Korona Sighisoara

... While this train is significantly less comfortable it is far more informative than the IC train I had taken before.

Much of the ride is through Vineyards then increasingly micro-rural with chickens running around the yard.

I have to hang out for an hour before my train connection. Small town with nothing of interest nearby. I go to the bar. I have my $1, half liter beer along with the locals. Although my PC and large backpack probably ...

... smelly salami sandwiches. Even staring at them with a "what are you doing?" look didn't phase them. Every time they would get something from their bag (with the light on of course) I would flip the switch off. It is right beside me. I have the power of the light! When morning came I went to grab my breakfast (usually just a croissant, juice and water) and all there was left was one water! I pointed to the empty cupboard and they shrugged ...

... on of breaks still weren't pleasant. The driver dropped me at the side of the highway is Sighisoara. I just looked for some old buildings and started to walk towards them. The bell tower is quite distinctive so may the navigation easy. I thought it would be so nice to have lunch in this village, where I read that Dracula, well Vlad Tepes spent his first few years. Little did I know that prices up here were about twice as much as in the village ...

... dogs. Most of them seem to be non-aggressive but I usually don't test them on it (I don't really feel like getting anti-rabies shots which are into the stomach I believe). But as with Brasov, Sighisoara takes a bit of exploring and time to find it's character. I ended up bumping into Alan, the family friend I had met at the palace near Brasov. He was in Sighisoara and happened to be in a restaurant I walked past. So we hung out for the evening as I didn't have ...

... taxi ride of my life! We had been assured by the English couple next to us that the Taxi drivers were quiet good and it only cost 15 Lei to get in (4 Euros), well it only cost us 12 lei for starters. It seems a BMW cut our taxi driver off, and he didn't really seem to appreciate this. After some very close very fast tail gating through 3 lane one way traffic we stopped at traffic lights only to hear our driver abusing the BMW driver who then got out of his cab and went ...

... the local fest. Nagy Laszlo, RC member of Sfantu Gheorghe, and "most famous Butcher in the city" joined and guided us in town for lunch. Most typical dish at the fair are grilled long sausages called "mici", made with mixed minced meat of lamb, beef and pork, with lots of local sweet mustard and homemade bread. To go with them, local beer called "Ciuc" is not an option. Afternoon is a ...

... We managed.. and we did quite well using my little trusty GPS, Jill's navigation skills, we ended up visiting some citadels in neighboring towns, PREJMER and HARMEN. CITADELS - WHAT A WAY OF LIFE... So as I was saying before, the Citadel life was mainly used to protect against invaders. in short, in times of war or possible invasion, the town had to protect all its citizens and thus each citadel had living quarters, and areas for all its citizens. Pretty amazing to think of the ...

Despre STEAUA Club Steaua Bucureşti Cea mai galonată echipă din Romānia şi totodată şi cea mai spectaculoasă, a devenit un nume HABIBOU PREZENTAT OFICIAL "Sunt foarte fericit ca am ajuns intr-un club cu un trecut bogat si un mare viitor. Cum jucatorii o spun adesea, nu-mi place sa dau prea ...

... the last 7 km which is uphill and thick with snow and ice. We follow the truck from which this man is throwing sand across the road. It helps...we get there...it's a beautiful small town... But, one of the first things we notice is that Gabriel has tacked its signs on most of the buildings in town. They are creating visible conquests in the town take-over. More appallingly we see the children leaving from school, each with their green Gabriel ...

... because it is one of only tourist towns in Romanian half the shops sold Dracula paraphrenalia and similar traditional Romanian goods that we managed to spend several more hours in the shops. Eventually we decided that in order to leave something for us to do the following day we would have dinner early at an amazingly cheap and again ungerground pub and restaurant and get up as late as possible. This we did but even so, the following morning ...