Alex and her sister Bianca were waiting there for us in front of the Main Station. Bianca, everybody calls her Bibi, organized a taxi to Barac’s home. They live on the second floor of a grey and yellow apartment house. We took place in the living room, drank some wine and talked. Bibi convinced Alex to show us her paintings. You must know, Alex was taking some art classes. I saw her paintings and – ok, I don’t have a PhD in Art or something - but for me they looked really good. Alex also showed her pictures and we talked and laughed a lot. We brought some x-mas presents for Alex and her family with us and I guess they liked them a lot.

Then the Baracs set up the table with some food. Bread, some sausages, salami, some home made spicey and tasty sauce and red wine were waiting to be eaten and drank. During the dinner Bibi was the one who did most of the talking. Her English was quite good and occasionally she said a word in Dutch so that was funny and made me feel very comfortable. She has friends in the Netherlands and she's already been there.

After dinner we the four of us were walking to the center of town. Sibiu has a “upper” and a “lower town”. The Barac’s lived in the lower. So we had to go uphill to reach the center. Sibiu is a really nice town; it has a little German touch. The most famous thing was the “Bruckentall museum” and some “Bruckentall libraries” and “Bruckentall” this and Bruckentall that. There is also a so called “Liars Bridge”. Legend tells that the bridge will collapse when you are standing on it and tell a lie.

In the town center there was a Xmas market with music, lights, a big Xmas tree and a statue. We went on to the streets of Sibiu and passed by Alex’s school. A little bit further around the corner was a disco. Entrance was free for the girls. Alex and Bibi seemed to know the bouncer of this club very well because they talked to him like it was a good friend.

The interior of the disco was decorated with Egyptian items (pyramids, pharaoh). We ordered something to drink - an Ursus : which was Roman, wasn't it? Anyway. Bibi and Alex were on the dance floor all the time. The Barac sisters have a nearly incredible feeling for rhythm. Alex likes Manele and also pop music. She could sing along with every song that was played in that disco. In the beginning it was just us on the dance floor. But more and more people started dancing after they had seen us. We left the disco at a reasonable hour and took a taxi back to the Barac's home.

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