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Sighisoara
Sighisoara is one of the best preserved medieval towns in Europe. This day we saw the clock tower, church on the hill, scolar's wooden staircase and walked around the city.
The clock tower is amazing especially at night. It's very old but still works. This clock ...
Visiting Sighisoara Romania
... recapture the medieval spirit with fights, songs, dances, etc.
People can visit the Weapon Museum located near Vlad Tepes's birthplace, probably the main attraction of the city. Other main attractions are a very old church on the hill and the cemetery with lots of Germans tombstones, a covered staircase made of wood, that leads up to the church and the cemetery on the hill and the bust of Vlad Tepes.
Anyone can shop in the gift shops ...
Medieval Sex Tourism
... a kitschy, vampire-themed tourist restaurant. We visited a tiny weapons museum as well as an even tinier torture museum, where some of us made wisecracks about the torture devices being medieval sex toys and invented their uses. This, by the way, is exactly why I hate tourists. But it's hard, in a group, to not become a total jackass. We did some shopping (I think I bought the majority of my souvenirs here) and visited a tuică distillery, where ...
The Big Event
... and the event ended up being incredible.
Honestly there is so much I could say about tonight but there really are no words. It was an incredible experiences and also a moving one. I feel very affirmed about being here and the timing in which God brought me here.
I am still editing the pictures from the event so I will post them sometime later. Hopefully I got some good ones.
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Tour of Churches – Magyarsáros
Our last church of the day was Magyarsáros (Deleni), which translates loosely as "A Muddy Hungarian Town". I distinctly remember being surprised by running into a large Canadian flag hanging in one of the entryways of the church, and it appears they are partnered with the First Unitarian Church of Victoria, Victoria, BC, but I can't ...