The Transfagarasan, one of the most scenic roads in the world
We left Brasov, heading to Harman, or Honigberg, to visit one of the famous fortified churches. As you have heard in the last post, this area was called the Burzenland and was given to the German Order of the Knights by the then ruling Hungarian King Andreas II in 1211. They started bringing in German settlers to populate the towns they were building and fortified their churches to be able to defend them in case of an attack. And attacked they were, but hardly any of the over 150 churches were ever conquered. We couldn`t leave the country without having a look at what is marketed as Dracula`s castle. Never mind that Vlad has never been here, not even Bram Stoker has! Still, Bran Castle is a tourist magnet, with over 1 million visitors annually. It was built in 1377 by the Saxons and today houses a museum displaying art and furniture collected by Queen Marie. I think he needs to pee! ...