Rex Sighisoara

... Quite intrigued by the whole place, we tried to get a tour but they were not yet in season. It didn't matter, as we were able to enjoy ourselves anyway. We again strolled the perimeter of the walls, but this was so much more pleasant than Braşov. The torture museum underneath the clock tower, though interesting & cheap enough, seemed a bit expensive once you realised you could see the whole museum (smaller than my bedroom) from the ...

... it is the best preserved medieval city in Europe. It is absolutely gorgeous here. There are more tourists here than Sibiu and Brasov combined. Still not that many. They have some fun tacky souvenir shops all selling Dracula kitsch of course. The city does have a creepy feel to it almost like you will run into the man himself! There are neat passageways and covered stairs, narrow dirt covered streets and it's all high above ...

... It is housed on the first floor of Vlad Dracula`s house,where dracula was born and took his first steps. It features a collection of medieval objects,like very very old guns,swords,body armors and shields that all made me think how strong men were by then. One of the body armors weights about sixty kilograms, plus the massive sword and even more massive shield---about one meter in diameter,a very thick piece of iron--, which could add another forty ...

... probably the same one, but wow, what a chance encounter. Running into people is somewhat inevitable since I meet innumerable people everyday, many of whom have similar itineraries. Still, three times in five days? I say that's pretty cool. I should try to get to know people who are headed up north since I may run into them again. A kid headed south made a very unpractical move of facebooking me. Facebooking is so universal! So many ...

... Lespezi. The town map indicated the division of land. However, our guide informed us that houses used to be built very, very close together. The theories are that either this was because of the division of land, making plots smaller from generation to generation, or, tax evasion - if homes were built with common walls, the building would appear to be only 1 house and therefore tax for only 1 home would have to be paid. ****** The Volcanic Crater Lake ...

... by sticking a stake up their butts and out their shoulder blades, which would keep his victims alive for days before dying. It's not that Vlad was an evil guy, but that he ruled and treated his enemies with severe hatred. I'm sure he was good to his people (I think), but for his enemies (the Turks at the time) - he would torture them, and thus he got his name "Vlad the Impaler." Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula, used this character and loosely created the blood sucker ...

... era în criză, nu mai era echipa care anul trecut câștiga la pas campionatul, ci doar o veche umbră ce trăiește din amintiri. Dar destul despre meciul ăsta, pentru că nu m-am convins încă dacă ne vom reveni total, cel puțin nu până după pauza de iarnă. Hai să vorbim despre evoluția Stelei în Liga Campionilor și așa un an ...

... is chains...Lisa behind the wheel now....within 10 seconds we're sliding out of control towards a wall and we end up banked on the other side of the road. Clearly this is not going to happen. I'm thinking we might be here for the winter...I'm thinking about how I might have to walk the 7 km to get to Prague in time to meet Corey. But Magda, bless her heart, decides she can get the car down the mountain...no problem she says, seeming to me a ...

... ritualistic world of the rural Romanian wedding. Now, before I jump too far into the proceedings let me explain the basic set-up of this wedding event, and I'll add that I don't know if this is isolated to this family, region, or whatever, but I do know it was quirky fun. First, there is a Negotiator, and his main role seems to be the lead spokesperson for the groom, and basically the center of all the fun. We started at his house, where, at 8 AM, they ...

... Sighișoara has an absolute charm about it - old old buildings, a tower clock that was built in the 1600's and still functions today. Gave us a real taste of small town life - evidence of western influences, but still rural enough to have the pastoral charm. The language has a Romance history - ie from Latin and so some of the words we could actually understand - especially in writing. Food shopping (where we seemed to learn so much about each country!) is easier than in Hungary ...