Romania - Geography

I've lived in Bucharest since early 2006, so it seems that a general discussion on Romania affords an ideal way of opening this blog. I first visited the country as a graduate student in the summer of 2001, when I took a course on Romanian language, culture and civilization at Ovidius University in Constanta. I fell in love with the Romania almost immediately, and have laid down deep roots here since that time. I'll briefly try and explain a little bit about Romania in these first few posts. I'll do that by opening with the subject of geography since it's fairly determinative to the development of any civilization. Moreover, because the Romanian landscape is so stunningly beautiful and diverse, it's worth a few posts.