Up to have a filter coffee before driving off to the next stop

Just over an hour and basically one road for 100km

Lots of cows, sheep and horses as we speed on by

More crazy drivers – between uselessly crawling and the occasional impatient drivers speeding into oncoming traffic to take over, just no in-between – we’re sorry our poor Toyota Aygo doesn’t have the power ????

Finally getting close, we have Sighișoara and it’s landmarks in our sights

Park up and it’s free on Sunday – win – and we both speed off to grab coffee and a toilet

HYCO delivers with some flat whites until we can check in at our place here

Time for some food! We find a jaunty little place for some noms and a chill: Mimoza Wine&Dine

After, we venture round to Piața Hermann Oberth park where we meet the steps to the SW of the town

Up and up until we meet the entry to The Covered Stairway (exactly what it says, built for school children to get up the hill)

We go to the top and are met by both “School on the Hill” and Biserica din Deal (Sf. Nicolae) (Church on the Hill) as well as some stunning views

Behind the tower, there’s an “old cemetery” which seems to be filled with German families

Down another path to the centre, we can spot two other towers of the fortress: Furriers Tower and The Butchers’ Tower

Back in the colourful streets, we stroll where it’s busy to find the alleged home of “Dracula”, or actually Vlad II Dracul where the name from the story of Dracula the Vampire originated

He was the father of Vlad the Impaler, who was born here, and also lived in the home (indicated to tourists by a restaurant and lodgings) for 4 years in the 13th century, 1431

We decide not to pay for entry to see his room and so look around to find The Ironsmiths’ Tower and Monastery’s Church

Just beside is Sighișoara City Hall where you can have a view down to Holy Trinity Church over the river

We continue wondering… until we decide to settle at Concordia by an outdoor heater embracing the autumnal-ness

Night falls and we set off for some dinner, of course the long and scenic route round

End up in a very fancy-looking cellar restaurant, Gasthaus Altepost Restaurant Traditional – yummy but rather grumpy staff

Full and sleepy, we head back for an early night with a long drive tomorrow