Romania 2025: Part Four - Sibiu
15 th March 2025, Sighișoara-Sibiu It’s supposed to get up to 27c today. At 10am, sitting outside our bungalow with the leaking toilet it’s supposed to be 20c according to BBC Weather but, trust me, it’s bloody freezing. We have to check out at 11am and our train’s not until 3:45pm. We leave our cases and venture out to waste four hours. That’s not easy in a small town like Sighișoara, especially when you’ve both got very heavy colds or worse. How slow can you walk? How long can you make a coffee last when it’s not hot in the first place? How long can you take to roll up a cigarette and then smoke it? You see, I’m not an expert on these things, but I’m learning from the master. Also, my stomach’s playing up so I’ve taken a Lomotil. Or I hope it was. An evil vampire cat tries to hypnotise me. Having explored every last nook and cranny of the Citadel, after an hour nursing a hot chocolate, we decide we’ll go at 2:15. Google Maps says it’s a 15-minute walk to t...