Romania's Best Kept Secret. No one shows you this side of the country 🇷🇴 Sighisoara Transylvania
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- We’re getting back into our Romania series. This week we’re in one of the most amazing medieval towns we’ve ever visited - Sighișoara which is in Transylvania.
Note: This was filmed long before the pandemic.
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We spend the day exploring the old town (upper town) or old Citadel of Sighișoara. Sighișoara has a bunch of historic towers situated around the citadel and each represents one of the founding guilds. We see a few of them as we walk around town.
We also head up even further to get the best views over the town. There is a covered staircase which takes you up to the very top of the town. Here you’ll find schools, an old church and a graveyard.
We then take a lunch break where we each have a traditional sour soup from Transylvania (called Ciorba).
We head to the main clock tower of the town. On your way to the top you can visit the various exhibits of the museum which tells the history of the town. Once up there you’ll have an amazing view of the old town.
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Hello Everyone! 😃We hope you're staying safe and healthy. This video was filmed before the lockdown. We're doing our best to work on our back log promise! 🤞For anyone new to the channel - stay tuned - we’ll be putting out more quarantine videos from the Philippines ASAP! ✌️- Anna & Trevor
I was gonna say, you are the absolute chillest if you manage to get a cold right now without getting paranoid about covid haha
@@ravenswood118 The video was filmed before all of the Covid outbreak. :)
@@DelightfulTravellers Yep, I know, that's why I said "I was gonna say" in response to your comment.
WOW! I'm actually a Filipino world traveller who met my Romanian wife there in Sighisoara! Now we are living in London watching you with envy as you quarantine in one of my most favourite places in the Philippines! Stay safe and healthy! Greetings from us here in UK!
Transylvania was part of the Hungarian Kingdom until 1920!
Sighisoara is such a lovely place. (Timisoara is another favorite place of mine.) Romania, as a whole, blew me away with its beauty and charm when I travelled around EU two years ago. I think Romania is one of the underrated countries in EU. Definitely a must to visit before being run over by mass tourism. :)
Definitely one of the must underrated countries there for sure. I'd put Poland in that category too. Thanks for watching Richard - Trevor
@@DelightfulTravellers nah fuck Poland, romania is better ❤️
Yeah, come to Timișoara! It is the New York of Romania! Hungarians, Serbs, Germans, Romanians, Bulgarians, Gypsies living together, sharing their culture, food, traditions! I have always celebrated 2 Easters - the Orthodox and the Catholic ones, at times I celebrated 2 Christmases - the Serbian after the old Christian calendar and the Romanian one. Timișoara is the most western city in Romania, having Hungarian, Turkish, Greek, westerns influences! Here our differrences bind us together because we have lived this way forever! And it is a great!
We don't want tourists. We are Dracula's descendents after all. Our country is our treasure
I was born in Sighișoara, and for me it's the most beautiful town in the world.I'm glad when I see the peoples who know appreciate such a beautiful old town.
Romania was amazing! Absolutely want to go back to Bucharest to explore the city more.. friendly people, really good & cheap beer & lots of history.
They have such good beer their Shakes! We often went to some craft beer spots in the city. They rival our craft beer back home. So good! - Trevor
yes , very friendly.....but FAKE
@@camelia1501 you are fake troll .....hun...g , ti...n
@@camelia1501 you are fake
@@camelia1501 Trebuia să existe un neadaptat care să-și critice nația. Ești o tristă
My sweet country Romania 🇷🇴
Speaking about cemeteries,we have something unique in Romania, called "The happy cemetery". Search more info on Wikipedia... :)
Your video brought me to tears. So much harmony in the way you filmed. My country of birth is so beautiful, I realized after being in Canada for the last 24 years. I should rediscover it too. Thank you for this beautiful reminder 🙏
Thank you so much!
Romania is beautiful. Flat out. I'm kind of amazed. Also it's really nice to watch something from before quarantine.
It was so nice to edit something that wasn't a quarantine video as well. Glad you liked it as always Steve 😃- Trevor
Transylvania to!
@@papaszem44 Well, Transylvania is in Romania, so yes. :)
@@andreivanpopa Since when?
@@papaszem44 Hungary regained about two-fifths of Transylvania during World War II (Vienna Award; August 1940), but the entire region was ceded to Romania in 1947.
Two years ago I got back from new year and passed Sighisoara and stayed overnight, it started snowing with large snowflakes, it was just magical
love my country romania and i miss so much to come back.
In 1973 there were big floods in Romania, and what you've noticed as the "new" side of Sighisoara, on the river shores, was built after the old houses were demolished. I remember passing through the city two years later, and there were still many of the old houses. One could see that the water had reached up to the roof, and the walls were badly affected. Even as a child, I was able to understand the drama of the people who had to climb to their roofs and wait to be recued by helicopters. Many died, it was a tragedy. In schools were organized donation centers, I remember my parents and I going to donate clothes, blankets and food.
Oh, that cemetery is the resting place of one of my great-grandfathers, Pantelimon. I do not know where his grave is, my grandmother was hardly remembering, because he died in the hospital, they used to live very far away. I do remember walking through the cemetery, though.
Thank you, also, for showing so many images of the old city. I am from Brasov, and old buildings used to be part of my life for many, many years.
My boyfriend proposed to me in this small and cute town 😍it was a magical weekend. I hope you enjoyed Romania 🇷🇴!
CASĂ DE PIATRĂ ! Fericire, sănătate, să iubiți și să fiți iubiți ! 🤗🎁
Magickal*
I'm from România, thanks for sharing yout travel experience :*
I have been here to both places. I have been coming to Romania since 2007. Romania is so beautiful. Thanks for this video. You all did a great job. O I LOVE your scarf !!!
Romania is such a gem isn't it? We already can't wait to go back - Anna
This seems to be such an enchanting place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much!
I love places like this! Quaint, quiet, moody, picturesque, and a little bit creepy! Right up my cobblestone alley!
You just described this place perfectly Susan 😃- Anna
Ma bucur foarte mult ca va place tara, mancarea si obiceiurile traditionale ale noastre a romanilor , va multumim si sa mai veniti.
nu inteleg romana :))
@@Denis-iy8nw Google translate rezolva problema in 20 de secunde.
@@RaduRadonys Crezi ca n au ce face decat sa stea sa dea cu GT? Putea scrie in engleza ea
@@Denis-iy8nw Asta asa este...
I think it's even more captivating during summer! It's a pretty cool place for us romanians to visit during summer vacations, too. I never miss the chance to pay a visit whenever I am in the area... it's a piece of history, a short travel back in time and a legacy for future generations.
I'm sure that the sour soups are so popular here in Romania because of the hangover it helps with after a long night of drinking. 😅
Thank you very much for showing the best from our country . Also Anna, you have a beautiful soothing voice. I like the way you describe what you see, eat etc
Thank you! 😃
I love the structure and the colors in those house's, the colors reminds me of old San Juan in Puerto Rico' what a nice looking little town thanks for sharing!
Oh it's so like PR Carols... but in such a different way right? - Trevor
all the time tourists are advice for Brasov( Dracula) Sighisoara....and so on..there are a plenty!!!! my country is sooo big.we have many,many beautiful and interesting places!!
What a lovely place, its on my list now thanks, looking forward to further vlogs from here, cheers.
We'll have one more video on Romania yet don't worry. It's all about food! - Anna
OMG, I know what you mean about this town, it is a little gem. We stayed here in 2015 and we really enjoyed it.
174 Stairs till our amazing german Highschool up on the hill 🥰.
Immagine going there everyday for 4 years. Torture 😂
Happy that you have had an amazing time! 🥂
I love your videos guys!
Wow! how delightful you guys look being under the weather and taking us along On your travels !! That yummy hot soup did the trick ! Glad your both feeling fine now ! Adorable town great video thank you ! Patty 😇❤️🌞
By the way Vlad the Impaler was born in this City . Another fact about Romania . 98% of beverages spring water is used , like beer , juices ,sodas . The food is not GMO and not processed and taste like haven . People are frendly . If you stay to long you might get in love . So there is your warning .
haha great warning! Love this. We really have fallen for Romania Adrian. It has so much to offer. We especially like this region - Anna
So glad I’ve found you guys! Thank you for the really great content and also for being so considerate when trying new things and describing it 🎄❤️ hope you’ll get back for more Papanași 🦄
Welcome aboard!
Sighisoara is my hometown. I love the city where I was born and I respect it. But those in power do not respect him because there is corruption. The walls are collapsing, the pavement has been sold and replaced with normal stones and many other things from which they could steal. I'm glad you like this place and you informed yourself very correctly! But still I think it should depend on the citizens to choose their leadership well to save our small medieval town, "Pearl of Transylvania". I wish you good luck in your travels!❤️
Hi Anna and Trevor, wishing you the best of health during this pandemic. Thank you for sharing your Romania trip such a beautiful country 🌹
Thank you so much! We’re finally getting around to sharing more Pre-Covid videos as well 😀 - Anna
I also tried to visit Sighisoara when I went to Romania last year but the commute from Sibiu was confusing so I didn't make it. It's on my bucketlist though!
Oh you so have to try to get back there. It’s such a great little town 😀 - Anna
What a fabulous video and charming town, quite magical. I loved the old tower with the amazing views. Take care!
Glad you enjoyed it. The tower was the best part I think. It really is a magical place 😃- Trevor
Places like that are so beautiful. And to find out there history is the best part. Thanks guys
This is such a hidden gem in Romania. Put this place on your travel list Robert - Trevor
Picturesque town, thanks for sharing this.
You'll have to put this place on your travel list Lori. What a spot! - Trevor
This video brings back nice memories to me, and now after seeing this I have to cook Romanian food this weekend :)
When did you visit Christina? What’s your favourite food there in Romania? 😋 - Anna
@@DelightfulTravellers I am from Romania, but from different side of the country, I visited this place in 2012. Now I live abroad and I miss the Romanian soups :). Hope you enjoyed, keep safe and healthy in the Philippines.
Sarmale. Mici. Drob, snitsel de pui, mamaliga cu brinza, varza calita cu afumatura, ciorba de burta.... Si multe alte bunatati romaneste care imi lipsesc foarte mult ca sint departe de tara.... 😳😟😥😥😥
Min. 7:36 - CIORBA = sour soup. Ciorba read as "Tschiorba". The name is of Arabic origin and it means "to drink" = yashrab. In fact, this word was taken by the Ottoman Empire from the Arabic occupied parts and changed into Turkish as "çorba", read as in Romanian. Romania being occupied by the Ottoman Empire for about 480 years, the Turks brought not only the word to us, but also the...sour soup.
CIORBA is NOT dressed with vinegar but another kind of liquid called BORȘ (read as Borsh). It's simply water and wheat bran left to sour for 2-3 day in a worm place.
In Transylvania and Northern Moldavia, they use to eat Ciorba with sour cream.
SIGHIȘOARA - read as Sigishoarah. The wood roof over the 180 steps was built to protect the kids going uphill to the school on rainy or snowy weather. It looks like you guys missed the house where Vlad III the Impaler (Dracula) was born., now a restaurant.
Nice video, informative.
I never thought I would like to go to Romania but you made it look appealing, despite the weather!
Emma the dreary weather is so part of charm in Romania. It's sunny quite a bit too don't worry. Put this place on your list! - Anna
Romania has temperate climate, so if you don't like cold weather you can visit during the summer or spring, is always warm then
go in the summer
@@Denis-iy8nw at least 30°C😉
România mare pana în Moscova si până in Tokio 💪 👍 ❤️ 🇷🇴
Dumnezeu sa binecuvânteze romani și România.
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what a great video; thanks for putting this out. That's why I love Europe...cobblestone roads, architecture, people and ...FOOD!! I, too, am fascinated with cemeteries, what better way to see the history of a town! great job, hope you both are doing well :)
Taki have you been to Romania? I think you would really like this country. Especially this part 😃- Trevor
@@DelightfulTravellers I have not been, but once I retire to Greece, it's on my list of places to visit!!
Love soups and eating outside. What an exquisite place. Would love to walk through the Old Town and just explore. And that view from the Clock Tower 🙌
It really is a magical place Megan. You'd love Romania - Trevor
Thank you guys for choosing CASA OTTO SIGHISOARA ❤️
Thanks so much for having us 🤗- Anna
Hi Anna and Trevor what a beautiful picturesque town Thank you for the video
It's right out of a story book isn't it Effie? 🤗- Anna
I hope you weren't sick for long Anna. Looks like the cutest midevil town. So much to see in a small space.-Shawna🍁
It wasn't too bad in the end but it did come back again in Poland haha - Anna
My hometown. Love it
Oh now way! How cool... are you there right now given everything that's happening / lockdown? - Trevor
I live now in Germany, but friends that I talked to, are fine. Thanks guys for showing the nice part of Romania, I hope you enjoyed it. I lived some years actually in the upper town / citadel area and went to the highschool that you found on the hill. So yes , those stairs every day for 4 years. 🤓
I'm coming your home 😊😁 coffee today. Ok
@@sekhonshab8548 haha, coffee is ready. Come!
I live in Romania (at the south of moldavia region) but never been to Sighishoara. What is interesting on that cemetery from what I see is that there are no crosses so I guess up there in the old times they weren't orthodox by religion. The crosses in a cemetery is a characteristic for orthodox people.
08:19 I heard that usually tarragon is used in food recipes only/mostly in Transylvania . Here in moldavia we don't use tarragon and I think I know why : its because its powerful perfume is kinda similar with the washing powder ' perfume so we need to be very careful on dosage otherwise the food will smell like a very scented soap. My family did such a mistake on the dosage of tarragon , added to much tarragon and as we are not used to this powerful smell we had to throw away the whole borscht food. Big like from Galatz.
Edit : another reason why tarragon is not so used in food recipes in the south of Moldavia it's, maybe, because this plant is not grown here, I mean not mass produced, so it's kinda an unknown aromatic plant.
Well you saw it the wrong way, they are all just tombstones and crosses everywhere. Crosses are characteristic for catholic cemeteries, too. Of course you don't understand that, they are all German-Saxon crosses and inscriptions in German language, all with the names of the people buried there. And the Germans were all catholic in that area, just like the buildings and churches there, not in orthodox, but catholic-gothic style. I hope you understand now. Have a nice day!
@@f_8v46dt3..-zja_d i understand, thank you very much for reply.
That soup looks yummy 😋!!! Just like old Stockholm buildings .... thanks for sharing keep safe guys 👍👍👍👍👌👈
Thanks for watching Pia.. it's such a cute little town - Anna
Great video, guys! I'm glad that you've enjoyed the country and I love the fact that you do a little bit of research (even if it's wikipedia) before you visit places.
Really, really enjoyed that....Anna you’re the ultimate professional! Great cinematography shots Trevor.
Helen thank you so much for always following along 🤗- Anna
Delightful Travellers 😘😘
Hello Ana & Trevor I enjoyed your latest Romanian video, hope you're well and enjoying your last days at El Nido. Thanks.
Thank you! 😃We're doing well here in El Nido. More videos coming on the quarantine as well - Trevor
Sighișoara - you read it like this See-ghee-shua-rah. Hope this helps!
Ciorba (the first meal) - Chi-or-bah.
In Romania, onion and garlic are considered natural remedies for colds.
We have lots of crows and pigeons probably more than Paris.
I personally love the sour flavors in the soups in that part of the world :) I don't know about that soup particularly but I know some of them use pickle juice and it's so yum
Pickle juice sounds yummy... the sour soups in this country are so delicious! - Anna
The city is so beautiful
Hi guys, Loved the video! ! ! ✌️✌😊
Yay! Thank you! 🤗- Anna
Another amazing video!! Really makes us want to get back in the road! We had planned Turkey & Romania for March & April this year maybe next! Thanks guys again fabulous job!! 😍
We knew you guys would love this one. It's right up your alley right? What a spot... keep planning those travels! 😃- Anna
Delightful Travellers yes!! Even the graveyard!!!! Ha ❤️
Beautiful!
Beautiful little town. The soup looked delicious. And that clock tower - wow. :)
It's honestly a hidden gem in Romania - Anna
thanks @delightfultravellers for showing us the other side of the world... love it😍
Our pleasure Sarah. Hopefully you don't mind seeing the back log of videos while we still put out Philippine vlogs - Trevor
No worries.... I will be waiting to watch for your next videos... 😍
Hello Ana, one small suggestion: next time you eat Mici, don't cut it with a knife because you miss/waste the juice of it. Micii(plural) are finger- food; and...use less mustard on it to preserve the taste of it...😊👍
Very good suggestions!
Thanks for watching Alex! - Anna
Thanks for the vid. Impaler as in 'Ale'. Hope you're keeping well and safe.
Oh okay good to know! We weren’t sure how to pronounce that Dave - Trevor
I am glad to see that You feel very well in my Birthtown.
👍🤝👍
Sorry for my bad Englisch.
Enjoy seeing medieval citadels... Hoping to get to this (eventually)... :)
Zagreb has the upper (olde) & lower (modern) town setup also... But much less in the way of (obvious) walls / towers...
Could do with some of that soup, weather here is cooling right off... (3.5ºC this morning)
We so miss Zagreb.. we've always said that's a city we could live in for a month or so. It was everything we like. Sounds like a chilly morning over there.. find some soup PP! 😅- Trevor
I always seek out historic graveyards on my journeys. (Being respectful as possible to local tradition ) There is rich history on those old stones. I remember as a child going on a field trip to a colonial Connecticut graveyard in my hometown. We used crayons and cardboard to trace the info from the old gravestones, then later talked about them in class.
What a great childhood story Edward. We often go to graveyards too... we are clearly wired the same aren't we? - Trevor
@@DelightfulTravellers Yes we are. Can't wait until we can explore the world again.
I am booked on a flight to Germany in October. I figure 50/50 chance at this moment it goes forward.
If you ever come back to Romania, visit Bellu cemetery in Bucharest. It is very interesting, with a lot of sculptures and some interesting stories.
Speaking about cemeteries, we have something unique in Romania called "The happy cemetery". Take a look/search of it.
I'm glad nobody showed you that side of Romania. We were under three empires because when they saw the other side of Romania, they wanted it for themselves.
I💖Romania
Hi guys greetings from Montréal Canada. I hope you enjoy your new destination and stay safe. I will retire in 60 days July 17, and will travel to my hometown in Chania Crete in October for the winter in my friends hotel only 50 meters from the beach in Agii Apostli ⛱☀️🏊♂️
Enjoy retirement! We love Crete and have a few videos on that amazing island on our channel - Anna
Yes I started following your channel after your visit to Chania and I will follow in the future 💙🙌🌺
Sour soup good for a cold
It is definitely one of my favs! Pronounced (Sigi shwara). Glad you ventured out to this country. One of the things I will mention that you touched on in a previous video is that customer service in the restaurants and stores are very much lacking in being helpful and friendly as a rule. But as a people they are a kind, giving and hospitable … hopefully in time more emphasis will be placed on the importance of customer service with regard to the tourist industry.
I was just there, and I loved it! Would love to go back and spend two more days there
Just subscribed, you guys are awesome!! I found your channel through the Endless Adventure page. Looking forward to new content! Also really like your opening!
Welcome aboard Shawn.. you'll see the EA in some previous videos and upcoming ones as well. Where are you from? So great you found us - Trevor
I am checking in from Northern Illinois
Good job
It's pronounced 'chor-ba' (with roll 'r') :) (c in Romanian is hard C, like k, but with +e, +i it's the soft C).
I really wish to live in Romania..
My Romanian Fiancee wanted it ..
Lovely
What a quaint and creepy town all at the same time.lol
A grave yard that dates back like that I have always found super interesting.
It was awesome to watch you guys getting around pre-quarantine. Lol
Stay safe
It's the cutest and creepiest place we've ever been all at onnce Maureen haha - Anna
Creepy are you Maureen,you dont have in your freek country what we have here in Romania, and please try to learn more about everything,because we romanians are very prepared,educated,bilingual people,the smartest i could say,please dont be more stupid that you are!its an advice for you
@@cristinaionica3399 you don’t sound educated writing this.. just saying!! Lol
@@cristinaionica3399 Well, I have done some researches on the inscriptions on the tombstones in that graveyard and I realized the ancient Romanian language was very similar to the modern day German language. Look at all those names, they all sound like German, just like the texts themselves. I thought Romanian is a latin language, i was wrong, sorry.
Thanks for the info!
Fun fact that’s where Dracula where from.
It is Segesvár in Hungarian. What a beautiful town! Wow, on my bucket list now.
You have to visit this place at some point Aaron! - Anna
@@DelightfulTravellers Segesvár - Schäßburg - Sighișoara
@@DelightfulTravellers original name for 1000 years: Segesvár: seg, ség = hill, vár = burg; Segesvár = Burg on the hill !!!
Te iusbec guys!
Hi guys stay safe always
I'm watching always all your vedio
Thank you so much Cheryl 😀- Anna
@@DelightfulTravellers Segesvár - Schäßburg - Sighișoara
Segesvár - Schäßburg - Sighișoara
the soup does not contain pieces of chicken but contain stomach pieces its a stomach soup is a traditional Romanian soup
Not that one. Check again it's chicken.
chainsaws in the distance... the national anthem of romania in the last 20 yrs or so.
You missed 'cimitirul vesel' from Săpânța
pre corona virus . I miss those days =(
you should check the giant women from Iasi eternety cemetery
i am in sighisoara bc of my family
you don't need to be in Paris to feel the romance.
My ancestral home
think of 'wa' when you pronounce the 'oa' in Sighisoara. as in Washington, Sighishwara.
Yup Romanian Ş = sh.
More simple to say Sighishoara
♥️💛💙BRAȘOV,THE BEST CITY !!!♥️💛💙
Sighişoara ,Sibiu ,Braşov ?..
hi guys :D is with sh like shore in english :P Sighi sh oara :D i hope you enjoy it.
Oh so good to know. Thank you! - Trevor
Anna and Trevor you might have been pronouncing the city name right
It’s pronounced as it’s written. The special character ș is pronounced sh. See-ghee-shoa-rah
ciorba is not sour soup , its like a clear soup so to speak , the true sour soup is in the Moldova part of Romania and its called bors.
chorba, and Sighishoara. e have extra letters from the English alphabet, which actually translate into the sounds sh, and ch,. so, if you say church, try to say chorba! it is easy. cheers!
I love that soup! Cheers! ruclips.net/video/qRUsApYcdUA/видео.html
" ciorba" is our sour soup 🍲😀
You've been here and i don't think you tried "ciorba de burta", it's freaking delicious! It's made of cow stomach, with sour cream, garlic, vinegar, spices... Mmmmm... Such a pitty...