Our First Romanian Snowfall

While returning from a Senior Missionary Couples Conference in the beautiful Transylvania city of Brasov we encountered the first snow of our stay in Romania.  Brasov is located just north of the Carpathian mountains (sometimes called the Transylvania Alps) that separate Transylvania from the rest of Romania. The road over the mountains is a narrow two-lane road with numerous switchbacks. There had been a heavy wet snowfall in the mountains during our last night in Brasov. 

It truly was a winter wonderland that made us think of Christmas (and our Colorado mountains)

There are also a lot of broadleaf trees mixed into the forest that were just coming into full fall colors

Because they are just not designed for heavy snows before the leaves fall, several trees had fallen and at one point the road was down to one lane where someone had cut the downed tree and pulled it to the side enough for cars to get by

It was truly a beautiful mix of fall colors and evergreen trees covered with snow.