Join me on a wintry pilgrimage through the heart of Romania. Snow on the Tracks: Shadowing Vlad the Impaler to Sighișoara is a travel essay close to my heart, recently featured as a finalist in the Pilgrimages writing competition on Intrepid Times. This journey by train, from Bucharest to the birthplace of Vlad the Impaler, the medieval town of Sighisoara, threads through snow-dusted forests, ancestral echoes and the pulse of a country still shaped by its legends.
It’s a story of looking out the window. And into the past.
Read the full piece here: Snow on the Tracks: Shadowing Vlad the Impaler to Sighișoara.
With thanks to Intrepid Times for publishing my travel story and to my wonderful husband for supplying those gorgeous pictures.
What an excellent and evocative piece of writing that was!
What kind of thoughts go through a writer’s mind, isn’t it? No window gazing is as peaceful as it seems. 😉
You’re the sweetest, Anna. Thank you for stopping by and for reading.
A well-written, captivating article, Patricia. Thanks for sharing it.
Thank you, Darlene. To this day, this remains one of my favorite train trips.
The way it is written make it easy to imagine the trip, the snow and the forest. It is a beautiful and poetically written travel story and a great joy to read. I’ve been in Sighisoara and we stayed at a hotel called Casa Cu Serb, which allegedly was located in the building where Vlad Tepes was born, right in front of the plaza. The owner of the hotel, a woman, came down to the patio and drank Palinka with us.
What a beautiful memory, Thomas. Thank you for sharing it. Yes, palinka is typical Transylvanian 😉