So I know this is a road through video. But technically, we hit the road two days ago
Yesterday, we finished driving the famous road. And today we're starting in a big six day road trip through Transylvania
We have three stops, the beautiful medieval town of a Romanian village where we're gonna be embracing rural living and the city of which is
where we are right now and that we're gonna explore together today. So
we got here last night and this is our first time exploring the old city and already this place is so so beautiful
Like we're just walking in the Piazza Ma the large square. And it's just like surrounded by cafes and all these old like historic buildings
that I think were like merchant buildings and they have like little squinty eye windows and like the top of the roof
It's very, very cool to see. And I think to you, it's supposed to be one of the coolest medieval cities in all of Pennsylvania
We only have 24 hours here. So it's time to start exploring. Yeah
So nowadays when you walk through the square, you see like people eating ice cream people at the cafes
drinking beers, like kids playing in the fountains. But this used to be the place where they held public executions
So in like the 17 hundreds, they still had like gallows here. And one of the most important counts in Transylvania
he was beheaded in the large square. And they also had like a cage where they kept people that were like a nuisance to society
So I kind of picture those like movies where they have like the medieval times and people throwing rotten tomatoes and cabbage
So a huge contrast of how it was. But now it's a very place they
have the fried dough. Phoenix that I forgot. We haven't tried those yet
I think it's like two or something similar to like the name of the store. We're trying it now
And the, this one Yeah. What's this one called? What's the name of the
and a water and the water as well, please? Still water or still is good
But I think this is go, go, go, go. I have no idea. But it's like warm, nice and greasy
filled with cherry filling. I'm gonna put this down. That's something we haven't tried yet
Oh, it's so fluffy. It's pretty heavy too. It's like a pound of fried dough
I taste it immediately. It tastes like an bowl and like the Dutch, like fried dough and Dutch is not as like pretty
They just like throw the dough in the in oil. Cherry jam
Mm. How happy are you? If you know me, you know how much I love this
And they have their own version here. It's called Poverty. I'm a huge fan
huge fan. So
we're here at this beautiful Lutheran church from the 13 hundreds and there's the girl like playing the organ and it's so
pretty. But the reason why we're here is because there's a tower and you can go all the way up and get the best views
of the, I probably should stop doing this. Didn't you get like sick
Look in the, I don't like this. I'm here and I'm like
this is really high. Look at this. Um, I guess we didn't think about this
That, well, Gordon is terrified of heights and here we are so like a church tower just like going up
and up and up. So my, like all these little towers and you can go and check all the views and this one is the
one that doesn't, it
was really cool. The views from up here are awesome. But now it's lunchtime
we ordered the barbecue ribs because if there's one thing that Romania does very well, it's pork
These look delicious. We're just sitting here with a beautiful square, beautiful views
It's time to dig in. We're hungry and sleepy. So it's time for lunch
Petite. What about these
are weird. You have to hold one of these. So we were walking home and we found like the local market
So we picked up some peaches and some weird things that I don't know. But I'm getting all mixed up with like Turkish and Albanian
when I'm trying to speak Romanian. So Musk is, thank you in Romanian
And I say measure me which is a soup in, in turkey
So I was like, oh, totally wrong. And then he said something else and I said
which means yes in Albanian. But is yes. So I'm just like, all scrambled in my head
But the guy was very nice and we got some fresh fruit for the road trip ready
to hit the road, road trip, Transylvania 2022. So technically
the road from Sibu to Schwa is only an hour and 45 minutes
But we're taking what we hope is the scenic route. So we're gonna be driving for like three hours total
Like at least our first stop is a little medieval town called Alia
I think that's right. I'm not very sure. But there's supposed to be like a very famous, like fortress there
That's supposed to be incredible. So we're looking forward to it. It's like an hour away on the highway
We're gonna get some lunch there because we hit the road kind of late and we're already like heading into the mountains
which is awesome. So I didn't know we were going to see any mountains today, but it should be a beautiful drive
You got some kind of fried dough situation going on here, topped with shredded cheese
I think we're gonna have to go for it. It's part of a road trip just to eat drunk
So we might as well just embrace it. Go for the longer
Hello. No. Oh
wow. I put, hm. I like this better than
with, like the jams and the fried bread with cheese. It was really good
Yeah. Oh, get your own. So
it seems like we made it to paradise and I doubt we'll show you guys the town because there are just baby animals everywhere
All right. Hi, puppy as a puppy. Oh, my God, my goodness
This place is a dream Gordon talking to our host and we have wines and do we so
happy here. Doggies, kitties, coffee, a
lovely host. She's so sweet and she gave us, so we managed to leave her Air BNB and we came to the town
center and just look at this behind me. This place is so cute
We can't wait to show you guys around tomorrow, but now we're super tired and we're gonna have dinner and I'm so happy airbnb
So cute. We have the best animals, the best hose, fresh fruit
We'll show you all of that tomorrow, but now we're gonna have dinner and I'm just gonna let you get here
It's just like a place that you just like, um, look at all these flowers. This is so cute
Good morning. Good morning you got here. Just hang out with us
Yeah. Finally. And I, you're biting
me and the kittens? Oh, my gosh, that's all for. That
was so nice. We really needed the animal therapy because today is September 1st and usually at the end of the month we do like
analytics report for youtube channel and our social platforms and not great
They're not great. The numbers. It's very sad. So we definitely appreciate the puppies and the kittens
Very grateful for those little animals. Now we're walking into town. This town is incredible
It's so so beautiful. Do we have a plan? Not much of a plan
We're gonna walk around, check out the medieval sites. It's very cool to see like old like clock Tower and different things
And there's a distillery in town where we can try some local booths and that is always good
So it should be fun. It also helps with the analytics. Yeah
welcome to the Clock Tower, right. Yeah, we
made it to the top of the Clock Tower. What? Yeah, we have all these views
Swana. We have a over here. This is so beautiful. So the
region of Transylvania is famous for its seven fortified cities. And Siwa are two of the most important but also the most beautiful of those
fortified cities. And they were created by the Saxons which are people that come from Germany and they were kind of brought here or encouraged
to come here by the Hungarian Empire and the Hungarians, they wanted like a buffer and their
their trade routes or a buffer from like their borders from people that were potentially gonna invade from the east
So that's why all these like fortified cities exist. And this is the most important like Watch Tower
the Clock Tower in of this fortified city. And that's the fun facts of Transylvania
And that's why you see like a lot of like German styling too with like the colors of the houses
like the squares and just like the overall like architecture. It
just started raining. Now we found this cute restaurant. So we're gonna have coffee and wait until it stops raining
I one in my that with
the whole conversation there, it
stopped raining a little bit. You know, we're walking to the distillery
we're making moves. We have this waterproof backpack cover that we can wrap around our heads and the camera
OK? I have to put the camera away now, April Apple 2004
to see 1993 2090 year old long OK. Pear
Apple Corner and forest here. OK. Thank you. We found the best way to spend a rainy day in Siwa
Cheers. Very strong. Yeah. 50%. So I don't think I mentioned this is called in
Romania or at least in Transylvania. It's kind of like a brandy I guess is how he
he's explaining it. But apparently in it has a different name and like where it has a different name
But here in Transylvania it's called, it's 50% this alcohol and I know that
Yes. Correct. That's
me. After five menus, the flag don't break it. I
don't know if we did a good job showing you guys the town of, but it rained most of the days so we couldn't show
you as much as we wanted to. This was the perfect second stop. We also really
really loved our first stop the town of, but I think we saved the best for last because tomorrow we're driving to a traditional Romanian
village and it's, I think super small. It's a very cute accommodation
And there, I think there's a lot of activities where we get to learn about like local living and we're so excited and we can't
wait to show you. I'll see you in the morning. Oh
Mhm. We
got some fruits for the room. I'm gonna miss this place. He offered to give us the cats so we could take them back to
Florida. Ready to go. Yeah, let's hit the road too, but not out the Romanian village
So this is uh from this region, from the settlers and it's
uh, it's with cumin. It's constant of cumin. You know, that little seed
Yeah. It, yeah, it was like 35 degrees. So it's so strong
I enjoy it. Oh, wow. This is really nice. Very nice. How do you call it
Hungarian? And in Romania you guys have to see this place. Hello
Hello. How fun is this place? Like we're 200 years back in time and our Romanian village home
we had to follow the guy on his bike. It's like the back streets of this little village
I don't know who or what lives behind here. It's very exciting
This place is awesome. Like the floors are like sloping. Very old
cool Romanian details. I'll check out these door handles, we can lock each other in the bathroom
I don't cool light switches and a very elegant bathroom complete with a
chain toilet that you pull down and fun, a rain shower so I can fit under a miracle
How about this? What a cozy spot? This, this is so cute
Our twin beds pushed together. So the cross is about the dead
Like a good Romanian home. Very traditional good
morning from a still somewhat drizzly Transylvania. It's been raining for like 48 hours
But today it doesn't really matter because we have two indoor activities planned
So our accommodation here, it's called the Count Nico's guest house. It's very
very cool. They're like. And this is a very small Transylvanian village, but they have all these like activities where you can experience local life
in the Romanian villages. So our first stop today is we're going to the local blacksmith to see what a local Black Smith does
And then we're going to make chimney cakes which in Hungarian is called
Very difficult to pronounce. Also. Very interesting. This town still speaks Hungarian as their
like, first language. That's because, like, Transylvania as a region has been part of the Hungarian Kingdom for many different years
like, back and forth. And that's why they have, ah, what a day
huh? And look, guys, look around you. It's fall y'all. First week of September and the leaves are falling
It doesn't even happen in Chicago. It's crazy. The blacksmith. So
now the he, he, he took the, with a piece of my uh first step
Oh, except
yes, if you think something's happening, we believe the hell was she said to stay with our translator
Like, so I don't know. Yeah. Oh, cool. This
Lex Smith is awesome. We got two new souvenirs. We got a nail and like a little snake figurine
He's very sweet. It was very interesting to learn about like how they communicate with like the animal and the hammers with the apprentice right
now. He doesn't have an apprentice but still very cool. I think a is gonna be his apprentice
I think he told us to stay. I don't know what's happening right now. But yeah
he speaks Hungarian. Most of the village, all of the village speaks Hungarian as their first language
Very, very interesting. It
work. Oh
my goodness. Mm
So she done, you know what I mean? So we can remember
Well, how's that in it? Oh, like uh like for your zipper
for your suitcase. That was so special
What's cool about this accumulation is that because we're in a little village, they seem to like highlight like all the activities that are done
in the village. And what makes me really sad is that he's the last person in the village that does this
So this makes it extra special that we got to, to spend some time with him
I hope I wish we spoke the same language, but that was very nice. He was so sweet and he has no apprentice right now
So if anyone is interested in becoming a Black Smith to this little village in Romania
a great spot to learn. Oh Memories. Yeah, this is special or a little snake or
leaf. He said it could be a necklace for like instead of a zipper
But I think we're gonna make it into a Christmas ornament. So we don't lose it
We're off to start the most delicious activity of the day. We're going to be making this Hungarian dessert called probably
know how you say it. I'm gonna put the name here. It translates to chimney cake and they are delicious
We already tried them a couple of videos ago and I can't wait because I love learning how to make new things and let's see
how it goes because they seem pretty difficult to wait. So. Yes
Yes. The kitchen is. OK
OK. OK. OK. OK. OK. This is finished
This is the next step will be to take a knife and
cut the do from the perimeter, from the outside in the spiral and you start to roll it onto the foot in
a, in a circle motion. So it overlaps but it goes next to each other like the tennis
Yes. Yes. Ok. This
is a Venezuelan style. That looks pretty. Yes
Yes. Yes. You, ok. It
looks good now. Yes, please. Sugar. Yes
Yes. Yeah
Ok. Ok. Ok. Ok. I
got a lot of help. I just bring it here and then set it down like that
So the handle is up. Ok. I really like
yoga. Uh, in hell it
has finally stopped raining. We're taking advantage and eating our, we're going for a little stroll through the village
I think there are some farms back there with cows to see if they like cake
Is this the best one you've had? Oh, it's pretty good. This one's mine
I think I made it too thick. It's like a little bit burnt on the outside and a little bit too soft
A little bit too soft on the inside. It's still pretty good. It's nice and warm
But I think the professionals do it better. We've had better chimney cake than this one
but it was still a lot of fun. Hm. So this one has like orange zest on
the dough. Hm. I think it's pretty good. Mine is delicious. I don't know
What you're talking about. Your nice and toasty feel the orange flavor sugar
We trade, this is lunch. We just share mine a the, it
it seems this
is where I should shit. We're
on our way back to, to return the car and this was such a special road trip
If you guys come to Romania, you guys have to do it and I'm gonna leave a PDF in the description so you guys can
download it and check out like all the stops with it, the places we stay, the restaurants
activities, everything is gonna be there. And if you guys are enjoying the Romania videos
make sure to keep following along because we're halfway through the travel series
I'm gonna link that playlist here so you guys can watch more Romania videos next
Thank you so much for watching and we'll see you next time. Bye