Archive May 4, 2010: Sighisoara

Nate and I have seized the opportunity to travel Romania before we return to the U.S. Now that we are married we find ourselves able to galavant off to random cities at a moment’s notice.Last weekend I was remiss in a blog as we went for a weekend getaway to Brasov and the city of Sighisoara. Above, I included two of our favorite pictures. One was snapped on our last evening there- the sun was sinking behind the distant hills and the old city took on a magical feel in the orange twilight. The other makes me laugh for two reasons: 1) how many places in europe do you find a sign banning horse carts? 2)the sign is clearly impractical as parked behind the sign is... yep you guessed it- a horse cart. Well, the sign didn’t apply to them... right?

Favorite memories from Sighisoara include- staying in a retreat house called “Norbert” named after the owner’s four-year-old son, having a strong plum brandy when the house’s owners invited us to Norbert, the child’s,big birthday celebration, hearing the lilting, sing-song accent of Transylvanian natives, walking through the medieval citadel, and remembering how Bucharest used to be in the ‘old days’ with shops closed on Saturday afternoons and all day Sundays.