Things to see in Romania - Part ONE - Dracula's origins

     Let me tell you a few things about my country. Romania is a wonderful country. We have beautiful mountains , great sea - Marea Neagra and a great history to tell. Must add that we have beautiful girls, too? And this is one of the Romanian attraction ...a lot of guys are coming to Romania just to meet girls and have fun.Romania offers a gallery of clubs where the fun is the maximum...but let's start in order.

     Let me ask you something. What do you know about Romania? I know that some of you will tell me that you know about Nicolae Ceausescu ( Romania's communist leader from 1965 to 1989) or Nadia Comaneci (a Romanian gymnast,the first gymnast which was awarded with a perfect score of 10 in a Olympic gymnastic event) or Higher Hag (great former Romanian football player), but I am sure that all you will say me that you heard about DRACULA.That's right , you may not know many things about Romania , but you all heard about Count Dracula from Transylvania who is known for the cruel punishments he imposed on his enemies.By visiting his castle, Bran Castle in Bran (Brasov, Bucharest) you can relieve his moments .Now the castle is a museum open for tourists .If you come to visit Romania , you must go to visit this wonderful castle.This character inspired many authors to write books, many producers to make movies about him, etc.

Vlad the Impaler known as Dracula

     Who is Dracula? His real name is Vlad the Impaler.His father was prince of the one  Romanian province( three in total).One day in 1442 his father , had to give two of  his sons(among them Vlad) as hostages to Sultan Murad II (ottoman enemy) , for political reasons.He was held hostage for six years and his brother until 1462.The interesting fact is, that after he find out about the dead of his father (killed by a group of people who wanted his crown), he decided to return in Romania, and become prince in Wallachia.The first thing he did was to punish those who were guilty of his father's death.For that, he arrested all the boyar families and order  the elders being impaled, and forced the other to walk 100 kilometers to Poienari, where they were forced to build a fortress And so began the series of his punishments that made him famous.Vlad's favorite punishment was impaled ,from which the nickname Vlad The Impaler. According to detractors from Transylvania, her order that those who kill, still or do other bad things , must be hanged, burned, nailed, buried alive,decapitated.

     There are many stories about him.Once he left a golden cup in center of Targoviste, cup that could be used for thirsty travelers.That cup should remain in place.According to the story during his reign, the cup was very rarely used and never was stolen.

     Another story said that once Vlad has stagged a robbery(a bag with 50 coins)of a nobleman.When the nobleman was face to face with Vlad , he told him that someone robbed a bag with 100 coins. Because he lied to Vlad, he was impaled.