Both of my rumanian friends told me to see Sighisoara so I had to come here. To get here is pretty easy, I thought. Actually, it is but it takes a wile. From Brasov its about 3.5h by train for something like 147km. Got one of those subway like trains full of gipsies. First part was quite fast but also bumpy but the middle part was sooooooo slow. Perhaps you would beat the train by bike. However, the scenery was once more quite nice and interesting. A lot of nature and cozy little towns along the rails.

My final station was compared to the towns before quite big. But just a small part of it makes it to the place it is. The medieval old town which is also a unesco world heritage. The castle area is based once more on top of a hill in the middle of the town surrounded by many medieval houses.

Inside of the city wall is another hill which is home to the church. From this hill you get a great view over the old town as well as new part of the city.

But the more interesting place on that hill is the back part which is home of the cemetery. Awesome graves on such a great location. Quiet and peaceful. Perhaps Dracula is buried here, who knows.

The place is quite small and explored in a few hours but its really worth it to see. As Brasov also Sighisoara has a quite interesting surrounding. Surprisingly we also had a great night out. Didn’t expect that but the night was a really good one. Unfortunately I did the mistake again, got a train ticket ahead and left the place far too early without having the chance to say goodbye to the people form the night.

After all the familiar places the last few weeks it was time to move on. My first attempt was a total failure. Went back to Krakow and stayed for another 5 nights instead of one planned one! Anyway its a nice place to be especially with friends around.

People sent me to Wroclaw so I took a bus there. Unfortunately I got the shittiest seat which had less space for your legs than in any air plane I flew with! Luckily the bus ride only takes 3 hours where as the more comfortable train needs about 6 hours!

I actually didn’t expect such a nice city. Just because of the fact that it is not very well known. There is tourism around but mainly polish and eastern european so all the signs are in polish language only. But its definitely worth to see it.

Through the old town they have over 100 different dwarfs made of bronze. Very nice idea which keeps you busy looking for them 🙂

This time I stayed with my plan to travel quicker so I left the place after two nights and moved 3 hours further to Dresden. After the train crossed the border it didn’t really feel like you entered Germany. Train stations were not only in german but also in polish. Another strange thing on the german site was that on every station some heavy armed police officer entered the train and had a look at the people. What were they looking for?

Didn’t really know a lot about Dresden. In the past I heard different opinion about it. From boring place for living to beautiful old town and I definitely agree with the last one. Old town is not big but quite impressive.

Also impressive was the reason why the police was checking the train on that day. It was the 13th of February and all about this and this. It’s basically about anti-fascists trying to block fascists from demonstrating and for that you need a shit load of officers to keep them apart from each other. But actually I didn’t see any of the fascists. The police had any kind of vehicle. From transporter to armored clearing tank, lightning truck to state of the art water cannons and so on 🙂

There might be more to see in and around Dresden but I already left it after one night. For old town and the center it was far enough time for me. For the weekend I wanted to be in Prague to do some planing and things which had to be done. But it was just another place I’ve already been to in the past. The only thing to add is that Sir Toby’s Hostel is a great place to stay despite the fact that it is a bit far from the center.
Next place in the list was Cesky Krumlov in the south of Prague close to Linz. A very small but cozy medieval town which is on the list of unesco heritages.

The most remarkable thing is for sure the beautiful castle on top of the local hill. The colourful castle tower is an outstanding landmark which can be seen from almost every place in town. Beside the castle this place has also a lovely medieval old town. You get also some great local food around this place 🙂

… so here we are. Didn’t stay in Lapland as you might think just forgot my blog, some how. Can happen. After my Lapland time I moved back to the south, I mean the southern part of Finland. Still cold there especially the time in Oulu. Down to -22°C.

Oulu is know as technology city and is also home of some big paper factories. The steam coming out of their chimneys looks quite awesome one a freezing cold day.

Ouru is just next to the sea and has also a big river delta which is used for a power plant. Quite a nice damn with an awesome water staircase for the fishes 🙂

Another major place in Finland is Tampere. The Manchester of Finland. It once was all about textile industry. A lots of brick buildings as well as a couple hydro plants.

Another remarkable construction is the shot tower of Tampere. Didn’t know what a shot tower is till I googled this one. Its a place to produce the ammunition for shot guns. Looks awesome on freezing cold days if there is some ice around the tower.

Turku is one of the oldest city in Finland. Like most of the major places in Scandinavia Turku is also based just next to sea. Best time of the year to visit it might be in summer. So you can enjoy a trip to a archipelago island.

In the sea harbour of Turku you can find a marine museum which has some interesting objects. Like this four mast sailing boat.

In reach of Turku you find Rauma another world heritage place. Its all about the historical center which consists of typical wooden 1 story houses. Thats how finish towns once looked like!

I already spent some nights in Helsinki last year. Didn’t like this city and thought it would be the ugliest capital of all scandinavian countries. Till I went to Oslo … but thats another story. So this time it looked really nice. Liked it much more during winter time.

Even if you can’t recognize all the snow in the center they had plenty. Hard job to get rid of all the snow.

I had a great time in Finland. My personal favorite is Tampere or Oulu. Really liked those two places. But after Tampere I had another great weekend in Helsinki together with a friend. Lapland is a perfect winter destination as well as Helsinki. The other places might be better in summer when you can head out into the nature or music festivals.