Romanian castle that inspired settings in 'Dracula' up for sale
Submitted by stormgirl_blue on Tue, 2007-07-03 10:48.lol, the article asks is there are any bites.
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lol, the article asks is there are any bites.
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I'll bite...boy would I ever! What a beautiful building...my absolute dream home. I want to live there!
I'm not so sure, I've been to the place, very small what castles go. Chilly in the winters, not to mention the job keeping the floors clean, vampires tend to walk with the fangs in the open and it drips. :)
Ok, that was partially true, I've actually been there, very touristy and quite bleak. This is a way nicer castle!
http://www.longpassages.org/images/Romania%20Peles%20Palace.jpg
Not to mention Ceaucescu's mad tribute to hubris:
http://www.myphotographs.net/romania/picture7.html
Couldn't be any chillier than where I'm living now....cabin in the woods on a rock in the middle of the North Atlantic. LOL
The first photo looks great. I'll consider it.
The second is a little too Roman looking for my taste. I like the towers and turrets look. And it's too big...I'd need a team of domestics, and I hate crowds. :)
Do you have anything in a Medieval style? Perhaps with dungeon? Ghosts ok.
Oh, you don't approve of Mr Communist Dictator's Dream Come True? :)
The Romanians seem to agree, Ceaucescu was shot in the early 90's during the revolution. Right now the only jet set hanging in his good ol' commie building are NATO staff. I remarked about NATO having summits there being ironic during a tour of the place. Our tour guide failed to see irony of it, or maybe she just wasn't amused... :)
Ha! Hard to miss the irony, so I guess she wasn't amused. Or maybe you're a tour guide's worst nightmare. LOL Honestly, the place looks like a giant mausoleum...rather fitting.