It this Romania that you know?

At what are you thinking when you hear “Romania”? These are the answers that I got from a professional group:

• I have been only once in Romania (it was approximately 8 years ago). You have definitely very nice mountains. I love them. I do not know how it is now but when I was there I could make tent everywhere without any punishment...from my point of view it is last place in Europe where man can really feel free (Alps are horrible in this point of view). Unfortunately, I got some bad experience with gypsy people on south of Romania: they sit next road and once when they saw that we are not going to stop, they just throw stone against our car, next the front window. They could even kill us :-(.
• First though - Count Dracula;-). I've never been to Romania so this is almost everything.
• Dacia
• Beautiful Carpathian Mountains, largest ethnic minority in Europe, December 1989, RMDSZ, Trianon, and of course the gypsies on the side of the road. The Csango people of E. Romania & Moldova a good people, however.
• For me Romania = great business opportunities and new market for our services and products at the moment! We have to be fast, because the Romanian IT companies getting better and better.
• When I hear Romania, growing opportunity comes to my mind :).
• Loving Romania and visiting this country several times. Nevertheless, last time we’ve escaped fast from the mountains with three small children (two at the back seat) hearing bears. Brrr… We have friends in the Sibiu, beautifully repaired city and I love to go there again. However I am really not sure if to go there now with the car without a spare wheel. Routes are not the best.
• I've been there once and what I have seen: nice people, nice culture, country of great opportunities and the best place to arrange a motorbike trips (winding roads with a breathtaking views)
• I'd love to go to Romania and already have some friends there :) Looking forward to doing business in there soon :)
• I don’t think that there is a significant difference between safety in the Bucharest , Sophia or Prague. The difference for me is in the accessibility of the services far away from the capital that helps to solve the trouble if something happens. No one put the professionalism of the specialists in Romania to the doubt. I know several very good specialists for the quality management and process improvement from the south-east Europe. Good luck.
• Beautiful country. Absolutely gorgeous!!! And people are very honest in their behavior and open towards others. And ....the food is great :)
• No journey to Eastern Europe would be complete without paying a visit there. Outstanding landscapes. Simply magnificent.
• Normally Hungarians go only to Transsylvania. I am exception: I have been on business trips several times to Bucharest only. First time I landed in 1996, I thought: Oh my God, how many years they are behind us. Last time I was there in 2000 I thought: Oh my God how many years they will beet us if they continue at this pace. I met with Romanian businessmen and women, and I had positive impressions, however to make business there is not easy.
• I expect that Romania has the same trouble as all post-communistic countries including Czech, Slovak or Hungary: for local companies friendship is more important decision attribute than quality of a supplier. On the other hand, subsidiaries of large international companies have decision headquarter abroad and managed by people in USA, Japan, Germany,… that prefer local subsidiaries of their global partners and do the “waste time” with small local companies.
• I visited your country in 1999... Very nice Retezat and Sureanu mountains, strange people around the railway station in Arad around midnight. Summarized, I have good impression and recommend to everyone to see the mountains.
• Personally, I find Romania perspective for business. So I wonder to look for business partners in Romania in the nearest future