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Originally Posted by sqftmag
I think investing in Romania is a good idea if you are fluent in a few phrases. These phrases should, ideally, include such life-savers as:
"My appendix has burst, can I trust your surgeon?"
"The cold water pipe has split on the washing machine."
"The thermostat has stuck again and the last 4 electricians I tried aren't answering."
My mother is part Romanian. She never learned these important phrases. (Not much call for them in Hampstead.) If you can do these translations, go ahead. If not, it might prove easier to marry a Romanian (not one from Hampstead obviously) or invest in a country with an easier language.
Just a thought.
Michele
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Michele,
It was obviously just a single thought as more thought would not have given you this opinion. Your perceptions are superficial and if we are talking about investing with the obvious intention of making money in Romania (which I have done and am doing now) I don't understand the relevance of your comment other than exposing your own personal prejudices. I have seen many times in Romania arrogance and a sense of superiority by Westerners when dealing with Romanians. History has not been kind to Romania and even recent events of the last half century, fifty years of communism thanks partly to the generosity of your own Mr Churchill and then a collapsed economy post 1989. Not every country has had the benefit of an empire and been able to harvest it's wealth for generations and still benefitting today. The great saviour of Hampstead is the English Channel otherwise you may be something of different country after visits by Napoleon, the Kaiser and Hitler. That expanse of water has more to do with the British character than anything intrinsicly special about British people. Being Australian I have had many dealings with them as well.
Greg