Va rog, duceti-ma la Sighisoara!

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May 23rd 2009

Published: June 13th 2009

Saturday May 23rd..Today we travelled Northwest to Sighisoara by a dirty old rambling train with lots of character. Our new friend Wieteke from the Netherlands took the train with us because she had also planned to stay a night in Sighisoara. When stepping off the train, it had a distinct small town feel about it. Sighisoara was high and low. The main city was low in the valley in between two moun... Read Full Entry

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Vlad Tepes statue

Vlad "Dracula" Tepes

now that's an ugly mug!

nice 'stache!

Of course, this is the only museum Tages wanted to go into in the old town. We learned about many methods of torture that were used in Sighisoara including the "Spanish Boot". Which to this day, Tages likes to step on my foot hard and say, "SPANISH BOOT!".

Turnul cu Ceas

Clock tower dates back to 1280.

Turnul cu Ceas

dracula's birthplace

Vlad was born in 1431, and his building has been renovated.

Vlad Tepes birthplace

Dracula's fave place to eat!

Old Town

Piata Cetatii

small square where markets, craft fairs, public executions, impalings and witch trials were held. we sat and enjoyed a drink.

weird moose on building

Old Town

Old Town history

scara acoperita

covered stairway built in 1642 for children to get to school safely

172 stairs to go...

tages kind of wanted to die once we got to the top...

scara acoperita

15th June 2009

Cheri
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Romanian Wedding and your lack of ....
Now what is this about not having a cultural dance that everyone knows to do automatically at a wedding???? The chicken dance has roots WAY back as far as I can tell. And they probably came from some polka-dancing Germans I would bet...rats!!

15th June 2009

Mom
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scara acoperita
Em, this scara acoperita reminds me of a stairway you used to take up to Flint Hall at Syracuse...what do you think??? ;~) xoxoMOM

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