Category: My Sibiu
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![[Romania] Saxon Trek 2019 – Day 7](https://thechocolatesoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20190928_123803.jpg?w=1024)
[Romania] Saxon Trek 2019 – Day 7
Here we are in the last day of our trip, traveling from Alma Vii to Mihăileni for just a couple of hours and waiting for our ride back home, to city life.
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![[Romania] Saxon Trek 2019 – Day 6](https://thechocolatesoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20190927_131747.jpg?w=1024)
[Romania] Saxon Trek 2019 – Day 6
We are slowly getting to the end of our trip, here we are in our 6th day of trekking, going from Richiş to Alma Vii, through the forests and over the pastures, for about 15 kilometers and 5 hours in total.
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![[Romania] Saxon Trek 2019 – Day 5](https://thechocolatesoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/img_3785.jpg?w=1024)
[Romania] Saxon Trek 2019 – Day 5
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We left Mălâncrav early in the morning aiming to get to Richiș by the afternoon. We walked almost 30 kilometres in total for the day and an elevation of 793 meters, so a lot of hills going up and down.
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![[Romania] Saxon Trek 2019 – Day 4](https://thechocolatesoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/stejarisu.jpg?w=1024)
[Romania] Saxon Trek 2019 – Day 4
The 4th day of our Saxon Trek was the longest one and marked passing from the Hârtibaciu Valley to the Târnavelor Plateau which is also known as the „Weinland”. Villages like Biertan, Richiș and Saroș were famous for the terraced vineyards they had and for the local wine they produced called “Neuburger”. We walked 26…
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![[Romania] Saxon Trek 2019 – Day 3](https://thechocolatesoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/img_3747.jpg?w=1024)
[Romania] Saxon Trek 2019 – Day 3
24 kilometers of walking in our third day of Saxon Trek from Chirpăr to Dealul Frumos, via Veseud. A bit cloudy and chill for the day, but not that bad when you’re on the move.
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![[Romania] Saxon Trek 2019 – Day 2](https://thechocolatesoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20190923_120218-1.jpg?w=1024)
[Romania] Saxon Trek 2019 – Day 2
Our second day of Saxon Trek meant about 24 kilometers of walking in total, leaving Hosman in the morning and passing through Fofeldea and Ilimbav, with Chirpăr being our final destination for the day.
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![[Romania] Saxon Trek 2019 – Day 1](https://thechocolatesoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/20190922_133856.jpg?w=1024)
[Romania] Saxon Trek 2019 – Day 1
Our first Saxon Trek day was an easy one, just for warm up. We walked about 13 kilometers, for about 4 hours, from Roșia to our final destination for the day, Hosman.
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![[Romania] Saxon Trek 2019](https://thechocolatesoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190923_142210.jpg?w=1024)
[Romania] Saxon Trek 2019
Saxon Trek meant one week of walking from one Transylvanian village to another, a 150 kilometers ride in total – with forests, hills, small villages and quiet all around us. We’ve been flirting with this idea for a couple of years now, mainly because we like hikes, walks, treks (basically anything that has to do…
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![[Romania] Sibiu Street Art International Festival Walking Tour](https://thechocolatesoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_20190716_183016.jpg?w=1024)
[Romania] Sibiu Street Art International Festival Walking Tour
For a visitor, Sibiu is mostly known for its old medieval town, with pedestrian areas, colorful houses with small windows in their attics called ‘the eyes of Sibiu’, for its German heritage, for its large and beautiful squares, for the villages surrounding it. Except the old town area, a few parks, the village museum, the…
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![[Romania] Mountain ingredients dinner at the Suru Chalet](https://thechocolatesoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/72844572_3510268378986937_9191893328189194240_o_3510268372320271.jpg?w=1024)
[Romania] Mountain ingredients dinner at the Suru Chalet
The Suru Chalet is definitely our favorite chalet in the Făgăraș Mountains and with good reason: very nice hosts, always friendly and smiling, excellent accommodation, clean and comfy, delicious food, kids friendly place, a perfect view, and small enough to feel like you’re actually visiting your family. We’re visiting this place at least once a…
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![[Romania] [Documentary] Astra Film Festival 2019](https://thechocolatesoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/astra2019.jpg?w=820)
[Romania] [Documentary] Astra Film Festival 2019
Astra Film Festival (AFF), is a major event in the European film community and Romania’s leading documentary festival. It is located in the Transylvanian city of Sibiu and it is unique in this part of Europe. The Festival champions that particular type of engaged cinema, which produces a detailed and intimate account of the human…
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![[Romania] Weekend at a shepherd’s cottage in Rîu Sadului](https://thechocolatesoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/img_20190720_163707.jpg?w=1024)
[Romania] Weekend at a shepherd’s cottage in Rîu Sadului
After visiting Rîu Sadului for the Burduf Challenege event, beginning of July, we paid this lovely village another visit one weekend later with a main purpose – to spend two days at a shepherd’s cottage up on the mountains surrounding the village and to get in contact with their daily routine and to enjoy the…
