The Amateur Traveler talks to Shawn about his trip to Transylvania in Romania. We talk, of course, about Vlad III the Impaler (Dracula) but also about the green rolling hills, walled towns, castles and people of this beautiful country.
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News
Heir puts ‘Dracula’s Castle’ for sale
Show Notes
Transylvania
14th Century Map of Europe (with Transylvania)
Romania
Vlad III the Impaler
Sighi?oara
Bra?ov
Seven Times – Transylvanian news in english
- Book Your Accommodation HERE
- Buy Travel Insurance
- Get a Car Rental
- Get an eSim to be able to use your smartphone abroad.
- Search for Great Tours HERE
- Get a universal plug adapter
Internet Resources
AboutAirportParking.com – guide to airport parking
Community
Shimon goes on a listening binge and particularly recommends : Episode 131 – Walt Disney World and Episode 133 – Croatia Backroads
Jeffery asks how the podcast is made – Video – The Making of the Amateur Traveler Podcast
and says of Episode 155 – Colorado – “Many Texans agree that Colorado is the only place on earth that can even come close to competing with Texas.”
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by Chris Christensen
Chris Christensen is the creator of the Amateur Traveler blog and podcast. He has been a travel creator since 2005 and has won awards including being named the "Best Independent Travel Journalist" by Travel+Leisure Magazine.+Chris Christensen | @chris2x | facebook
5 Responses to “Travel to Transylvania in Romania – Episode 161”
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Michelle
Says:November 25th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
GREAT show, Chris! The interviewer did a great job of finally explaining the name Dracula, thank you!:)
And he made the sights sound so beautiful.
The ATM Escort story was cute, I could just see him flanked by loud sirened police cars to the ATM, lol. Bet everyone stopped what they were doing to see what all the fuss was about!
PLEASE do more shows about Romania in general.
And do more on Ireland and Scotland, too!
Keep up the great shows, they are as good as being there…..
Michelle
Wichita, KS.
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Paul
Says:June 12th, 2018 at 1:52 pm
Hey,
Just found your podcasts and listened to three shows on my walk this morning.. Bucharest, Budapest and Transylvania. Thanks so much.
I wanted some relevant info talked to me while i walked. Managed to scribe a few notes into my phone for later reference. Starting my next trip in Bucharest in July ’18.
Top notch program! Thanks again
Paul
Brisbane Australia
chris2x
Says:June 13th, 2018 at 7:28 am
Glad you enjoyed it Paul 🙂