My dear friend, Max, and I set out on Sunday morning for what ended up being over 13 hour road trip from Bucharest, and along the Transalpina Road…
…passing the largest chemical factory in Romania…
There is something about wells that I find so beautiful…
This is a traditional Romanina hay shed… I love the design!
A painted forest? Yes! Literally!
Taking one’s cow for a walk…
…as one does…
This is officially the beginning of the Transalpina Road…
The Transalpina or DN67C is a 148 km national road located in the Parâng Mountains group, Southern Carpathians of Romania. It connects Novaci, south of Parâng Mountains, to Sebeș in the north, and is the highest road in Romania, having the highest point in Urdele Pass (at 2,145 m).
These are snow barriers… The road is closed due to snow from October to May…
See those switchbacks in the distance? That is where we are headed!
If you look closely, you can see two people on the side of the mountain, about two-thirds of the way down…
Max took us off-roading to find a lovely little lake…
These really did look like toy cars on a toy road…
…and just up ahead where those buildings are… that is the highest spot on the highest road in Romania!
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