Castle Bran

Castle Bran
Castle Bran lit up at night

Facts of Romania

Here is some tidbits about this beautiful country. Romania rests on the Black Sea coast of southeast Europe and is only about 92,000 square miles, with the country being divided into 3 physical and historical sections. Moldavia is in the northeast, Wallachia in the south and the famed Transylvania located in the center of the country.
    Romania is the 9th largest country of the European Union, and is home to about 21.9 million people, ranging from the modern to the gyspy folk who still embrace the medieval ways of old Europe. The capitol is Bucharest with about 1,853,000 people residing there today. The latitude and longitude of Romania is 46' 00'N &; 25' 00' E. The main languages spoken there are Romanian, Hungarian and German. The ethnic structure consists of 89.5% Romanians, 6.6% Hungarians, 2.5% Roma (also known as gypsies). Romania employs the currency of the Romanian Leu (RON), which is equivalent to about $0.34 in U.S dollars. One U.S dollar ($1.00) can be exchanged for 2.9 Romanian lei, of which can be exchanged in any U.S.A bank or Romanian banks.