The Adventures of Eloise and Abbey: Sighisoara, Romania

Vampire country ... Sighisoara in Romania. They say that Sighisoara is the home of Vlad Dracul or Vlad the Impaler who was a real person that help the Romanians drive the Turks out of Romania. Bram Stroker's Dracula book is loosely based on the Count Vlad and some claim that Vlad was born in Sighisoara.

The yellow building is where they claim Vlad Dracul was born

The girls were intrigued with the vampire tales and were constantly searching for signs of Vampires and believed that the flocks we constantly saw soaring above Sighisoara at dusk were Vampire bats.

Bats ?

Wandering the streets of Sighisoara felt like we had stepped back in time. The landmark was the 14th century clock tower and it was pretty spectacular .

Wandering the streets of Sighisoara

Sighisoara town square

Sighisoara is a citadel town and is surrounded by a well preserved wall.

Citadel walls of the town

The cobbled stone streets are lined with colourful old houses.

Without doubt the most famous landmark in Sighisoara is the impressive looking14th century clock tower. Climbing up to the near top, you are rewarded with spectacular views over Sighisoara.

Sighisoara's 14th century clock tower

View from the Clock Tower

Its a long way home and somebody is a little homesick!

View from the Clock Tower, shingled roofs

One of the other Sighisoara landmarks is the House with Stag. It is typical of 17th century Translyvanian architecture and is also a restaurant that had the best Romanian fruit dumpling called Papanasi!

Dinner at the Stag Head restaurant. Cabbage rolls served with yoghurt was on the menu!

It is in front of this restaurant in the town square where you will also find Jimmy the dog. He is so popular with the locals and tourists he has his own Facebook page!

Jimmy the Dog

We stayed at a pension just in front of the old town and it was the perfect location.

Villa Franka

Our room with a view

Our bedroom view ... looks like a house out of a horror movie

Even the front gates of our Pension looked eerie!

Very touristy, but the girls enjoyed a horse drawn carriage ride around town.

Whilst it is now quite a touristy destination, the town still very much remains the same with its locals going about their life the way they have for centuries.

The flower lady

To add to the Dracula story there was an eerie cemetery at the top of the top. And to get there you had to walk up what appears to be the world's longest covered stair walkway (originally built to get school kids to the school located at the top of the town, even in the rain).