Romania’s most famous and scenic road, the Transfăgărășan, snakes across the Carpathians linking Transylvania to southern Romania. The spectacular road was built 50 years ago as a strategic military route and is a feat of modern engineering. It took just six years to build (unthinkable today) and was  in response to the Soviet invasion of … Continuă lectura Romania’s spectacular Transfăgărășan mountain road built to stop a Soviet invasion celebrates its 50th birthday