Showing posts with label Romania. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Romania. Show all posts

9/22/2012

Summer 2012




Usually I don’t  go  to holiday in Summer , but this year was different. I don’t like hot weather. Unfortunately  this summer there was tropical heat, the temperature  was often almost 40 degrees.




I had never been on such a long vacation, but in July.  I
travelled to Transylvania for 10 days. My relatives were happy.  We looked at  lot of nice places. 
We were in my father's native village, we visited 
former and new relatives, we talked with interesting 
and nice people, we looked at three castles. One of 
them was newly renovated and very nice.


The others were in a very bad state.




We had a trip along the bank of Maros River and to the nearby mountains.


We ate delicious, home-made foods. I found a lot of 
new information for my family tree. I managed to 
scan some old registers.



In August, we were  in Jászberény. Here was a 
Csángó festival. It was very interesting. There were 
many dance and music groups from other minorities 
too. For example, from Iran, Turkey, Slovakia, Serbia.



We met our csángó friends, who are performed 
also. From there we travelled further to Tállya 
village.




We spent here  4 days in a guest house. The house 
was very nice and comfortable with a lovely garden.
 Under the house there was a wine cellar.




We got free wine each day and there was a wine 
tasting from 8 different wines too. We got  delicious 
and rich breakfast , home-made meats and 
vegetables.





The owner was a very nice man. We had a  trip to 
the hills and walked in the village.  Here we had 
some work,  too.  I have a missing relative. He wrote 
the last letter to her sister 22 years ago and it was
his last address in Tallya. We asked questions 
about him, we talked to many people, but 
they were reluctant to speak.  We looked at the  
house where he lived. He lived  at a  gypsy family
once who did a lot of nasty things. We heard that
he's dead, but he hasn't got a tomb and death 
certificate. Maybe he’s buried in the backyard or
he died in another place. So he disappeared without 
a trace.

In late August, my brother arrived from America. 
We travelled together to the lake Balaton  for one  
day and then for 2 days to Austria, visiting an elderly 
relative. At Balaton it was a very hot day and there
was a large crowd because it was a national holiday. 
The trip was very beautiful in Austria.



My relative's house  was 1000 meters high in the 
mountains. There was  fine fresh air and a great view. 



My  relative is 85 years old, but he’s in good health. 
Maybe I can go for more days next time.











8/20/2010

Holidays / Vacances / Sommerurlaub



We arrived back from great travel. We saw many beautiful countryside, we met interesting people and we tasted a little bit of history. We were in Transylvania, where Hungarians are still living (szeklers), we rambled in the region of Saxony. We were again at Changos in Moldova, who live in isolated surrounded with Romanian and they spoken the hungarian languages as in the Middle Ages. The our trip took 10 days and we drove by car for more than 2000 km. We have received many nice experience. We have a lot of photos. You may look here.

Nous sommes revenus de Voyage grande . Nous avons vu de nombreux paysages magnifiques, rencontré des gens intéressants et goûté un peu de l'histoire. Nous étions en Transylvanie, où les Hongrois sont encore en vie (Sicules), nous parcourûmes dans la région de Saxe. Nous étions de nouveau à Changos en Moldavie, qui vivent dans des régions isolées entourées de Roumanie et ils parlé en langues hongroise comme au Moyen Age. Le voyage durée 10 jours et nous avons roulé en voiture pour plus de 2000 km. Nous avons reçu de nombreux belle expérience. Nous avons beaucoup de photos. Vous pouvez regarder ici.

Wir kamen zurück von unsere große Reise. .Wir sahen viele schöne Landschaft, trafen wir interessante Leute und wir genossen ein wenig Geschichte. Wir waren in Siebenbürgen, wo Ungarn noch leben (Szekler), wir haben in der Region Sachsen umhergestreift. Wir waren bei Tschangos in Moldau wieder, die leben in isolierten mit rumänischen umgeben, und sie sprechen die ungarische Sprache als im Mittelalter.Die Reise dauerte 10 Tage lang und wir fuhren mit Auto für mehr als 2000 km. Wir haben viele schöne Erfahrung erhalten. Wir haben eine Menge Fotos. Sie können hier anschauen.

6/10/2009

Csango -Moldova - Roumanie/Romania

Nous sommes arrivé à la maison. Nous avons voyagé dans plus de 2000 km. Nous avons eu des vagues de chaleur et de froid ainsi. Nous avons rencontré des gens sympas, et moins sucré. Heureusement, beaucoup de gens étaient gentils. Nous avons rendu visite à la famille. Nous avons voyagé en voiture par la belle campagne. Nous aimons Voyage confortablement, parfois arrêter de se rendre dans un restaurant, où les choses inattendues, pour voir. Enfin, les 9 jours avérée peu. Nous avons eu tellement de fois que maintenant.
Les images sont ici.



We arrived home. We traveled more than 2000 km . We had heat waves and cold weather as well. We met kind and less kind people. Fortunately, many people were nice. We visited the relatives. We traveled by car through beautiful countryside. We love to travel comfortably, sometimes stop to go to a restaurant, where unexpected things happen, to see. Finally the 9 days proved to be little. We had only so many times now.
Pictures are here

5/24/2009

Csango -Moldova - Roumanie/Romania

Le mardi, nous voyageons au Csango. Mais qui sont les Csango? Le moldave Csángó vivent dans le territoire de la Roumanie, entre les Carpates orientales et la rivière Szeret. Le groupe ethnique le nombre près de 240 000 et de ces environ 62 000 parlent le hongrois. Moldavie n'a jamais été une partie de la Hongrie et en raison de l'isolement de cette communauté, l'évolution historique du territoire Csángó a suivi un cours particulier de sa propre initiative. En outre, l'insularité de la Csángó a fait possible pour eux de préserver les anciennes traditions de leur culture; Toutefois, à l'égard de la langue, on peut dire que la langue hongroise Csángó représenter un groupe dans lequel le hongrois peut être considéré comme un "danger" langue. La base essentielle de la prise de conscience de l'identité entre les Csángó hongroise de la Moldavie est l'Eglise catholique romaine.



On Tuesday we will travel to the Csango. But who are the Csango? The Moldavian Csango live in the territory of Romania, between the Eastern Carpathians and the River Szeret. The ethnic group numbers close to 240 000 and of these about 62 000 speak Hungarian. Moldavia was never a part of Hungary and due to the isolated situation of this community the historical development of  the Csango territory has followed a particular course of  its own. Furthermore, the insularity of  the Csango has made it possible for them to preserve the ancient traditions of  their culture; however, with respect to language, it can be said that the Hungarian-speaking Csango represent a group in which Hungarian can be considered as an “endangered' language. The essential basis of the awareness of  identity among the Hungarian Csango of Moldavia is the Roman Catholic Church.