Few more pictures

Day 7, Sighisoara, România

The last day in Romania was sunny and dry, so we made a few nice pictures which can tell you more than 1000 words.

PS pictures were taken from the Clock Tower (Turnul Cu Ceas). Ask the student ticket (2,5 lei) as the staff is fully indifferent whether you have an ID or not.

Typical Romania

Day 5, Sighisoara & surroundings

In the 1st day of Christmas, the whole country stays at home without making any effort to go outside. That's why it was a great day to start exploring surroundings of Sighisoara, so-called typical and true Romania.

Another trend of Romania - fire places in almost every house. It really rules, I must say!

Dracula castle

Day 3, Bran, Castelul Bran

We've been to Bran Castle, which was the residence of Dracula, according to the legend. In reality, Dracula stayed there only once overnight, but the castle became one of the most touristic sights in Romania.

More pictures to come, and here's the view from the top.

Sighisoara at day

Day 2, Sighisoara, Romania

Never thought, that the real winter will start in Romania, but that's true: after +5 in Germany, I found here lots of snow and a bit frosty air.

Sighisoara in daylight is very beautiful and silent. Probably, it's a great time explore this town in winter: not only because it's covered by the snow blanket, but also there are not so many tourists and the town has its authentic face. There is a mix of medieval charme and winter feeling

Longstory short, we explored the medieval citadel and the high school on the top of it, ancient streets, and of course, the house where Vlad Tepes (the protoype of count Dracula) was born - see the yellow building below.

Plans for the next day: to explore the city of Brasov and the Bran castle, which was Dracula's residence, at least according to Bram Stoker.

Sighisoara at night

Day 1, Sighisoara, Romania

Arrived to Sibiu Airport, we had to move to Sighisoara. Thank to Romanian 'autobahns', the 90km trip took almost 2h by car;)

It was already dark when we arrived and went for a short walk thru the cstle and downtown.

Surprizingly, it looked even better than in the pictures: a true non-commercial Christmas atmosphere, singing chors, great illumination and very ancient streets and buildings, that all creates an impression of a Christmas fairy-tale.

We made few pics, before we started with a bar-hopping. But this will be already other story:)