tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359890212378429410.post4827579793423787505..comments2023-09-15T14:33:30.185-04:00Comments on Transylvania, Romania and Other Musings: Out of the Land They LovedRebecca A Emrichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11157030856692233491noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359890212378429410.post-16551999555546166472009-06-28T11:20:46.464-04:002009-06-28T11:20:46.464-04:00Mummy-in-Law came from Transylvania--no joke! Don&...Mummy-in-Law came from Transylvania--no joke! Don't know much about it, except for Dracula of course, pleased to have found you.The Prodigal Touristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08334946081603232068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359890212378429410.post-3440488945203734332009-06-28T08:05:53.836-04:002009-06-28T08:05:53.836-04:00What a great topic...
I left Transylvania when I ...What a great topic...<br /><br />I left Transylvania when I was 12. I also have a German background (Schwab), but because of politics in the region we lived in, my family ended up speaking Hungarian over the years.<br /><br />It is a beautiful land with rivers, lakes, mountains, valleys, forests, you name it... and all of us that were born there keep have it in our hearts.<br /><br />I remember visiting my Grandparents vineyards that has been in our family for many generations. They were hardworking people with a little piece of land beside their house and their beloved vineyard for their wine and palinka (Hungarian Moonshine). They raised cows, pigs, chickens, geese, and my brothers and I went out with the cows in the grasslands so they could eat, and we could play. I remember climbing trees, picking cherries, and climbing fences. I would pick the walnuts in their green covering from the tree and open it to eat the raw walnut inside. They had an outhouse, and we went to the neighbourhood pump to get our water and carry it back to the house.<br /><br />I still have cousins in the regions, although our family went from one of the biggest families in the area down to only a few smaller clusters...<br /><br />Mostly everyone went to Germany or to Canada for better opportunities. We still keep in touch with our family in Germany, and will do so as long as I'm alive.<br /><br />Unfortunately life is not easy for the people that live in Transylvania. Yes, some of them are more fortunate than others, however, a lot of the people there do not have high incomes, and therefore their quality of life suffers.<br /><br />Relatives of ours were just there visiting, and upon return they said that it is so sad to see all the bad roads, and homes in disrepair. Most everyone they met complained about something or other.<br /><br />On a brighter note we are going to pass our stories of the old homeland down to our children and grandchildren. We will go back to visit when our children are older so that they can see where we came from, and they can see some of the wonders of the region.<br /><br />Thanks for starting this blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359890212378429410.post-61614825122605209672009-06-27T19:58:26.282-04:002009-06-27T19:58:26.282-04:00That's so nice that your family has such a clo...That's so nice that your family has such a close tie to the old country. I bet it was interesting growing up understanding the culture.<br /><br />I never really had the old world ties so much. Most of my family immigrated to the American colonies in the 1600's; the later wave of immigration was to Ontario on the 1800's. The ones who immigrated to the colonies were mainly of noble English birth or Scottish royal lineage; through them, we have our family legends; still, we don't celebrate our culture as much as we should.<br /><br />Through the family that immigrated to Ontario, they made their way down to Louisana and brought us our French culture, which we still retain some traces of.<br /><br />What, what I'm longwindedly getting at is that: culture is a really nice thing and that's so refreshing to know that your parents care about the home of their birth and that you care enough to write about it. =)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10566036374392253919noreply@blogger.com