Korona Sighisoara
Str Zaharia Boiu nr 12-14 Sighisoara, Transylvania, Romania
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Today, our bus broke down. Again. I anticipated nursing my hangover while uncomfortably asleep on a bus - instead, I nursed it walking around Brasov, praying that it wouldn't start pouring rain, as it threatened to do. We went to an Orthodox church, where a service was taking place, so we diverted our attention to the adjacent schoolhouse, where we …
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In order to get the lowdown on the town, I can highly recommend a tour by one of the volunteers from the International Cafe, as all the money goes to the charity and the students are extremely informative about Romania and Sighisoara.
The key landmark is the clock tower which you can climb throughout the day, for a small fee, and it's well worth seeing the wooden figures up close, which emerge from the clocks on ...
Forget about Dracula
... town, so we drove to the nearby village of Viscri to start our exploration of the Saxon fortified churches in the area. You have got to know that Romania is a country of hitchhikers, while it seems to be the most popular way of traveling between cities and villages. On our way to Viscri we have taken a man and a little Roma girl with us, then coming back, the same girl appeared asking for a lift. They both wanted to pay afterwards, which we gently refused of course. I then ...
Futile Mushroom hunt...and great eats
... trek through the forest and the possibility of tasty grilled snack at the end of the road. The climb was fairly steep, but we both noted it seemed less strenuous than it had been 3 years ago- I guess all that hill walking in California the past few years might have conditioned us! The path to the hill is a tricky one, with an old stone staircase only accessible by crossing the train tracks by the train station. After that it is about a half hour ...
Leaving on a Jet Train....
... refused to turn it on (Romanians always believe the second option over the first). Having been designed as a train with AC, this train had only a few windows that could be open, right the front and they did not open all the way, only slightly. We were right in the middle, no windows, 38 C, sweating as we have never sweated before, hot as all hell unable to move. I made small talked with the woman across from us, both of us suffering from the heat, sweating. Luckily ...



