Romania is a country of stunning beauty, vibrant culture, and intriguing history. And it's famous dessert, plăcintă cu mere, is great with a warm cuppa!
Visit Romania - 7-minute video tour of the most beautiful places in Romania.
Rick Steves' Europe: Romania - This 30-minute video is one of the travel shows hosted by the popular U.S. Public Television travel guide.
Best 33 Places To visit in Europe: Romania - A beautiful 25-minute video tour of some of Romania's loveliest places. This tour avoids the cities and focuses on Romania's mountains, forests, and rivers. Mostly wordless, it is accompanied by music.
Walking Tour of Bucharest - Experience Romania's capital city as someone strolling through its neighborhoods in the 8-minute video.
Bran Castle - Commonly known outside Romania as Dracula's Castle, there is some doubt if Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula, knew anything about the castle.
Plăcintă cu mere - Romanian dessert made with a filling of grated apples, cinnamon, sugar, and melted butter, which is spread evenly between two layers of baked dough, and flavored with orange zest and vanilla sugar.
Making Plăcintă cu mere - Video instructions for making this famous Romanian 'apple pie' (with English subtitles). Hint: Plăcintă cu mere is not really a pie. Here's another recipe with an ingredient list in U.S. measures.
Plăcintă - Wikipedia page about this traditional pastry, including some history.