Casa Wagner Sighisoara

... One memorable painting was a 12' canvas by Rembrandt, depicting a biblical scene between Haman and Esther. The paintings had nothing protecting the masterpieces, just an over sized wooden baroque frame. The museum was empty, maybe 5 visitors total spread over 4 floors. Every small room was complimented with at least 2 women dressed in black suits. As I would enter a room, they would follow about 20 feet behind me, stopping when I ...

Gustavo needs to return the car in Brasov by noon while I am moving North. He has a couple of hours so we get up early and do the quick tour. Great small town but has major road reconstruction under way. Tractors are digging everywhere. <br><br>It is a Saxon town which means German is spoken in many places such as sermons in the church. It has lots of pretty buildings, nice fortification. A climb to the top of the tower offers great views of the city ...

... all pretty small. The torture museum was pretty much a small room with a few displays. At least it was in the original jail cell though. <br><br>I stopped by the tourist office and asked if they were offering any day trips. The woman contacted a guide for me to drive me up to Biertan. Biertan is a town that has a fortified church and is considered a UNESCO world heritage site. Another man-Janos-from Budapest joined me on the trip too. The ...

... miss. The Piata I'm staying across from is Piata Stafalui, apparently where prisoners were once tortured - yikes! I walked up towards the Black Church but could not go in to see it since it was closed until after Easter, but still quite an impressive building even from the outside. Then I walked through some of the back streets and came upon one of the smallest streets in Europe, Str. Sforii. So small is this street that you can barely stretch your ...

... the crossroads of Europe and Asia. This precarious position has resulted in the suffering of its people from one invading army to the next. Sighisoara is perched high atop a hill with a fortified wall surrounding it. Evidence to the fact that defense was a way of life here. The town is full of charm and most assuredly will leave its mark on our memories for a long time to come. Dracula was actually known as Vlad the ...

... of four. There were 4 people dressed in Renaissance attire whose job was to walk around town and welcome people to Sighisoara. The two guys and two girls would literally walk around town from noon until dusk singing their jingle...over and over and over again! It was quite impressive that they knew multiple languages and never seemed to tire of the repetitious melody. We are not sure how they did it because we were tired of hearing the beat of the drum...so we are sure they must be too!

... wandering... through the side streets, behind the citadel, and around the residential areas. We walked for a good hour and a half before we realized that we weren't on the road back to the city. 45 minutes later we navigated back in the town square and had completely explored every square inch of Sighisora, and it was only 4 o'clock in the afternoon. We spent the last of our money on groceries for the train ride and persuaded the man at the front desk of our hotel to let us sit ...

... libera a fost prinsa fara probleme de portarul polonez. Habibou a avut si el sansa golului cu un minut mai tarziu, insa nu a reusit sa suteze dupa o cursa de circa 30 de metri, fiind blocat de un fundas al Wislei. Desi partida s-a incheiat cu scorul de 0-0, stelistii au aratat faptul ca au pofta de joc si ca au acumulat foarte mult in perioada de pregatire de la Oliva. De asemenea, au revenit Radoi, Ghionea ...

... are not in the best of conditions. Many are open to visitors, although you have to know where to go in the village to find the person with the key. Luckily, I traveled with a Romanian that was able to ask for directions. I never would have been able to manage without someone with me that spoke Romanian. Still no heating in churches - you're there to worship god, not be comfortable. There are benches for older people to sit on. But in Romanian Orthodox church -you ...

... both Hungarian and Romanian mix freely in the town center. While the city used to be some 80% Magyar in the early 20th century, it now has a plurality of each ethnic group, so it really is an interesting blend of the two cultures. Perhaps that can account for its apparent prosperity relative to the south - people here are more used to living in a multicultural environment and are thus better oriented towards the influences and ideas of Western Europe. Târgu Mures isn't an ...