tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716616401636390123.post4115694815301134381..comments2011-10-17T00:35:24.496-07:00Comments on Adventures Abroad and Then Some: Way Too Long Since My Last Post.....Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15757304691391961749noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716616401636390123.post-23015185170266069832011-10-17T00:35:24.496-07:002011-10-17T00:35:24.496-07:00Everythink you wrote is correct. But...In a whole ...Everythink you wrote is correct. But...In a whole year, in my shop came hundreds of tourist, but only 2 asked me about Vlad the Impaler ( I think that you know one of them :P ), the rest asked me about The Famous Count and his terrifying castle (located in Bran). So, in my soul,is an inner struggle between telling the true history (and ruin the tourism, because,unfortunately, Romania= Dracula's Country), or to join this trend,but in that case my patriotic/historyan side will die in terrible pain. <br />We, Romanians, must to find and promote another symbol(s), and let Vlad the Impaler rest in peace (in Snagov Monastery ?).<br />In the end, I want to thank you from my heart for promoting the true history of Romania.Comatu' batranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14415770551950187428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716616401636390123.post-32988793378971217792011-10-15T18:09:21.023-07:002011-10-15T18:09:21.023-07:00No, it’s not the safest thing I’ve ever done. I s...No, it’s not the safest thing I’ve ever done. I should add that you should never hitch hike alone, and always use common sense. I’ve wanted to see Castle Dracula for ten years, and I was going to get there using whatever mode of transport was available. That’s the kind of person I am. <br />I’ve studied the Impaler for ten years, so of course I know the difference. His family name was “Dracula,” and Bram Stoker used that name for his count. Vlad the Impaler sank into a superstition. Hollywood stole Castle Bran and made it Castle Dracula, and people seem to believe that that is Castle Dracula. It’s not. The Impaler may or may not have even been there. Dracula’s Castle is NOT at Bran. “Castle Dracula” was near the Borgo Pass, close to Bistriţa, nowhere near Poenari or Bran, and there’s actually no castle there. Hollywood took the next best thing: another castle that looked like it belonged in a Gothic horror film. That’s Hollywood’s unfortunate influence on Romania. It’s sad. Romania has a gorgeous culture and history that dies in the eyes of Hollywood and Western influence. People need to open their eyes to history and see things for what they are, rather than one someone else said they were. If Castle Bran is extracted from ‘Dracula’ you’re left with the real history of the castle, which has seen so much in terms of culture and war. The real Castle Dracula, the one that Vlad the Impaler built, is at Poenari.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15757304691391961749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716616401636390123.post-43480185056790457192011-10-06T02:37:42.731-07:002011-10-06T02:37:42.731-07:00You had a lot of courage to do hitchhiking.Is not ...You had a lot of courage to do hitchhiking.Is not safe at all! And yes, really "bad things could happen to you". This time you're lucky. Please promise me that you'll never do it again, at least not in Romania.<br />Vlad the Impaler is one thing, Dracula is another story.Dracula's castle is at Bran ;) (please,don't ruin our tourism). The other castles ( that you've mentioned earlier) belong to Vlad the Impaler. You know the difference between the two guys, so do not induce readers in confusion.Comatu' batranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14415770551950187428noreply@blogger.com