surprise topic!!!!!!!!

what to do but force yourself to stay awake and enjoy a rather fascinating conversation!!!!!!!
so there i found myself sitting beside a very young chatty lady from romania who educated me on DRACULA.... based on a 15th Century King Vlad Tepes. they called Vlad Dracu (meaning the devil).
he had a rather nasty habit of punishing his enemies by chopping off their heads and putting them on a stick and it is this habit that gave him the name Tepes...
she also talked of his beautiful dark castle built in a mountain...it all sounded very picturesque...imagining the continuation of the mountain....and how the castle was built to protect Transylvania....apparently Vlad Tepes only spent one night at Bran Castle on his travels...she said he never lived there....
she went on to tell me how admired and loved Vlad Tepes was ....and how the children at school learnt of his bravery and victories.....
then from Dracula to the wonderful people of Transylvania....
she spoke of their kind nature.......easy going and calm!!!!!!
and then she shared a joke with me...
question:
how many snails can you see in an hour?
answer:
none...the snails were running to fast....

who knows maybe one day our paths will cross in Transylvania and i will visit Dracula's Castle with a very chatty happy Transylvanian guide....you never know!!!!!!!

                                                          (-: Rhoda :-)
nb: i am not a historian, this is simply a fun conversation i had with a stranger :-)