Transylvania

Dracula’s Castle and King Carol I’s Palace

Dracula’s Castle and King Carol I’s PalaceHello Dracula It is overcast and crisp this morning as we drive to Bran Castle in the village of Bran.We pass small villages, agricultural areas, horses with buggy and another fortress on the often windy road.The castle was built by the Teutonic nights around 1338 AD. The castle is the fictional home of Dracula but in reality Vlad probably didn’t even stay in the …

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Off to Transylvania

Off to TransylvaniaTravelling through Wallachia to TransylvaniaOur guide, Marius from One Excellence Tours picks us up from our hotel at 7:45am. We are the only two people on this tour which is awesome.We are on the highway quite awhile before turning off to drive through foot hills which look a lot like Ontario, except the houses are different.We start rising going up curvy roads. The road follows the Olt …

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