The Flying Romanian / Romanul Zburator

In 2014, a study revealed that in Europe 1 million babies were born to Erasmus couples since 1987 . Meaning that those kids will live in a different culture than at least one of their parents. So the following article will concern them even more in a couple of years. No, I’m not losing the thread. But I like to get inspired by people around me. And I see a lot of mixed couples around me. So this week I’ll talk about these mixed couples (i.e. couples formed of people coming from different cultures). A mixed couple can concern people coming from different countries (across the same continent or different ones) or people coming from different cultures within the same country (for example Eastern European or African with French etc.) Couples are already complicated, but adding (different) cultures into the relationship complicates them even more. One of my first bosses, a French man married with a Singaporean woman, was even calling for a “survival guide” for mixed couples. ...

Next time is now. Despite what French (but also British, Swedes, etc.) would think based on experience (so many Romanians in the streets of France!) there are plenty of Romanians left in Romania. Because there are a lot of Romanians who (choose) to stay. Who are they ? There are 2 main reasons why Romanians stay in their home country : culture and wealth. So either they have an intellectual profession, or are very attached to Romanian identity, or have a good lifestyle. Based on the above, I have identified 4 categories of Romanians who choose to stay : The Romanian who stays for the sake of   his family and friends, despite what other (Romanians) may brag about when coming back to Romania during summer holidays (cars, apartments, etc.), and despite moderate incomes. (As a reminder, average salary in Ro represents 23% of the average French salary ) - this is a majority ! The Romanian who "has it". This Romanian is successful in her Romanian life, has...