BRASOV TO SIBIU, ROMANIA: TRAINSPOTTING

I don’t have any idea what I’m doing or where I’m going. As my destination becomes blurrier and blurrier, my bags have to get lighter and lighter. So, I left my beloved Birkenstocks (Chicago 2015) at Kismet Dao Hostel in Brasov and caught a taxi to the train station. Bought a ticket for Sibiu and contemplated my directionless life by putting some heavy thoughts on postcards to friends and taking photographs of everything around me.

On the train I stared out the window and took more photos ~ my way of processing thoughts that I can’t put into words.

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30aug17 Brasov to Sibiu, Romania

BRASOV, ROMANIA: WE TRANSYLVANIAN NOBLES…

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We Transylvanian nobles love not to think that our bones may be amongst the common dead. I seek not gaiety nor mirth, not the bright voluptuousness of much sunshine and sparkling waters which please the young and gay. I am no longer young; and my heart, through wearing years of mourning over the dead, is not attuned to mirth. Moreover, the walls of my castle are broken; the shadows are many, and the wind breathes cold through the broken battlements and casements. I love the shade and the shadow, and would be alone with my thoughts when I may.” ― Bram Stoker

28aug17 Brasov, Romania

BRASOV, ROMANIA: Strada Sforii

Strada Sforii: “String Street”

 The narrowest street in Brasov and one of the narrowest streets in Europe (Spreuerhofstraße, in Germany, and Parliament Street, in England, are narrower).

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28aug17 Brasov, Romania

BRASOV, ROMANIA: DOWNRIGHT MEDIEVAL

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Piața Sfatului ~ holding annual markets since 1364

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The Black Church ~Biserica Neagră ~ largest Gothic church in Southeastern Europe - began in 1377
The Black Church ~ Biserica Neagră ~ largest Gothic church in Southeastern Europe – began in 1377

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27&282017 Brasov, Romania