and flows in a general southeast direction for 2,857 km (1775 mi), coursing through ten countries before emptying into Romania's Danube Delta. The Carpathian Mountains, which cross Romania from the north to the southwest are marked by one of their tallest peaks, Moldoveanu, at 2,544 m (8,346 ft).[9] Modern Romania was formed in 1859 through a personal union of the Danubian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. The new state, officially named Romania since 1866, gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1877. At the end of World War I, Transylvania, Bukovina and Bessarabia united with the sovereign Kingdom of Romania. During World War II, Romania was an ally of Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union, fighting side by side with the Wehrmacht until 1944, when it joined the Allied powers and faced occupation by the Red Army forces. Romania lost several territories, of which Northern Transylvania was regained after the war. Following the war, Romania became a socialist republic and member of the Warsaw Pact. After the 1989 Revolution, Romania began a transition back towards democracy and a capitalist market economy.

Following rapid economic growth in the early 2000s, Romania has an economy predominantly based on services, and is a producer and net exporter of machines and electric energy, featuring companies like Automobile Dacia and OMV Petrom. It has been a member of NATO since 2004, and part of the European Union since 2007. A strong

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majority of the population identify themselves as Eastern Orthodox Christians and are native speakers of Romanian, a Romance language.

The cultural history of Romania is often referred to when dealing with influential artists, musicians, inventors and sportspeople.

For similar reasons, Romania has been the subject of notable tourist attractions.

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OUR REGION

The northwestern Romanian region of Maramures is home to many villages where century-old traditions are still part of daily life. The inhabitants of this area have preserved, to an amazing extent, the rural culture and crafts of their Dacian ancestors.

Maramures villages are distinguished by their unique wooden churches with tall spires and shingled roofs. Woodlands still account for more than four-fifths of the land surface of Maramures. Wood has long been - and continues to be - the medium of expression for the region's artisans. Elaborate woodcarvings decorate the eaves, entryways and windows of houses. The local handiwork is also seen in

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the hand-woven carpets and intricate embroidery that adorns folk dresses still worn by the locals.

Maramureş County is located in the Northwestern part of Romania (bordering Ukraine in the north, Satu Mare county in the west).

Bârsana – the beautiful wooden UNESCO Monastery – the tallest wooden building in Europe The wooden churches from Maramures (north of Transylvania) are the beautiful synthesis of the major architectural elements of Eastern and Western Europe, synthesis of the Byzantine plan and the Gothic forms rendered according to an original autochthonous architectural interpretation. In a rich country, blessed with forests, the wood offers the possibility for everyone to become artists and Maramures region is famous for its wooden churches but also for the wooden gates. The wooden churches with their tall steeples are representative symbols for the landscape in Maramures.

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The village of Bârsana, one of the most important villages in the valley of the Iza River in Maramureş was first attested in 1326 (when King Charles Robert I of Anjou acknowledged and reinstalled by a deed in this places prince Stanislau, son of Stan Bârsan). Bârsana became famous for the wooden church, which now stands on a small hill surrounded by an orchard near the cemetery with old graves full of grass, which is one of the eight churches on the UNESCO World Heritage List from Maramures and one of the most beautiful monasteries in Romania.

The name “bârsan” means a shepherd who keeps sheep with thick long wool, and the word became a surname during medieval times.

The orthodox Bârsana Monastery, convent for nuns and devoted to Synaxis of the holy, glorious and all-praised Twelve Apostles, on June 30, existed for centuries. A document dated on 6 November 1405 mentions a field of the monastery. The existing church was built in 1720 with interior paintings done in 1806 by local artists Hodor Toader and Ion Plohod according to an inscription in the naos. The paintings were done on pieces of textile fixed on the walls and covered with a preparatory layer of lime wash, as was usual during that period. The scenes, especially in the naos and the chancel, have been influenced by baroque and rococo styles, which started to spread in Transylvania during the last quarter of the 18th century. The painter has used medallions for the scenes on the walls, but the vault of the naos is treated without any constraints. The luminous feeling is created by the dominating colors of white, blue, red and golden ochre. The frescoes are very similar to those of the painted monasteries of Moldavia. It was especially the quality of the paintings that concluded the inclusion of this church in the World Heritage List.

The legend says that the monastery originally stood across the river Iza, in the Slatina Valley, and that it was moved later to the right of the river, on The Monastery Bridges. The church’s plan includes: the gate, the narthex and the nave, with a rectangular form, adding the altar’s apse; the exterior seems like a hall, but the inside is divided into separated walls according to the traditional Orthodox ritual. The narthex is very narrow, with low ceiling and with flats over the girders.

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It is separated by a central door, having no windows. The interior frescoes are very similar to those of the painted monasteries of Moldavia. This Wooden Church is the only one with double cornice, the Old Monastery, the tallest wooden building in Europe (57 meters tall).

The church is very dark inside. The very small and low pronaos has not any windows. The naos is much more spacious, with a high barrel vault, but also here not much light enters.

On top of the pronaos rises the tower, which is not extremely tall, but still gives a graceful air to the whole. In front of the west faรงade, there is a porch on two levels, each with pillars that form rounded arches. The porch was added in 1900. The roof with two eaves covers the main part of the church, while the roof covering the chancel is lower and with only single eaves. The heavy roof is supported by consoles, the ends of the upper beams of the walls, cut to decorative shapes. A carved twisted rope goes around the church just under the small windows.

The naos is much more spacious, with a high barrel vault, but also here not much light enters. There is one bigger window low down on the south and north walls, and two smaller ones on each wall, high up between the two eaves of the roof. The chancel is again a lower space with three small windows, one to the north, east and south each. The windows are still very small, even if they were enlarged in 1900, at the same time than the porch was added. Due to this, the mural paintings around the windows were destroyed.

In the church, the men occupy the pews or stand in front of the altar with the young girls in front of them, often around the altar. Young boys fill the balcony while the women, and girls over fifteen years of age, sit or stand in the narthex. Older women sit outside on the benches attached to the walls of the church.

The church was manually carved by some of the most talented craftsmen from Maramures. No power tools or nails were used to put this impressive construction together. The monastic compound is made of wood as well, according to the local tradition. Only Barsana craftsmen are building the compound. Today anyone can admire the Maramures gate, the belfry, the church, the summer shire, the house

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with cells and chapel, the house of the masters, the house of the artists and a more recently arranged museum portraying the Maramures history, culture and civilization.

BAIA MARE

Saint Stephen's Tower, the former bell tower of Baia Mare city, was finished and ready to use in 1376 and was repeatedly destroyed and re-built over the centuries, managing to remain one of the main historical symbols of the city that still endures today.

Historians say the tower suffered destruction over time, most likely caused by repeated fires, some of them major ones and also by lightning drawn by the high roof of the building. Stephen's Tower was destroyed by fires in 1561, 1769 and 1869, and each time it was rebuilt by taking new architectural configurations, improvements and completions.

In the early decades of the 17th century, the bell tower used to also survey the town gets a new usage by the setting up of a clock in 1628.

The clock was built and set up by Czech master Jacob, being moved by a mechanism based on stone weights. The clock is functioning to this day, but its entire mechanics has been upgraded and the huge stone slabs of the old mechanics can be admired by the public at the town's history museum.

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A new clock was set up in early 19th century, but it was also changed after long years of operation.

Saint Stephen's Tower was also restored in 1961-1977 and 2008-2009, when the roof and outer lighting were repaired.

The tower hosted nights of poetry and folk music in the recent years and the tourists are delighted to climb the tower and enjoy a view of the city from up above. Near the tower, Baia Mare local administration began rearranging the Citadel Square, which is set to become one of the main thoroughfares for locals and tourists alike.

Sighet Village Museum Founded in 1981, Sighet Village Museum is the largest and most complex display of the traditional Maramures village and the rural artisanal techniques from this region. The basic concept of the museum is the arrangement of the homesteads around the church, as in Maramures villages, all the streets and paths leading towards it. The church (errected in 1621 in Oncesti) is situated on a hill thus overviewing the entire community and showing once more the importance of religion in Maramures.

The museum holds over 30 homesteads (the oldest ones dating since 16th century) together with their appurtenances and traditional equipments: stable, barn, well, oil press or carriage. Some of the houses have the original furniture and accesories: the stove, the pottery, kitchen tools, weaving loom or toddler swing.

Visitors can admire and understand different building techniques depending on the Maramures region where the houses were errected and also based on the century they were built in. Houses from Borsa, Ruscova, Mara-Cosau, Campulung la Tisa, Sapanta or Iza Valley areas are displayed, among them tourists being able to withness hungarian, jewish and ukrainian households.

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Satu Mare County (Romanian: Județul Satu Mare, pronounced [ˌsatu ˈmare]) is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Hungary and Ukraine. The capital city is Satu Mare. Besides Romanians (58.8% of the population), Satu Mare features a significant ethnic minority of Hungarians (35.2%).

LOCAL TRADITIONS - POTTERY Vama commune is located in the eastern part of Satu Mare County, about 45 miles from the county residence and only 5 kilometres from the Negresti Oas city.

The town is known for the ceramic objects made here. The name comes from the former customs which once existed in this area, where the taxes for shipments going to the Czech Republic, Slovakia or Poland were paid.

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Although the local tradition claims that pottery was an almost ancestral occupation of the inhabitants in this area, yet historians have failed to find evidence to confirm this.

However, there is evidence about the formation of a major pottery centre at Vama since the second half of the nineteenth century.

Unfortunately, nowadays, in Vama we can find only one potter, Gheza Isvanfi is his name, an ethnic Hungarian employed by the Oas Country Museum of Negresti.

Since 1994, the Vama pottery has been produced only within the museum of Negresti, where for almost a decade there has also been a workshop-school so that the tradition should not be lost.

The ceramic products realized at Vama are recognized as one of the best and the most beautiful on the territory of Romania.

The ceramic objects made at Vama can be used in the household, but also purely decorative. The vessels are usually decorated manually with geometric shapes, combined with vegetal and anthropomorphic representations.

Women are in charge of decorating the vessels, using a chromatic range based on white, yellow, green, red and black.

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THE KAROLYI CASTLE - CAREI The first known residence of the Károlyi family in Carei dates back to the end of the 15th century. It must have been a solid building provided with fortifications as long as the nobles of the county thought of it as a menace and asked for its demolition. At the end of the next century, as the Turks were an increasing threatening danger, the stone residence was transformed into a fortress and was fit with a ditch and a fortified, quadrilateral wall and four corner bastions with niches for firing guns.

In the 17th century, Carei fortress joined the system of fortifications against the Turks due to its strategic position and solid shape. In order to successfully cope with any attack, the fortress's fortifications had been widened in the period 1661-1666, after which time a German garrison was assigned here and used its own artillery.

The subsequent attacks did not succeed in destroying the fortress, but they seriously damaged it. It was restored in 1678.

When Alexander Károlyi joined the rebel of Francis Rákóczi II, the Austrian troops came to attack the fortress of their enemy.

Fortifications held on once more, however, they needed new works of restorations which would end in 1708. In the same year, Francis Rákóczi II spent one month in the fortress of Carei, his visit being recalled as a memorable moment in the history of the Károlyi family.

At the call of the owner family, the accommodation room stayed a mark for the future transformations of the castle. It remained intact until the beginning of the 20th century.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, the fortress of Carei hosted for several times a few important, diplomatic meetings. Among other

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events, this was the place where negotiations for drafting and signing the Peace Treaty of Satu Mare were held, in 1711.

Since that moment until 1848, the fortress, which was to be later the Kรกrolyi Castle, was defended by a garrison comprising of the hajduks who had come from the neighboring villages and settled in town. The permanent guard comprised of 77 riders and 30 pedestrians, most of them Romanians. In exchange for economic benefits from the landowner, they had to acquire uniforms and proper weapons in order to provide security, order and defense of the castle and town.

The first plans to transform the Carei fortress arouse once the military conflicts settled in the area. It was meant to become a building with special, residential functions. Kรกrolyi Antal was the promoter of these ideas, but the work hardly began in 1792. The main elements of fortification and bastions had been all demolished and the fortress turned into a Baroque castle, according to Jozef Bitthauser's plans. A review of that time says the castle was covered by shingles and had a quadrilateral ground-plan with two floors, while the main entrance was in the north side.

The upper floor had 21 rooms and the ground floor had 20 rooms. The castle's chapel was attached to the south-eastern side and the kitchen and annexes were built next to the southern side of the main building.

Some of the most important moments in the history of the Baroque castle are the visits of the imperial family. So, in 1797, Iosif Kรกrolyi hosted Prince Jozef of Habsburg and a century later, in 1884, prince Rudolf of Habsburg and his wife spent two days in Carei.

A new transformation of the castle which gives the building its current look took place between 1894 and 1896 and was started by Stephan Kรกrolyi. The plans of the architect Arthur Meinig changed the Baroque castle into an eclectic edifice with the combination of historical styles, having the look of a mediaeval chivalry castle. The wall structure is mostly preserved from the Baroque castle; however, several towers of different shapes and dimensions were added in order to create an asymmetric look. The mediaeval aspect is emphasized by the water ditch which was dug around the castle. The main entrance was shifted on the west side of the castle, facing the town. The inside

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yard of the Baroque castle was covered by a ceiling of massive, painted beams which turned it into an immense welcoming hall. Three of the castle's façades combine elements of architecture and decoration from several styles, among them Romantic and Baroque, the Neo-gothic style prevails on the eastern façade.

The interior is dominated by the welcoming hall, paved with mosaic and equipped with large fireplaces. The room of the secondary entrance in the castle from the south was a dining room which allowed the access to the family chapel situated on the ground floor, too. The other rooms on this floor were the servants' or were simply storage rooms. On the first floor, the southern side belonged to the Károlyi family, and most of the other rooms accommodated guests.

After Stephan Károlyi had died in 1907, the family left Carei. In the chaos that came with the events at the end of 1918, many pieces of furniture and valuables have disappeared. An agreement was established between the Romanian state and the Hungarian state in the interwar period, which set that the valuables left in the castle (especially the paintings) should be returned to the Károlyi family.

One memorable moment in the history of the castle and town from the contemporary period is the visit of King Ferdinand I of Romania and of Queen Maria, in 1919.

During the interwar period, one side of the castle turned into a sanatorium and the rest of the building hosted a casino. During World War II, the Károlyi family consented to function here a military school which would become a military hospital in 1944. In the communist period, the castle hosted public cultural institutions like: the town's museum, culture center and library. Today the exhibitions of the museum present historic interiors and the local history of the town.

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OUR TOWN - SATU MARE Situated in the North – West Romania, the city of Satu Mare offers a special natural frame, a rich history in realities and meaningful events, monuments, cultural establishments, all of them constituting a conclusive proof of a millenary history of these lands, and a proof of the skills and wisdom manifested by the citizens of Satu Mare, to create cultural and civilization perennial values.

TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN OUR TOWN

The Art Museum, the place where the 1711 Peace was signed.

The building which houses today the art section of the Satu Mare County Museum was built in the second half of the 19th century, in Neo-Gothic style, known in the past as “Vécsey House”. On this specific ground, in the 18th century, there was a building which served as storage for the fortress Satu Mare. In this exact building, in 1711, the most important document that marked the destiny of the Transylvanians at the beginning of the Modern Era was signed – the Peace from Satu Mare , after the defeat of the rebellion of Francisc Rákóczy the 2nd . In 1911, a memorial plaque of Satu Mare Peace, made by the painter Aurel Popp, was set on the building. The main exhibitions include the works of some representative artistic personalities of the Romanian plastic art from our century. Aurel Popp and Paul Erdös are the most representative artists of the art from Satu Mare. The moment you enter this institute of culture, as a simple

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tourist or a painter, you are deeply impressed by everything that the human eye can see and distinguish at a first glance.

The Administrative Palace The Writers Alley in Coposu Passage takes you to the New Centre which is dominated by the tremendous building of the Administrative Palace. Built in the 70s, in the middle of the communist era, the Administrative Palace was at that time the tallest building in Romania, overtopping Intercontinental Hotel in Bucharest by 2.6 meters. Huge and inhospitable, the building could successfully house a film crew with a project about a Dracula of the Ceausescu era. The only reason why it doesn’t become a brand of the town is he sad era in which it was built.

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The Firemen’s Tower The construction which desires to be an Eiffel Tower of Satu Mare, was finalized in 1904. The tower has a total height of 45 meters and the access to the platform of the circular balcony in made through a metallic spiral staircase. The platform of the circular balcony is made as a wood floor sustained by metallic brackets. The platform is appended with a forged iron protection balustrade. The decorative dome is made of wood and the cover of copper folio. On the top of the dome there is an old escutcheon of the city. Today, as symbol of the old town, the Firemen “s Tower is opened to visitors. If you dare to climb 45 meters, you will enjoy a spectacular panorama of the Old Centre.

The North Theatre Built in 1889 in Neo – Classical style, the North Theatre has two sections – one in Romanian and another in Hungarian called “Harag György”. The front windows are vaulted and have a frame which ends in the superior side with decorative triangular gables.

Besides the performance hall built to include 365 seats, the theatre also has a studio with 100 seats.

The Chain Church

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The Chains Church Heading north from the Old Centre, in Stefan cel Mare street, which makes an impression on anyone passionate about architectural jewels with its diverse styles facades as it take out of a building complex from Budapest or Vienna, you get to the oldest protestant church in town, “ The Chains Church”. This church stands out through the simplicity of the puritan Baroque from. The church preserved the old bell of the town made by Presov ( Eperjes) , in 1633.

There are three bells in the church tower, made in 1927, 1972 and 1980. The church is surrounded by pillars connected by forged chains, hence the name “The Chains Church”. Close to the church, there’s the Protestant Secondary School, with the same location for almost four centuries.

“The Ascension of the Lord” Roman Catholic Cathedral Returning to the Old Centre, you find “The Ascension of the Lord “Roman Catholic Cathedral, built in 1798 in Neo – Classical style. Inside the niches of the façade lie the statutes of St. Ladislau and St. Stephen.

The main altar is sculpted in marble and the altar painting, representing the Ascension of the Lord, is thought to have been made

by József Pesky and dates from 1836. The altar atone contains the relics of St. Justin and St. Modest.

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The Episcopal Palace Built in the third and fourth decades of the 19th century, the building of the Episcopal Palace was made at the initiative and with the support of the bishop Hám János. The first Episcopal residence was in the Jesuit house, which was transformed and adapted. This is the place where the bishops lived until 1851. The Palace, as well as the Cathedral, was built in Classical style. The monumental facade is characterized by simplicity and harmony. The remarkable staircase was decorated in 2006 with a huge wood sculpture representing Christ, made in 1777.The corpus is thought to have arrived through the Károlyi counts in the chapel of Ardud Fortress.

The chapel has a renowned altar. Like the corpus, this comes from the chapel of Ardud Fortress, where Sándor Petőfi and Júlia Szendrey got married. The diocesan archive may be found on the ground floor.

The Library of the Episcopal Palace owns very rare valuable documents-a big part of the clergy publications of the 16th to 18th centuries. The majority of the books were also traced to Franciscan and minority collections and also in different parishes.

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''The Holy Heart of Christ'' Roman Catholic Church (Calvaria) An oasis of quietness expands in the courtyard and surroundings of Calvaria Church, situated within the ancient precinct of the old Fortress Castrum-Zothmar. It was built in 1844 in Neo-Gothic style, but the foundation gave in because of the sand under it and the walls broke down, being entirely rebuilt between 1908 and 1909.

A few hundred meters away there's something waiting for you-the artists' cafe inside the Poesis Multicultural Center. And from here you can easily get to the studio of the greatest painter from Satu Mare, Aurel Popp.

The Synagogue At the beginning of the 20th century, there were three synagogues and 25 oratories in Satu Mare. Today we can only see the orthodox synagogue in Decebal street. Built in Moorish style at the beginning of the century, the Synagogue has a tripartite facade with a central part.

In 2004, the Holocaust monument was unveiled in the Synagogue's yard.

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OUR SCHOOL – LICEUL TEHNOLOGIC “CONSTANTIN BRÂNCUŞI” Liceul Tehnologic “Constantin Brancuşi” is located in Satu Mare, a town in the north-western part of Romania. The school has a tradition of more than one hundred years. It is a technical school, with 450 students and 40 teachers and employers stuff. The school is very big where we have classroom, labs and workshops. In the workshops the students practice carpentry and wood manufacturing. We also have a library where students can study in their free time.

Our students are mainly commuters, because they live quite far from the town. The students are between 15 and 19 years old and even older ones because the school has evening classes, too. The highschool has different profiles starting from carpentry, furniture designer, forestry, wooden manufacturing to environmental protection. All the profiles are dealing with wood or environment.

The institution has also Hungarian classes, one class per each level, so we are a bilingual school where Romanian and Hungarian students learn together.

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ROMANIAN TRADITIONAL KITCHEN Cheese dumplings List of ingredients:

1 kilogram of cottage cheese 250 g semolina 4 tablespoons of sugar 2 vanilla essences 3 eggs 100 g butter 200g breadcrumbs

Preparation: Smash the cottage cheese with a spoon. Add semolina and mix it. Add vanilla essence, sugar and mix it again. Add the eggs, one at a time, and mix after each added egg. Melt the butter in a large tray, add the breadcrumbs and brown it at medium heat. Turn off the heat and add sugar. With fingers, shape the cheese in small balls, approximately the size of table-tennis balls. Bring a large pot of water to boil it. Add the dumplings only to fill the bottom of the pot. Cook until the dumplings float to the surface. Remove with a slotted spoon. Put them in the tray with the breadcrumbs.

Roll the dumplings in the breadcrumbs. Serve with powdered sugar vanilla, jam or sauce (strawberry, vanilla, cinnamon, etc.)

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Polenta with cheese and sour cream

List of ingredients:

Sweet corn flour Cottage cheese Sour cream Water Salt

Preparation:

Pour water in a pot and add salt. Bring the water to boil and add the sweet corn flour slowly. Stir continuously with the whisk until a creamy paste is formed. Serve with cheese and sour cream.

Spinach with fried eggs List of ingredients: 500 g spinach 2 tablespoons of oil ½ teaspoon of butter 200 ml milk 4 cloves of garlic Salt, pepper 3-4 eggs

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Preparation:

Pour water in a pot and add salt. Bring the water to boil and add the spinach. After it softens in the boiling water, strain and hack it. Add the olive oil, the spinach, the spalled gloves of garlic and stir them continously on small flame for 2 minutes. Add the flour while stirring it continuously with the whisk, then add the milk.

Bring it to boil during 5 more minutes.

Serve it with sunny side up eggs.

Sour Cherry soup

List of ingredients: 500 g cherry 4-5 tablespoons of sugar Salt 1 cup of sour cream 1 tablespoon of flour

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Preparation:

Add the cherries and the sugar to 1 liter of water in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and cook it for about 10 minutes or until the cherries are soft.

In a medium sized ball add the sour cream, the flour to a cup of the hot cherry liquid and mix until smooth. Add the mixture to the cherry soup. Carefully simmer for about 5 minutes without boiling.

Pasta with potatoes

List of ingredients: 500 g pasta 500 g potatoes 2 tablespoons of oil One small onion Salt, pepper

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Preparation: Place the potatoes in a large pot and cover them with cool water.

Add a teaspoon of salt and bring to a boil over medium – high heat. Reduce to a simmer and cook until the potatoes are tender.

When they are ready, scoop them with a slotted spoon.

Add water to the pot, if necessary, and bring it to boil. Stir in the pasta and cook it for about 8 minutes and then drain it.

Meanwhile, heat a very large wide pan with oil and cook until the onion begins to sizzle. Add the mashed potatoes and season with salt and pepper.

Transfer the pasta in the pan, combine them and taste.

Season it with salt and pepper, if needed. Serve immediately.

Optionally, you can serve it with yoghurt or milk.

Pasta with cabbage List of ingredients: 500 g pasta 1 kilogram of green cabbage 2 tablespoons of oil Salt, pepper

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Preparation:

Pour water in a pot and add salt. Bring the water to boil and add the pasta. Add a teaspoon of salt and bring to a boil over medium – high heat. Cook the pasta for about 8 minutes and then drain it.

Meanwhile, heat a very large, wide pan with oil. Add the green cabbage, already cored and shredded and season it with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the cabbage is softened.

Transfer the pasta to the pan of cabbage, combine them and taste.

Season it with salt and pepper, if needed. Serve immediately.

Stuffed cabbage rolls List of ingredients: 1 whole soured cabbage 1 onion 500 g of minced pork and beef 250 g of rice Oil Salt, pepper, dill, tomato sauce.

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Preparation:

Peel the cabbage leaves one by one cut them in half if they are too big and remove the stalk. Chop the onion and fry them in a little oil with the rice. Mix the minced meat with the rice and a pinch of salt and pepper. Be careful not to put too much salt because the sour cabbage is already salted. Place a tablespoon of meat on a cabbage leaf and roll it tight then push the ends in with your fingers. Repeat with the remaining cabbage leaves.

Chop the rest of the cabbage you did not use sprinkling half of it on the bottom of the pan then add the dill and the tomato sauce.

Put the cabbage rolls in the pan, on top of the tomato mixture.

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Cover the cabbage rolls with water and then add the rest of the chopped cabbage. Cover the pan with a lid and let it simmer for one hour or until the cabbage is softened and the meat is cooked through. Serve it hot with sour cream.

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USEFUL BILINGUAL VOCABULARY Good morning! – Bună dimineaţa Good afternoon! – Bună ziua Good evening!- Bună seara Good night! – Noapte bună What is your name? – Cum te cheamă My name is ___________. – Numele meu este _________ How old are you? – Câţi ani ai I am 19 years old. – Eu am nouăsprezece ani.

Which is your favourite fruit? – Care este fructul tău preferat Which are your favourite vegetables? – Care sunt legumele tale preferate Healthy food – Mâncare sănătoasă I like cooking healthy food. – Îmi place să gătesc mâncare sănătoasă.

My favourites are apples. – Preferatele mele sunt merele.

My favourites are carrots. – Preferatele mele sunt morcovii.

One - unu Two - doi Three - trei Four - patru Five - cinci Six - şase Seven - şapte Eight - opt Nine - nouă Ten- zece Eleven - unsprezece Twelve - doisprezece What is the time? – Cât este ora It is nine o’clock. – Este ora nouă.

Red apples – mere roşii Green salad – salată verde Blue grapes – struguri albaştri Yellow lemon – lămâie galbenă Black radish – ridiche neagră Orange kaki – kaki portocaliu Violet eggplants – vinete violete White cauliflower – conopidă albă Pink peach – caisă roz

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