Romania

The Relief:

• Mountains ~ The Carpathian Mountains -Eastern Carpathians

  -Southern Carpathians

  -Western Carpathians

~ The Măcin Mountains

• Plateaus ~ The Transylvanian Plateau

  ~ The Piedmont Plateau

  ~ The Moldavian Plateau

  ~ The Dobrogea Plateau

• Plains ~ The Romanian Plain

  ~ The Western Plain

The Climate: Temperate continental climate, with transition features.

The Hydrography:

• The Rivers: Dunăre, Tisa, Prut, Mureş, Siret, Olt, Someş, Ialomiţa, Argeş, Timiş, Jiu, Jijia, Buzău, Bistriţa, Dâmboviţa, Bega, Târnava, Vedea, Târnava Mare, Bârlad, Moldova, Târnava Mică, Prahova, Olteţ, Suceava, Arieş, Trotuş, Neajlov, Crasna, Bârzava, Nera, Motru, Barcău, Gilort, Lăpuş, Bahlui, Cibin.
• The Lakes: Colibiţa, Săcele, Sfânta Ana, Bucura, Bâlea, Vărăşoaia, Zaton, Lacul Roşu, Balătău, Vidraru, Bicaz, Bistreţ, Suhaia, Satchinez, Berbunci, Ursu, Snagov, Jirlău, Tasaul, Techirghiol, Rayim, Siutghiol, Dranov, Gorgova,

The Vegetation: ~ Steppe

~ Silvosteppe

~ Forests

~ Conifers

Short answer:

The same way you are eligible for an American passport if you are an American citizen, you are entitled to a Romanian passport if you are a Romanian citizen.

Long answer:

According to the most recent (1991) Romanian Citizenship Law, since one of your parents is a Romanian citizen (his/her Romanian passport proves this) you qualify for derivative Romanian citizenship, despite the fact you were most likely born outside Romania.

The Romanian Embassy in Washington DC or any of the 3 Romanian Consulates (New York, Chicago, Los Angeles can solve this problem for you. It's a 2 step process: 1) Be confirmed as a Romanian citizen; 2) Acquire the Romanian passport. It may be a lengthy process, but it has its advantages (or you would ask the question).

Romania officially accepts dual citizenship, while the United States acknowledges its existence, and, usually does not oppose it. Problems may arise when an American citizens is naturalized in another country and, in the process, takes an oath of allegiance to that country, since this may be interpreted as renunciation of American citizenship (which is followed by the loss of the corresponding American passport). You should not face this issues, since you are "automatically" (one parent - based) a Romanian citizen. You do not have to be naturalized, or take an oath towards Romania. You only need to register your Romanian citizenship.

------------------------------------------------------------------ Yes, someone can have a Romanian passport, but it is rather complicated-the bureaucracy is high in Romania now.

You must provide to the Romanian Consulate or Embassy, or to an in-land Mayor's office or to the Passports Service belonging to the local governor's office (so called Prefectura) a lot of documents in original, as: birth certificate, parent's passports and other ID's, you should fill in a form -or two, or three, a passport demand and so on.

BUT. You also have to prove that you speak Romanian -in case you can speak at all, if you are 1 year old or deaf they will not ask for that, possibly you also have to prove -in some cases- that you have a legal Romanian residence or a property.

Complicated? YES.

More simple and less discriminatory than getting an American passport? YES again.

However, if you want to use your Romanian passport to get back in America, you will need a visa.So, I suggest you keep both passports.I am not absolutely sure you can have them both, but you can try.You can also ask when you register for one.

• You have to be careful, because I'm sure you don't want to meet a thief. Don't carry too much cash money and don't walk on dark lonely streets by night.

• If you want to take a walk in the nature, take a mobile phone with you, and, just in case your phone has no signal there, you should take a map with you and maybe a compass.

• The roads are not very good in Romania, so you should have resistant tires and you should be careful not to get into a little pit. Yes, there are many pits on unimportant roads. You also have to respect the Romanian driving rules and not drive too fast.

• Romanian wine is very tasty, so you have to be careful with drunk people and never stay in their way. Of course, you can defend other people from angry drunk people if something bad happens but calling 112 is the best choice. Don't worry, there aren't many drunk people in Romania. Also, you should be careful not to get drunk. If you do, don't drive your car because you might be amended.