The weekend of All Hallows' Eve seems like the appropriate time to share some photographs from a trip that I took to Transylvania over the summer. Scroll down for all manner of spooky scenery, snarling animals, scythes and castles, but don't be totally fooled; Transylvania in summer is a wonderful destination for hiking and for every day of mist and rain that we endured we also enjoyed two of summer sunshine strolling in high alpine meadows. Despite failing my usual primary criteria by not being next to the ocean, I can attest that it's well worth a visit.
The cross on the mountain top above the town of Busteni is enormous, although it doesn't look it in the top left of this image.
Is Vlad a pig?
Sodden sheep dogs doing their best impressions of hell hounds.
Bram Castle: home of Vlad the Impaler and the inspiration for Dracula's Castle.
The Carpathian Mountains offer some stunning scenery.
Yup, scythes. Less Grim Reaper and more hay harvest in this case.
Bram Castle.
Carpathian Bears.
Shifting sheep, come rain or shine.
Brasov. They put a big sign on top of the hill overlooking the town in case you forget.
Transylvanian tracks and trails.
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