ENGELSK ARTIKKEL | En amerikanskt journalist har oppholdt seg to uker i Transylvania og har bare lovord i sin omtale av turen:
When you tell people you're vacationing in Transylvania, you almost can see their mind's eye fill with spectacular images from Bram Stoker's "Dracula."
Of course, that is a novel. After spending 10 days there, what fills my mind is the contrast of the ancient and modern and how they co-exist so well.
It was not unusual to see a new Mercedes zip around a horse-drawn wagon on a country lane as a shepherd in a nearby field watched while talking on his cellphone.
Transylvania, located in northern Romania, has a large Hungarian population and is mostly rural. Much of that ethnic population's ancestors were proud citizens of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until its defeat in World War I.
The pace of life in rural Transylvania is slower. Our host and devoted tour guide, Kinga, my wife's childhood friend from when Kinga's family fled Romania for Idaho, told us to slow down each morning when we were eager to get started.
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