Vampire Diary: Exploring the history of vampires in Romania & Serbia - Days 2 - 7
Day 2
What a night! crossed my mind while I was having my breakfast and my morning coffee. I can’t remember the last time I had such a fun night out. I need to text my friend Lucian and tell him that I got back home safe last night and that I talked to this one guy that bought us Tequila shots about vampires. He told me that vampires are just a metaphor for queer people. According to him Bram Stoker himself was gay and the only way he could live his truth was through his story about a bloodsucking monster. Stoker made an excuse for a male vampire sucking another man's blood by saying that vampires have to feed or they will die. That’s just their nature. An interesting thought but Stoker must have had an inspiration for his monster regardless what it stands for. Some sources say that his inspiration was Vlad III. or commonly known as Vlad the impaler or Vlad Dracula. Hopefully I will learn more about him soon, but now I have to keep going. I still want to see some things before I leave Bucharest.
I decided to go and visit the Stavropoleos Monastery since it’s very close to my hotel and I read in an article that people go there and pray to find lost things like their pets, or ex-partners or in my case sunglasses. It is a very beautiful church made out of wood and stone and it seems like a mix of several architectural styles. I recognize byzantine elements. On my way back from the monastery I passed the restaurant where I had my lunch before and just as I walked by someone was shouting: “Mister, mister!” I turn around and see one of the waiters running towards me and holding my sunglasses in his hand. I just smiled, winked at the sky and put my sunglasses on.
