Growing up in America, the word "Transylvania" is synonymous with Halloween, Count Dracula and spooky music. So it was a pleasant surprise for me when I arrived in the heart of Transylvania at 2am in the morning that it *is* in fact a spooky place!
One of my many goals for my "Around Europe in 77 Days" trip was to visit Transylvania and sleep under the castle walls of Vlad The Impaler's Castle ruins(Vlad was also known as Son of the Dragon, or "Dracula"). Unfortunately, I did not make it to the small town of Poienari to do this scary feat, but I have no regrets for the city I am in is equally as beautiful, romantic and spooky!
Now, anyone can make something spooky if they just concentrate on it. But it sure wasn't very hard for me at all to make EVERYTHING spooky in this sleepy Transylvanian town of Brasov.
With the lack of commercialism and the powerful effects of the night, this is the best Halloween I have ever had. And I didn't even need to wear a costume!
A c c o m m o d a t i o n :
Hotel Aro Sport
one-star hotel
Str Sf Ioan 3, Brasov
