Comments on: Dracula by Bram Stoker http://rjhjr.com/thedailysabbatical/2008/05/29/dracula-by-bram-stoker/ Music, Books, and Assorted Maunderings Wed, 27 Apr 2011 23:02:54 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Bec http://rjhjr.com/thedailysabbatical/2008/05/29/dracula-by-bram-stoker/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Bec Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:13:34 +0000 http://rjhjr.com/thedailysabbatical/?p=22#comment-23 GRARRR Stoker makes me MAD. I tried reading the novel on the train through Romania but never finished it. He never visited Transylvania, and although I suppose it aint his fault that the majority of people equate Romania with blood-suckers, the whole thing has shifted fact completely out of the picture. Brasov is one of my favourite towns in Romania. I love imagining Tsepes and his golden chalice in the middle of the town square. The mist lies low over the foot of the mountain and the streets are cobble-stoned. When it rains, the roads mirror the dark sky as it looms over the fourteenth century building that houses the tourist office. I tried to go on a tour to Bran Castle but required more people, so I just went myself. A word of advice: duck your head. The ‘vampires’ seem to have been dwarfs. GRARRR Stoker makes me MAD. I tried reading the novel on the train through Romania but never finished it. He never visited Transylvania, and although I suppose it aint his fault that the majority of people equate Romania with blood-suckers, the whole thing has shifted fact completely out of the picture.

Brasov is one of my favourite towns in Romania. I love imagining Tsepes and his golden chalice in the middle of the town square. The mist lies low over the foot of the mountain and the streets are cobble-stoned. When it rains, the roads mirror the dark sky as it looms over the fourteenth century building that houses the tourist office. I tried to go on a tour to Bran Castle but required more people, so I just went myself. A word of advice: duck your head. The ‘vampires’ seem to have been dwarfs.

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