Hello lovely peeps,
Here I am again with a postcard and some photos from my trip that you haven't seen yet. (I'm not doing a Second on the 2nd this time.)
Here is one of the postcards that was waiting in my mail box when I got home:
I was so happy that I was reunited with my cat Ronnie, that this card really 'spoke' to me. It is entitled (using Google Translate) 'On Christmas Eve' by Maria Pavlova. There is no date/year, but it's very timeless.
I've come back to very high temperatures (we don't seem to have spring. We jump from winter straight into summer). I've had to change my bed from a thick duck down duvet with flanelette duvet covers to cool cotton sheets. Today it's 35 degrees C (95 F).
While I was photographing the card, Ronnie joined me on the table:
The stamps on the card are the usual Russian ones:
The sticker of the man:
As you can read it is the author Chekhov.
Now I would like to show you a few photos of Romania that you haven't seen yet. While we were staying in Brasov, we visited the delightful little town of Sighisoara, in the very centre of Romania in Transylvania. Wikipedia writes:
Located in the historic region of Transylvania, Sighișoara had a population of 23,927 according to the 2021 census. It is a popular tourist destination for its well-preserved old town, which is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site since 1999.
Vlad Dracul (father of Vlad the Impaler), lived in exile in the town. 
As it's a fortified town there are city walls and defensive towers on every corner. There are nine towers. These towers were paid for by the different guilds in the town.
Below is the Bootmaker's tower:
We had lunch in his house as it is now a restaurant. I think Bram Stoker based his Dracula stories on Vlad the Impaler who was very cruel and the name he took from his father (Dracul, meaning 'the dragon').
In the main town square I saw a house with antlers. The above photo is mine and below is a photo from the Internet:
The Clock Tower has a beautiful roof:
As it's a fortified town there are city walls and defensive towers on every corner. There are nine towers. These towers were paid for by the different guilds in the town.
Despite its low height, the tower is interesting due to its pentagon plan, an outer diameter of 10 meters long and a roof hosting two small and elegant observation towers, one facing South-east and one North-west. The current tower was built in 1681 on the site of a previous destroyed tower.
Our little group was staying in Brasov, a really nice city, in a hotel called Kronwell. It was the nicest hotel I have stayed in (so far).
We stayed a few nights and every day when I came back from whatever we were doing, there was a flask of tea and some sweeties waiting for me on my desk:
This can be my 'ticket' to Elizabeth and Bluebeard's T-Party.
The TV welcomed me by name:
There was an fancy espresso machine:
The coffee was free but the bottles of wine had to be paid for.
And a very comfy bed:
I forgot to take a picture of the outside but found one on the Internet.
That is enough for today I think.
Happy T-Day all!
Lisca
6 comments:
Oh, lucky you!
Ronnie and warm weather! Here only 23C... interesting towers! And a nice hotel, too. The chair!!!
Thank you for sharing all this! Have a great day, too!
I bet you were excited to see Ronnie. I am always excited to see the dogs, even if I am just out for the day. And that is a lovely postcard too. But I'm really excited to see your trip photos. I think you went to some really interesting and almost exotic places in Europe. (Well, is Istanbul Europe or Asia?) That is an amazing hotel. I'd love coming back to tea and sweets. We're starting to ow arm up a bit and my flannel comforter cover is off and my cotton one went on last week too. Have a super rest of your T day and week Lisca. hugs-Erika
The card is so nice but the stamps have a particular feel to them. Your trip is a dream trip. How fortunate you are to visit this amazing place. Of course I would definitely have lunch at the Dracula house. That would be so much fun. Interesting mural with real antlers. The architecture is stunning. How fancy your hotel was. I'm glad you had such a good time.
A really charming postcard. I always love anything with cats.
What an amazing place. For some reason, I thought it was a made up town. Love that restaurant and the deer. That was a beautiful clock tower.
I was impressed you got free coffee in your room like that. And to have your name in your hotel room was quite a personal touch. Thanks for sharing this latest leg of your trip and your postcard with us for T this Tuesday, dear Lisca.
I love Ronnie supervising the photo shoot. What a nice hotel you stayed at. Thoughtful for them to leave tea and some snacks for your return. Happy T Day
A beautiful postcard and Ronnie next to it is just the best! Of course you were happy to be back together with him. Cats are such wonderful little companions albeit with their own minds.
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