It’s taken me quite a while, but I’ve uploaded some photographs from a trip I took to Romania in December 2004-January 2005. They’re mostly mementos, so there’s hardly anything there to hang on a wall - still those interested in gothic architecture can probably consider it castle porn. I’ll be adding some more details on the photos as I go.
Coincidentally, it seems that Bran Castle is now up for sale for the paltry amount of $77 million. It’s a beautiful place located in a quaint little town, so I wouldn’t hesitate to go for it if I had that kind of money to spare. As it turns out I am, alas, a little short.
As Wikipedia mentions, it has little to no relationship with Vlad Tepes. To get that you have to visit the significantly less touristy but immensely more historically impressive ruins at Poienari de Arges. There’s a mindblowing view up there from which you can literally peer back in time and see advancing armies approaching, waiting to be dismayed by the almost unassailable fortification - just be ready to climb up almost 1500 steps.
