Athens to Stuttgart Road Trip Part 9 – From Vidin to Sibiu

On the Road again!

On the bridge to Romania

On the 56 near Dolj

On the 65c near Vâlcea⁩

Small settlements along the streets

Every house has the graves next to it – and a small bridge that goes there

More graves

‎⁨Vâlcea⁩

Henri Coandă and the Coandă-1910

Henri Coandă went to school and studied in Romania, Germany and Belgium. After a short stint in the army he went for a car trip to Isfahan, Teheran, and Tibet in 1908!!

After his return he went to Paris and enrolled to become an aeronautical engineer. In 1910 he designed and built a plane known as the Coandă-1910. The aircraft used a 4-cylinder piston engine to power a rotary compressor which was intended to propel the craft by a combination of suction at the front and airflow out the rear instead of using a propeller. There is no proof that the plane ever was in the air.

He constructed many other planes after the 1910. Along many other inventions the most famous of Coandă’s discoveries is the Coandă Effect.

This is a replica of the 1910 original in Perisor

Sibiu

In 1191 Sibu was the first time officially recorded when Pope Celestine III confirmed the existence of the free prepositure of German settlers in Transylvania. In 1376 Sibiu became the most important ethnic German city among the seven cities that gave Transylvania its German name Siebenbürgen. It is the most important cultural centers of Romania with lots of festivals, art, and other events.

Our room

With shower and a TV as well

Bathroom

A happy Mitsos with food he understands and wine!

We shared the meal

The good Silva Beer – The Blonde Lager

And the Pale Ale

House at the Strada Ocnai

Looking down the street from the Dragonerwache

Traditional Shop House

Strada Ocnai – House with eyes. That is what my friend used to call the open windows in the roof

See the small houses down the road?

Would be nice without the cars

Like this small lane

The stairs leading up to the Lesser Square (Kleiner Ring)

Liars Bridge in Lesser Square, erected in 1859

Lutheran Cathedral of Saint Mary

Turnul Sfatului

Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church

Brukenthal Palace was erected between 1777 and 1787 as the main residence for the Governor of Transylvania Samuel von Brukenthal. It houses the main part of the National Brukenthal Museum. The museum opened in 1817 which makes it one of the oldest museums in the world.

Above the entrance of the Bruckenthal Museum

At the Grand Square or Großer Ring

House at the corner of the square

Along the walking street

Walking down the Nicolae Bălcescu street

The girls need a bubble bath!

Hmm – they could join

Behind the big wood doors you find usually a green couryard

Reformed Church

Ernst Wiesenfeld student housing. Or: The House with Caryatids at Mitropoliei Street, constructed in 1786

The dove is here to get the letter out

The Holy Trinity Cathedral

The construction of the Cathedral started in 1902. A few houses and a little Greek church built in 1797 that served as a cathedral before had to be demolished to free up space.