After spending the early afternoon at the fortified churches we hit the road to the Borgo Pass to spend the night in Hotel Castle Dracula. We had no idea what a long and hair-raising drive this would be. The Borgo Pass was actually quite far from the Brasov and required traveling on tiny roads with a lot of switch-backs and potholes. Added to that
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We went to Romania specifically for the Dracula Tour to spend our 20th weddings anniversary. We meet at a Halloween party 23 years ago and had our hand-fasting on Samhain 1988. We wanted a liitle element of B movie to celebrate Halloween and our marriage.
I would really recommend going to Romania. However, I would suggest having a better plan for how to get around the country and better expectations for what can be seen in 1 week.
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The "Castle Dracula" Lost a lot of magic in the daylight. It was fun, and I agree walking around the castle was the spooky part. You had to watch the steps in the dark corridors.
I think the dinner at Club Dracula was spookier than this one.
The drive to the castle, I have come to know in the past 3 weeks is average for Romania and Dan was driving like a normal Romanian. Steve, they all drive like this. I am SO glad to be home were the road rules are clear!
Keep the updates coming, it is great to see another person's perspective about the same trip.
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