Restaurant-Pensiunea Joker Sighisoara

... that surely it has all been reconstructed to look old for the sake of tourists; however, though there are a few parts that have obviously been reconstructed, most of it is authentically old and quite pleasing to the eye.


Given that the place was so amazing, it was not really loaded with tourists. There is a place in town, right on the main square that is run by missionaries and provides many services such as tours of the ...

... out the open door to try to spot it. The conductor on this train guessed I was going to Sighisoara (I would think most tourists would be heading here) and alerted me when my stop was coming up.

Luckily my hotel wasn't too far off. Sighisoara isn't really that big. The town's claim to fame is the Dracula lived here for a few years (claim that he is from here, but that is like saying Neil Young is from Winnipeg!) and ...

... me in the beginning. I visited the castle and went down, looking for city center and I could not find that one little street that goes there.Finally i figured there is only one little street that goes to the city center because it is in the castle and it is where i just went down. So i went back up. There are a few museums, souvenir stalls and cafes. I visited the Museum of Medieval arms Collection and History Museum. Medieval arms was really ...

... watched the last fleeting scene of Istanbul as the sleeper train departed to Bulgaria. I also ran into him at the hostel in Sofia three days ago and did the same thing (oh, he's cute, but what's with the enthusiastic hello? OHHH, hey!). I thought you went to the Black Sea coast, I asked. He said he was making an overnight journey to Transylvania as well and staying in Sibiu until Friday, then Budapest. Then we had to dash to our respective ...

... you will notice that the spear is decorated with small plates, 2cm square approx. These denote the wealth of the guild. On some of these plates there can also be seen the names of those who contributed monies to that guild. A large collection of dolls showed us the detail involved in traditional dress. From one town to the next, perhaps only 30km away, a strikingly different traditional costume was celebrated. I have included close-ups of 2, from Clug ...

... this guy, was the son of a former ruler, who happened to be part of the order of the Dragons - the word for Dragon in those times were Draco (something like that), and the word "son of Draco" was essentially Dracula. The word Dracula, at the time, was an honored word, but it didn't help that the word Draco also meant DEVIL. Apparently Vlad wasn't a very nice guy, in his rule, based on his turkish prison experiences where he was raped (allegedly), he used to impale his ...

... lor pentru Steaua ci mai mult pentru a-și salva fundurile, care nu stau prea confortabil în Ghencea. De când i-a amenințat Gigi parcă începe să se vadă. Păcat, el a adus echipa în situația asta, prin faptul că și-a băgat nasul unde nu trebuia și sper ca tot el să o scoată, până nu va începe o revoluție în Ghencea. Oricum ...

... off knowing that tomorrow it will only be worse...I'm confident, - I've driven in the worst of snowy/icy conditions...but no more than 10 seconds out, I'm hanging the car over the edge of a ditch. Thankfully, from out of nowhere a group of Romanians appear, and push the car out. It's Lisa's turn...I'm easily willing to concede, a trait I rarely express...we don't have snow tires and I'm convinced the only thing that's going to get us down this ...

... usually something that starts with a curse word or two, continues with spittle cascading from my mouth in a stammering tirade, and ends with a giant yawn and an apology. Heck, I was excited too, and even with the early start time, found the energy to quickly throw on the decent shirt, tie, and pants, that had been crammed in my bag over the previous week plus of third world travel. But I still looked good by my reckoning, and off I went, swept into the ...

... ground pipes running for miles - looked like the utilidors found in Inuvik, NWT, housing the water and sewage pipes, but they are actually carrying natural gas. It doesn't look like it would take much to damage these metal containers.... People were busy buying things from Lőkősháza - last Hungarian town before the border - in order to take back to Bucharest to sell. Fancy chocolates, certain alcohols were prime products - some products are still not available in abundance in ...