Moving on from Bran to Sighisoara the Dracula theme continues. Although this time there is a legitimate claim to fame as the 13th Citadel atop the hill at Sighisoara was birth place to Vlad 'The Imapler' Tepes. By all acounts he lived there until he was 4 years old - presumably before he started impaling people.

There's a sign on the wall nearby identifying the building where Vlad Dracul was born, but unfortunately the building is now a restaurant called 'Casa Vlad Dracul' - apparently specialising in 'bloody' steaks. I suspect the rather naff vampire sign and inflated prices is enough to put most people off.

16th Century Clock Tower

The rest of the citadel is very oldie-worldy, one of the entrances to the citadel is through the base of a quite spectaculer 16th Century clock tower - Complete with minature figures which 'come out to play' on the hour.

My arrival at Sighisoara coincided with the annual cultural festival which was to run for 10 days. I only caught 1 day of it, but with 'acts' from Romania, Moldova, Moldavia, Albania, Croatia and surounding areas, it did appear to have a lot of potential for a collection of 'nil point' music acts with some added Oom Pah Pah and folk dancing. Not really my thing. Certainly had a very good local turn out though.

From Sighsoara I'd be heading to Cluj-Napoca