Brasovv

I have always really liked driving different kind of vehicles in different kind of environments. Here in Transylvania is one road called the Transfagarasan, which I really would like to experience. Top Gear has announced it the best world in the road a couple of years ago, so that's probably good enough reason to do it. The only problem is that no buses take that route, and I don't have a car. So my mission now is to find someone to join me and to divide the expences of a rental car. And I actually already succeeded in this task in Brasov. When I arrived in my hostel on Friday, there were basically no one else in there, for instance I had a 6-person dorm room all by myself. That doesn't happen very often. Anyway, there was one German guy, and he I got him convinced and we decided to rent a car next day. Unluckily it turned out that the road was still closed on Sunday, the day we were supposed to go. Luckily we found it out before we took the car. It opened on Sunday. It is closed until this time because of snow and bad conditions. So instead of renting the car we went out for beers and I had to change my plans.

Saturday I spent sightseeing in Brasov with a Swedish girl Anna, who was in Brasov for a conference. After changing plans for a few times, we ended up first taking a bus to Rasnov Fortress, a less popular destination. It was a good choice, because there weren't many other tourists at the time. According to the guide, some idiot Italian guy had apparently bought the castle little bit more than 10 years ago and wanted to turn it into a hostel. So what is the best way to do that? Of course by destroying the beautiful old castle and building on top of it. Crazy shit. Still a nice place to visit. Then we took a bus to Bran Castle, commonly known as ”Dracula Castle”. Although there are different opinions if Dracula even ever was there... A place worth visiting in my opinion anyway. Inside the castle it's not very special, but it has a lovely inner courtyard. Of course it's packed of tourists, so the experience would be much nicer if you would find out a way to get rid of them. Still a very beautiful place.

Brasov itself had a nice old town and right next to the city on a small hill you can find White Tower and Black Tower (actually both white), which offer a nice view to the old town. The best view however is found on top of Mt. Tampa, where stands the Hollowood-wannabe huge letters Brasov, which really doesn't fit the picture very well. In the evening I beat my laziness and ran up there, which took about 35 minutes. The view was amazing. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me, so I had to ask a local couple to take a picture of me and asked them to send it to me later via email. Let's see if it arrives... After that I still had some enegry to go out with Anna and a couple of other guys, so it was quite a good day.

Brasov

Bran Castle

Bran Castle

Brasov