http://www.viatransylvania.com/About-Transylvania-visit-romania.html
Do you associate Romania more with Italy or Russia? It’s true it is half way between Rome and Moscow but which one influenced it more? It is also true that for 50 years it was under soviet-minded communism but Romania is not a Slavic country, it is actually a Latin “island” in Central-Eastern Europe. Two millennia ago, Romans occupied ancient Dacia, colonized it and strongly influenced the culture. Since then, being at the crossroads of the Ottoman, Hungarian, Austrian, Russian and Polish empires, each fought to own it, leaving behind a fascinating multicultural heritage.
Romania is situated half way between the Equator and the North Pole, having a tempered, 4 seasons climate. Cities like Milano, Montreal and Ulan Bator are at similar latitudes as Romania. Romania covers an area similar with that of the United Kingdom, New Zealand or Michigan. Romania’s neighbors are Ukraine, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria and the Republic of Moldova.