Let's keep learning about the countries in Europe!
Romania is located just south of the Ukraine.
![romania](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/EU-Romania.svg/571px-EU-Romania.svg.png)
(from: wikipedia - romania)
For dinner in Romania you might have a plate of sărmăluţe cu mămăligă, which is stuffed cabbage rolls, with sauerkraut and porridge.
(from: wikipedia - romanian cuisine)
If you've ever heard the story of Dracula the Vampire it's a made up story about vampires,
but there was a real person person named Dracula (he just wasn't really a vampire).
He was a prince in a part of Romania called Transylvania.
![vlad dracula](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Vlad_Tepes_002.jpg/396px-Vlad_Tepes_002.jpg)
(from: wikipedia - vlad dracula)
There is even a castle there that he used to live in, called Bran Castle.
![bran castle](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Castelul_Bran.jpg/640px-Castelul_Bran.jpg)
(from: wikipedia - bran castle)
There is a wild and crazy winding road in the mountains called the Transfăgărășan.
![transfagarasan](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Wide_view_over_the_northern_Transfagarasan.jpg/640px-Wide_view_over_the_northern_Transfagarasan.jpg)
(from: wikipedia - romania)