I am sephardi living now in London from Salonica I made a visit to Bucharest and was there for a Shabbat.Then I attended the services at the Choral synagogue.I was greeted warmly as a visiting jew.And when I was asked where I was from told them London but originally Salonika then I was introduced to local sephardi romanians in the synagogue.I had no idea before of sephardim in romania.