WINTER IN ROMANIA

Black Sea in winter

Alina Stancu - Winter

Winter in Romania
Winter months are:December,January and February.In winter is very cold.The coldest month of the year is February.Sometimes the temperatures are below -24CThis year the weather was so cold that the Black Sea coast was frozen.So, people could walk in the place where last summer they could have drown.Many tourists went there to admire it.This phenomenon happens once in 20 years.Now is March ,but it's still winter outside,because it snowed and the traffic is slow and there are closed roads.
Winter festivals
On the 1st of December is Romania's national holiday.We celebrate the great union of the three Romanian countries.On the 24th of February the Romanian people celebrate "Dragobete" the lovers' day,a kind of "Valentine's Day".
Winter activities
In winter people stay at home or go to the mountains .There are many mountain resorts in the Carpathians mountains.The nearest of us are those on the Prahova Valley .There they can practise winter sports or visit the Peles castle and Bran castle.
Winter food and recipes
Romanians like to eat much ,especially meat.A very few of us are vegetarians.A traditional Romanian dish in winter is 'sarmale'(force -meat rolls in cabbage leaves).The mince pork is used for preparing it.It is served with 'mamaliga',a kind of maize (corn) mush.To prepare it you must pour 1 litre of water in a pot and add some salt.Bring it to the boiling point and sprinkle maize flour mixing continuously with a wooden spoon, until it becomes a thick paste(1, 2 minutes)Then let it boil for another minute and that's all you can eat it with sarmale.


Romanian wine

Popescu Ciprian - About winter

Winter weather
Winter is a cold season. This winter was a very hard one in Europe, so it was in Romania. Some people died here. They were people of the streets. There was much snow at the end of winter. There was a snow-fight at school those days. We enjoyed it a lot.
Winter activities
Winter is a nice season. I like it because only in winter I can go skiing. It snows a lot in the mountains, so those who like to practise winter sports prefer winter rather than other seasons. Those who don’t know to ski can go by cable car or cable chairs.
Winter festivals
On the 1st of December we celebrate Romania’s national day. In 1918 the three countries: The Romanian country, Transylvania and Moldova were united for the first time under the name Romania. There are parades in big cities. People go and admire the army parade.
Winter food and recipes
Being cold in winter, people need to warm themselves. Here in Romania people like to drink hot wine and hot Romanian brandy (tuica).
In 1 liter pot pour 1 litter “tuica”, 10 gr sugar, 5gr pepper/ Mix them together then cover the pot and boil until it reaches the boiling point. Drink it as hot is possible!


Cable cars

Vioreanu Bogdan - Winter in Romania

Winter weather
Winter, one of my favourite seasons is very nice. It is indeed cold but snow covers the ground, trees and houses and makes such a beautiful scenery that you forget about cold. This winter was a hard one with the temperatures of – 32 C in some parts of the country. Some people died of cold but this happened not only in Romania.
Winter activities
In Romania, people like spending their week-ends in the mountains where they can practise winter sports. Those who don’t go in the mountains spend their leisure time staying at home, watching TV or going to the skating rink. Anyway winter means Christmas, New Year Eve and a lot of Orthodox holidays when people like celebrating them.
Winter festivals
There aren’t many festivals here in Romania in winter. The Romanian Eurovision is one of them. This show becomes more and more important. This year a man will represent Romania in Greece. There are many mountains resorts in Romania. In winter, each of them celebrate the so called “Snow festival” at different days. On those days, well known bands and singers come and sing in open air stages. People listen to them and go skiing on the nearby sky slopes. There are also different games and contests on the slopes. Those who go there have a lot of fun.
Winter food and recipes
Because it’s cold people need to warm themselves. Some of them drink hot tea, others “hot wine”. It is said that you can drink a cup of hot wine instead of taking an aspirin, in the case you’ve caught a cold. Pour a cup a black wine in a tea pot add, a tea spoonful of sugar inside and boil it for about 1 minute. Drink it as hot as possible and you will be very well.


Sfinx

Roxana Constantinescu - Winter in Romania

Winter is a cold season,here in Romania.February is the coldest month of the year with temperatures of 0 to -24C.This winter was one of the coldest in the last 25 years.The temperatures fell under -30C and there wasn't too much snow here in the south part of the country where we live.Today is the 1st of March and is the first day of spring,but mother nature gave us the most beautiful present-snow-.It snowed a lot last night.
Winter Festivals
The so called 'Romanian Eurovision' took place at the end of February.It was a great show . Many singers participated to this Eurovision and people sent their votes for the song they liked best.
Winter Activities
In winter the Romanian people like to spend their weekends in the mountains where they can practise winter sports.I usually spend my weekends indoors with my family.Sometimes I go for a walk with my cousin and my friends.If there is snow we play in the snow ,make a snowman or fight with snowballs.
Winter Food and Recipes
Romanians like to eat a lot .I think this is one of their pleasures.Pork is their favourite.In old times most of the families used to have a pig in their yard which was sacrificed one week before Christmas.Its meat well prepared was the main dish for Christmas.Now we can find pork evrywhere in the market .'Sarmale'is a traditional Romanian dish.For making it you need mince pork,rice ,chopped onion,tomatoes pasta,pepper and pickled cabbage leaves.
Mix the mince pork with the ingredients,take a spoonful and wrap it in a cabbage leaf.Put them in a pot ,pour some water and boil it for about two hours.


Skiing in the mountains

Claudia Ticleanu - Winter weather

In Romania,the weather in winter is cold with snow and ice and temperatures of 0C to -25C.At the begining of this winter the weather was not so cold but at the end of January and the beginning of February the weather was so cold with temperatures of -32C in some parts of the country.There wasn't too much snow .But at the end of winter it started to snow abudantly.
Winter activities
Winter is nice if there is snow.Then we go outside and play with snow (like we did today)We go sledging ,skating or skiing .At the weekends we go on trips to the mountains.When the weather is not nice we stay at home and watch T.V. or DVD.
Winter festivals
The most important festival is the 'Romanian Eurovision'.IT was at the end of February.It was a great show.Even if the people gave their votes to their favorites ,the jury had the last word.Last year Romania won the third place,after Malta and Greece.
Winter food
The traditional Romanian dish is 'sarmale'made of mince pork .The traditional soup is the saur soup .Romanians usually don't like sweet soup. The traditional cake is 'cozonac'. Claudia Ticleanu - Winter weather

In Romania,the weather in winter is cold with snow and ice and temperatures of 0C to -25C.At the begining of this winter the weather was not so cold but at the end of January and the beginning of February the weather was so cold with temperatures of -32C in some parts of the country.There wasn't too much snow .But at the end of winter it started to snow abudantly.
Winter activities
Winter is nice if there is snow.Then we go outside and play with snow (like we did today)We go sledging ,skating or skiing .At the weekends we go on trips to the mountains.When the weather is not nice we stay at home and watch T.V. or DVD.
Winter festivals
The most important festival is the 'Romanian Eurovision'.IT was at the end of February.It was a great show.Even if the people gave their votes to their favorites ,the jury had the last word.Last year Romania won the third place,after Malta and Greece.
Winter food
The traditional Romanian dish is 'sarmale'made of mince pork .The traditional soup is the saur soup .Romanians usually don't like sweet soup. The traditional cake is 'cozonac'.