Today we set aside purely to explore lovely Brasov.

We have the most perfect location in the Old Town which made for a very relaxed day of sightseeing as we could come and go from the bnb as we pleased. First up we visted the Citadel. It’s closed for conservation work but the views are always great as they’re naturally at a strong vantage point and it’s still interesting to walk around the walls.

Pork Knuckle was on sale at the Kaufland so I pulled off my best Airbnb kitchen culinary feat to date with these crispy skin beer braised beauties! (Yes there was a ridiculous amount of leftovers. My husbands eyes are always bigger than his stomach) hopefully we don’t get sick of eating pork for a few days.

Next stop was the town square. There was apparently public executions here as recently as 1989! These days it’s just awash with tourists/day trippers.

“The Black Church”, named due to a fire during the 1600’s. Cool seeing a Gothic style church for the first time this trip. It isn’t currently in use though.

 

Giovanni was super impressed with “Rope Street” – one of the smallest streets in Europe. 135cm at its widest point and 80m long.

Catherines Gate. Oldest gate in the city and originally the only access point.

Family photo on the ‘White tower”

View from the White Tower.

 

View from the Black Tower – so called due to a lightning strike.

St. Nicholas Church. Dates back to the 1500’s

Noelle made a new friend at the park