At 30,000 feet in the air, the airliner traveled through the thick gray clouds, with most of the passengers in the cabin resting or sleeping with their eye masks on. Suming leaned back in his seat, flipping casually through a travel magazine he had brought from home.
Romania, located in the northeast of the Balkan Peninsula, is neighbored by Ukraine and Moldova to the north, borders Bulgaria to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. It covers an area of 238,391 square kilometers with a population of 19.94 million, and its capital is Bucharest.
It's a country with a long history that dates back to Roman Empire times. Conquered by the Roman Empire in the year 106 AD, it became one of the empire's provinces.
In Latin, Romania means "the country of the Romans."
