Sighi?oara aka: Sighisoara, Segesvár, Schässburg

I visited Sighisoara three times. The first time, outside the festival, with my parents, so I couldn’t make very much out of it. Still, I remember it was peaceful and quiet – I loved it. The second and the third time I went there, though, were some of the greatest weekends in my life. Yes, it was during the festival, in 2006 and 2007. I lived in a tent with some great friends (the third time, I went with a guy that became my boyfriend on the way there – we spent about 27-28 hours on the way because we wanted to go there by train, we stopped in three cities and changed five trains). The whole atmosphere is unbelievable, there are costumes and guitar players everywhere, the music is great, the people are lovely (thank god it’s in the same weekend with the Peninsula festival, because that keeps Sighisoara free from punkers) and it’s simply a bliss to lay all day on the grass listening to the guitar or inside Dracula’s House, drinking beer like there’s no tomorrow. :)

The place named Dracula’s Birthplace was merged with Sighisoara, since this is where Dracula (Vlad III The Impaler) was born.

The old city is great to visit. Very beautiful medieval architecture. I’ve been there a few times during the Medieval Art Festival, but I also went one time outside the festival. And it was very nice to see the city without the whole crowd and noise and concerts and all other stuff you see during the festival.

“Home is where your heart is” and my heart is in Sighisoara’s cemetery.It’s the place where we find peace and silence and confort and everything.I’m planning to go every year (!)

I was not there for the festival, but it was still wonderful!
I wonder what it would have been like if we had been ther for the festival.=)