Death March Today, Dracula Tomorrow

We walked 10 kilometers (or at least most of us did) in the sun and shade via forest trails to another village, Messendorf, which also had a fortified church like the one in Viscri, our village. I swear, if we didn't have two horse carts to take us along, someone would have probably died. No, I exaggerate, but it was tough to keep everyone together between walkers and riders. Meanwhile, one stallion kept wanting to "talk"to the mare next to him, and he had a serious erection that no one could keep their eyes off of...hilarious. Let's all wish them well. One cart ran over a snake in the forest, and its tail writhed while its better half made a hasty escape. Too bad, really. I also got a splinter in my hand.

The scenery was beautiful though, because the countryside is absolutely beautiful, few bugs and poisonous things. We visited a sheep fold, had some fresh cheese and then went to the town where they had no troughs for our horses and basically, the town was in worse shape. There are only 3 Saxons left living in the village, and the one man we met was 97 and the lone caretaker of his church. He wasn't sad, but the situation definitely was. So then we went back to our village which looked like the big city in comparison, and tomorrow we go to Bran Castle to buy crappy Dracula souvenirs!