Part 1

Jonathan Harker’s Journal

           3May.Bistritz. LeftMunichat8:35P.M.,on1stMay,arrivingatViennaearlynextmorning; shouldhavearrivedat6:46,buttrainwasanhourlate. Buda-Pesthseemsawonderfulplace,fromtheglimpsewhichIgotofitfromthetrainandthelittleIcouldwalkthroughthestreets.Ifearedtogoveryfarfromthestation,aswehadarrivedlateandwouldstartasnearthecorrecttimeaspossible. 

           TheimpressionIhadwasthatwewereleavingtheWestandenteringtheEast; themostwesternofsplendidbridgesovertheDanube,whichishereofnoblewidthanddepth,tookusamongthetraditionsofTurkishrule. 

           Weleftinprettygoodtime,andcameafternightfalltoKlausenburgh. HereIstoppedforthenightattheHotelRoyale. Ihadfordinner,orrathersupper,achickendoneupsomewaywithredpepper,whichwasverygoodbutthirsty. (Mem.getrecipeforMina.) Iaskedthewaiter,andhesaiditwascalled"paprikahendl,"andthat,asitwasanationaldish,IshouldbeabletogetitanywherealongtheCarpathians. 

           IfoundmysmatteringofGermanveryusefulhere,indeed,Idon’tknowhowIshouldbeabletogetonwithoutit. 

           HavinghadsometimeatmydisposalwheninLondon,IhadvisitedtheBritishMuseum,andmadesearchamongthebooksandmapsinthelibraryregardingTransylvania; ithadstruckmethatsomeforeknowledgeofthecountrycouldhardlyfailtohavesomeimportanceindealingwithanoblemanofthatcountry. 

           Ifindthatthedistricthenamedisintheextremeeastofthecountry,justonthebordersofthreestates,Transylvania,Moldavia,andBukovina,inthemidstoftheCarpathianmountains; oneofthewildestandleastknownportionsofEurope. 

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