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Dracula online

Tue, 19 May 2009 18:33:16 +0000

Dracula – from ancients times until today, a word that spread fear when heard, but also respect. It spread fear because Dracula was a bloody character, immortal, associated in many cultures with dark. It demanded respect because the myth is based on a historical character, a fighter for justice, freedom, called Vlad the Impaler.

The name Dracula is very popular. Few are the areas that didn’t use it as a brand. From the very popular t-shirts or personalized mugs, to movies, restaurants, hotels, amusement parks, all want to satisfy the people need to discover the truth about Count Dracula.

A few years ago Dracula appeared online. A lot of news sites like cnn.com, online shopping sites amazon.com, online shopping gifts sites draculagifts.com, touristic sites Dracula-travel.ro, online encyclopedias Wikipedia.org or just sites dedicated to this character Dracula, Dracula-souvenirs.com that search and debate about the mystery of the legendary character, appeared .

From 1897, the year the book Dracula was first published, by Bram Stoker, the myth became known all wide world. Today when you search the word Dracula on Google.com you will find around 13.500.000 results. This really which shows its immortality.

Halloween costumed parties – Some ideas for Halloween costumes

Tue, 19 May 2009 17:54:22 +0000

Haloween costumes
Phantom: You need only a white sheet. It doesn’t matter if it’s old. The older, the better. You have to make 2 wholes for the eye and draw a nose and a mouth. Watch out for the size, if it’s too long you’ll step on it and fall.
Clown: Look for all the old clothes you have, all colours. The colourfull, the better (You did well not to throw them away, even if you don’t wear them ?).You need a marker and some paints. You should really have a hat, a tie or a bowtie, and straps.
Scarecrow: You need very large and old clothes, even tattered and patched. Any scarecrow has it’s legs and hands tied with a rope, so you need to do it. The interesting part that involves the straws is that if you manage to get them you’ll be senzational. You can put some in your pants, and a lot of white powder, in order to make you pale.
Pirat: Nothing easier: a pair of dirty old jeans, a black shirt and a wide belt. You have to cover an eye with a dark scarf. Don’t forget the sword or at least a bottle of rom.
Zoro: To be Zorro you need black trousers, highsteel boots, a black scarf with 2 wholes for the eyes and a black hat.If you can borrow Antonio Banderas’s accent you really impress.
Witch: You really have to buy a witch hat, maybe a wig. You also need a green or blue long dress and a magic stick. If you want to fly you cand have a broom.

The Bran Castle – the historical retrocede

Tue, 19 May 2009 17:44:41 +0000

The Bran Castle is on of the most important tourist objectives of Romania and Brasov, more specific. According to the historians the Bran fortress was build between 1377 and 1378. Ludovic de Anjou let the people from Brasov build a stone fortress using their own money and work force.
The Castle was given to Queen Mary of Romania, as a symbol of respect for her contribution to the Reunion on the 1st of December 1918, by the Brasov Community in 1920. After the royal family departure from the country in 1948, the Bran Castle was under the Romanian State.
Presently, according to an evaluation its value rises to 25 million dollars, but the historical value and the association with the Dracula Character cannot be measured. The Castle was retro ceded not to the descendents of Dracula, but to the nephews of Queen Mary.

The actual owner, Dominic de Habsburg is the son of Archduke Anton of Austria and Princess Ileana of Romania, nephew of King Ferdinand and Queen Mary of Romania. In the retrocede contract it is stated that the Bran Museum remains open to the public for 3 years and the Romanian state has the right to be the first taken into consideration when selling.

Dracula – Myth and reality

Tue, 19 May 2009 16:58:42 +0000

Dracula – a character that is always en vogue for so many centuries, is a name that inspired and still inspires many legends, a word that brings fear into some regions where it is spoken, show the real identity: demon, wear wolf, vampire, or fearless leader, unmerciful, unforgiving; a fighter for law, for justice and liberty.