Area is Europe's second largest steel producer. In each country of the region. Region is the cradle of modern civilization. Landscape includes beaches to rugged mountain interiors -note scenery differences. Rich in agricultural production.
Urban scene reflects both the old and the new.
Much of the peninsula is mountainous -note housing on sides of hills. The Alps and Carpathian Mountains. Bosporus Strait and Istanbul. Many old monasteries in the region. Many places it seems like time has stood still, primitive methods and villages.