AAHHH! Halloween is over. But don’t freak out. There’s always next year. Are you tired of the typical cliche door-to-door, trick-or-treat, American Halloween? Well here’s a really spooky way to celebrate an ancient holiday. Travel to Transylvania. Scared yet?Transylvania is a town located in Romania’s central region. The town is famous for the legend of Dracula. Of course, “Dracula” didn’t really exist. For the character is based on Romania’s fifteenth-century prince Vlad Tepes. It’s understandable how a brutal prince can acquire the name “Dracula” which has come to mean the devil in Romania. After all, the prince’s favorite version of the death penalty was to impale enemies on wooden stakes as he watched them die in misery.
On the flip side, his cruelty created a great tourist market for future Romanians. Introducing Dracula Land, a spooky theme park built in Sighisoara, Romania, the birthplace of Vlad Tepes.
The myth of the blood sucking Dracula was actually created by author Bram Stoker. He researched Vlad Tepes’ cruel empire and added some fangs here and there, and then Dracula was created. But besides the fact that Dracula is fictional and Transylvania isn’t really invaded with vampires, Transylvania is still a fascinating place.
Transylvania has beautiful landscapes, interesting history, and lots and lots of scary things to make tourists’ blood run cold. So for next Halloween don’t be afraid to try something new.
For more information on Dracula tours and Transylvania, click on the highlighted links. These tours will definitely give you a shiver.
2 comments:
Overall, the blog is well done...it is interesting to hear the history of Transylvania & Dracula...my only question is in the links...the 1st one seems to be the Dracula tours, & the last one seems to be about Transylvania...so maybe those 2 should be flip flopped...also, for the 2nd link---there's nothing wrong w/ the link itself---it just doesn't seem to correspond the the words associated w/ it...once again, on the whole it's a good blog...
Thanks Ash, I mean, You actually make traveling to Transylvania sound like a really fun time. You def make me want to try something new..even though I am a scardy cat and can barely watch Goose-bump shows.
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