Beautiful and Beguiling Romania

presented by Dr Adrian Jones, OAM

Romania was ASA founder Chris Wood’s favourite place, and believe me, he had been to most places! It took an archaeologist, Barry Cunliffe, to articulate the thing that’s overlooked when thinking of Europe… and Romania. Apart from the highlands of New Guinea, Europe is the most culturally, historically and linguistically diverse continent in the world. Isn’t that why we like travelling there? Romania is especially interesting because it is the most diverse region in the most diverse continent.

If you like Europe, you’ll love Romania. Turn a corner there, and you’ll encounter different cultures, histories, faiths, societies, and languages. Yet you are always in the lovely fresh air of the Carpathians in east-central Europe, in one country united—now!—by the romance language of its once-oppressed peasants.

Recorded during a live-streamed Zoom presentation, this video has been carefully edited to deliver the experience of being part of an audience and having the best seat in the house.

Dr Adrian Jones, OAM

Recently retired, Dr Adrian Jones, OAM was Associate Professor of European History at La Trobe University. Adrian loves to combine travel, cuisine and history, which he also reprises on segments on ABC local radio and on ABC Radio National. He enjoys the challenges of connecting epochs, cultures, languages and places. Adrian currently leads ASA tours to Russia, to Romania, along the Via Egnatia in Macedonia (Greek and Slav) through Albania to Corfu, an in-depth program to Istanbul, and to Slovenia-and-inland Croatia.

Find out more about Adrian here.