Transylvania is known mostly as the birthplace of Count Dracula, a bloodthirsty, extremely cruel Hungarian noble. Read about him and about the history of Transylvania in the links below.

I spent two - two years and a half during WWII in Nagyvárad (now Oradea), which is situated at the western edge of Transylvania. I started my schooling there and lived the happy life of a middle class child until the American-British bombings started. We left the nice city just minutes before it was encircled by the Soviets at the end of 1944. Happy occasion, we could have lived the terrible decades of Ceausescu's reign in Rumania. 

I have driven through Transylvania only ones, since I left it as a child, only because my wife wanted to have a glimpse at it. I hated Ceausescu and his nationalism so much, I felt pity for Székelys so much, I could hardly bear that half a day, the poverty, hopelessness.

Since then my daughters with their husbands and my wife have visited Erdély. I hope they will be ready to write a few words about their experiences. The pictures, shown here have also been taken by them.

I  am still afraid to go there, the situation is not meant for me.