Sibiu is part of Transylvania with a lot of interesting facts and findings. First, Transylvania used to be part of Austro-Hungarian Hapsburg Empire, but it was given to Romania after the World War II in which Austria along with the Nazis was defeated. Romania used to be part of the Soviet Union and benefited from the World War victory. However, Transylvania's culture is quite different from the rest of Romania, naturally.
One of the interesting findings was clearly what is called "Eyes of Sibiu." They are windows made on the roof to ventilate the grains stored in the attics. They had to store grains in the attics because the basements had too much moisture. They look just big eyes staring at you from the roof. The roofs were built with glazed colorful tiles, a unique tradition to the Saxons.
Sibiu is hosting Transylvania Saxon's International Film Festival and we visited the city surrounded by two layers of stone walls. It used to be the HQ for Austrian army
The city was holding a Lavender Festival with so many things with lavender color.
The city was so pleasant to walk around and I found many decorations and buildings that looked interesting to me.
Sibiu has a Lutheran Church that was big and beautiful.
As we were driving, we were pointed at the houses of Romani People or Gypsy People, different from Romanian People that are the majority of people of Romania. They live in tin-roofed houses in community. They are known to have originated from Northern India and have spread to many regions, living freely and receiving criticisms along the way for various reasons. Well, after all, they are also people belonging to one race: Human Race.
After we left Sibiu, we made a stop at Sighisoara, a small village that was situated on top of a hill. We had to walk up the hill to visit this fortress and visited five guilds for producing specialized products.
On the way down to our meeting place, we dropped by at a small hotel in town to have a light dinner. Surprisingly, the small hotel restaurant had a Kimchi Ramen on its menu. The taste was far from what we are used to, but it was delightful to see the K-Wave on foods in action even in a small village in Romania.
Our next destination was Brasov. - Jeffrey
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