Hotel Capitol 3 Brasov
19 Eroilor Blvd Brasov, Transylvania, 500030, Romania
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Dracula's Castle
... except for these fun facts from Troy Depue.
"When we talk about impaling, we are not talking about taking someone and running a spear through them. This process was far from a fast death. Vlad would take logs, somewhere in the 10 to 12 foot range, and about as big around as the average man's upper leg, for a rough estimate. These logs were just beveled slightly at one end. The beveled end was...this is painful to ...
Finally a Sunny Day!!!
... in the present day and see the history in that little park. Later that same day, I came across two other monuments dedicated to the victims of Communism.
I was to have many discussions with several people regarding this topic. I saw evidence every day in both Hungary and Romania of the residual effect of communism. My friends constantly told me how they were unaffected by communism as they were around 10 when it all ended. And yet ...
Bran castle... Disappointing
... the setting of Bram Stokers Dracula novel and hence why it gas become so popular with tourists. For a Sunday it was jam packed with visitors and the over priced tacky souvenirs dud nit appeal much either. So we returned to town for the beer festival...
Turns out the beer festival finished yesterday so we found a restaurant on the square and hung out there until Cat got hassled by a local ...
In Search of Dracula!
... highlights:
- A fortified city was founded here in 1211 by Teutonic Knights (German) who had returned from the crusades. They were ordered to build the city to help protect the border from Hungarian aggression.
· The story of the Pied Piper took place Brasov. (where a piper was hired to lead the city’s rats away, and instead all the children followed him)
· The city has a long history of being attacked: by ...
Sighisoara to Brasov (guest entry from Martin)
... Church where the dodgy stairwell and walkway was almost as incredible as the views; let’s just say the health and safety police back home would have a field day. We then decided to make the most of the temporary bars set up in the centre for the concert later that night, indulging in some of the finest Romanian lager. The silliness that then progressed resulted in the idea that it was about time that Jim should be face painted, much to Fed’s and ...



