Tag Archive: Dracula

The Transfagarasan Road, Romania

The Imagination Trail April 13, 2015 1 Comment

I can’t claim to have watched much Top Gear, and I am most definitely not a fan of Jeremy Clarkson, its now former presenter, but when I began researching how to reach Poenari Citadel, the “real” Dracula’s castle, in Romania,…
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Europe, Romania, travel

Dracula, Europe, Romania

The real Dracula’s castle

The Imagination Trail April 2, 2015 7 Comments

The rain that’s hammered the windows all the way across the grey-cloaked mountains and up the winding Transfagarasan Road shows no sign of stopping as we get out of the car and contemplate the steps ahead of us, leading up…
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Europe, Romania, travel

books, Brasov, castles, Dracula, Europe, literature, Romania, Transylvania, vampires

This is me: my name's Rachel and I'm a blogger, writer, dreamer, feminist and volcano-chaser. In 2016 I left a successful career as an academic librarian in the UK and gave up my home and most of my possessions to go travelling throughout Asia, Australia and New Zealand. In 2018 I returned to the UK, went back into librarianship, and now travel within Europe and further afield as much as possible in my free time. I hope to show that solo female travel is just as easy, fun and safe (if not more so!) as travelling with others.

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