Two Somethings

I'm an unabashed fan of Jane Austen, and I just watched the adaptation of her book "Mansfield Park," a few days ago. So yesterday, as I was riding through Morehead, one road happened to catch my eye. It read, "Mansfield Prkwy."

In an effort to curb my Harry Potter appetite, I'm rereading a book called The Historian. It centers around Vlad Tepes, or Vlad the Impaler, or Vlad Dracula, or simply Dracula. His name literally means, "Son of the Dragon," (dracul=dragon, -a=son of), and he was part of the Order of the Dragon. We've all heard of Transylvania, which is located in Romania. Unfortunately, this led me back to Harry Potter. Charlie Weasley works with Dragons...in Romania. Any connection to Romania's illustrious past with one named for a Dragon? Just a thought.