Pension Sighisoara

... hobbies, but some were more satirical. One was written about a woman from the perspective of her son-in-law, who said please don't wake her up because she will come back to nag me again. A couple of others were men who drank themselves to death and contained warnings to not follow in their footsteps. From there, we went to a museum that contains model houses from nearby villages, a picnic, an orthodox monastery recently rebuilt by UNESCO, and a ...

... citadel when a group of elementary school children descended upon them. I anticipated the ladies sternly shooing the children away from the soon to be beleaguered cats. However, my vision of elderly sternness was washed away as the ladies smiled benevolently on the unruly children and held the cats firmly in place with their leashes so ...

... Da draengt sich der verglich mit Paraguay auf, woi das gegenteil passiert. Seit hundert Jahren wandern dort deutsche ein, hier aus. Muss am Wetter liegen. Ansonsten is der einzige vampyr hier vlad, der fuers hostel arbeitet und immer meine sachen wegisst und mein bier aussaeuft.... ich war jetzt ne woche oder so hier, das hotel war zum anfang voll, jetzt bin ich alleine...muss an mir liegen :) also werd icfh demnechst mal weiter nach ...

... Despite the number of tourists, the restaurants and stores and our hostel accepted only cash. We ate dinner at the famous Count Dracular Restaurant, situated in the very house the dracula was born. The food was hella expensive but sooo delicious. Sooo delicious! And interior of the house made me feel immersed in the midieval times... The bars here close around 11-midnight, so we unfortunately could not enjoy the town at its eeriest.

... the town Targu Secuiesc. Targu Secuiesc has a very impressive museum, packed with artifacts that helped us understand better what this part of Romania is about - this part being more than 90% Hungarian. These are Hungarians for whom the term 'Local Patriot' is a fond and oft-used self-description. One of the major building blocks of industry and society in this area were the guilds. The first was the Tanner's Guild. And amongst others there were also the ...

... historical, but still, it was like being in Solvang, with its old buildings, and MacDonalds parked in a 13th century landmark. I enjoyed it, not what I imagined, but to have a Vodafone store across the street, and bars, restaurants, pubs, and KFC wihin a 5 minute walk was comforting... Ahhh... civilization. Jill equated it a bit to a theme park. But it really felt Bavarian, but on a cheaper scale as the "Lei" - their currency in Romania went a long way for us. with 3 days here ...

... Atenție! Se caută suporteri! Echipa nu joacă mai nimic, un meci îl câștigă, 10 le pierde. Ne revenim? Da pe naiba! De ce să ne amăgim? Lumea e tot mai scârbită de toată telenovela ce se întâmplă la Steaua în ultima vreme. Nu mai vin suporterii la meciuri, echipa nu mai e susținută, jucătorii sunt din ce în ce mai ...

... destruction. And probably 5 years ago, in a town named Baia Mares in northern Romania, there was a cyanide based, open pit gold mine catastrophe. There was a leakage of the tailings pond and the waterways in 3 neighboring countries were affected by toxic materials in the water. That left a huge impact in the minds of people, yet I can see the difficult struggle faced by the RM initiative, the resistance. It's a classic case of an underfunded ...

... Hotel Dracula. I kid you not, people, that this wedding which took place deep in the heart of Transylvania, not far from the birthplace of Vlad the Impaler or Vlad Drarcul, had a very pleasant hotel on it's outskirts named after the bloodsucker. And for some strange reason, it was also an emu farm, but that is less important. The reception itself was a raucous affair, filled with a 5 course meal, dancing, booze, singing, and more food. I gave a toast which ...

... 1st season over here). Unfortunately though, even the pub owners got sick of us ended up dumping the bill at our table before we asked (normally you spend half an hour trying to catch someones attention in order to get the bill) and abruptly changed the channel on the TV. Luckily it wasn't too long until our train left so we said goodbye to the beautiful yet tiny Sighisoara and headed to the station to await our return train. All in all, we ...