Romania: the most ghastly vampire castle (Photos)

However, I have nothing to fear. Tomorrow morning, the wizard Andrea will take me to visit the medieval fortress. The wizard is a lively young man, not a vampire.

Storck's vampire story known for decades, the film is also popular acclaim

Si Gish Vala is a small townRome, three hundred km north of the capital Bucharest, is the birthplace of famous figures in history count dracula. Dracula was breathing, the history to be called "Impaler", named for its harsh penalties.BritainThe famous novelist Bram Stoker's vampire stories in which the hero of the prototype is count dracula.

We walked to a dark yellow building, it is beside the high-rise tower. Andrea told me, this is Count Dracula's place of birth. Now, historical monuments have become a regular restaurant, offers the tourist the so-called "Dracula meal" is nothing but the tomato and egg soup, pork curry.

Romania Bran Castle: The Legend of the vampire took place in the misty mountains

In fact, "the Vampire Dracula" author Storck is not here, but this year in celebration of this book was published 115 years, people have to Transylvania in specially marked on the map.

Not everyone in Romania to this "honor" happy, many people in Romania said: "we have our own real history, but because the fiction book is famous. Don't be happy?" A quite dissatisfied with the local women told us: "whenever I come from Transylvania, people will think of the vampire dracula. This time, I always replied: 'yes, I was his wife!'"

From the point of view of Sighisoara Town, we came to the suburb of Tracey Niwa A. Flat land dotted with abandoned castles dotted with ancient oak trees. Not far away is the Saxon village, everything away from the hubbub of city life. We drove in the soil on the road ahead, the road to sit the child in a wheelbarrow to play in, wrapped in a turban and wearing a worn-out sweater women in the chat.

The Saxons from twelfth Century onwards rooted to the land, but many of their heritage in the post-World War II is almost gone. After the Second World War, Romania was ruled by Nicola Cioses, he destroyed thousands of a Saxon village, and the villagers sent to the factory work.

Fortunately, now retained Saxon villages and 250. A charity called Mihai Eminescu Trust is committed to protecting the village, this mechanism also be prince Charles's support. Charles I have a house in the vicinity of the Viscri Weisikeli.