Miami
Florida, USA
September 30, 2001
Hello!
How are you “Mr. Crazy American"?
Of course I remember you, and I'm happy you remember us.
I think you had a nice holiday in The Balkans.
I was in Bulgaria when I was in high school and last year I passed through when I went to Turkey, but I didn’t see very much. I have never been to Greece but I think is the country I want to visit as soon as possible, but who knows?
Miami, Florida
September 29, 2001
To the Editor, Miami Herald, Focus Section - Sunday, August 26, 2001
Dear Sir,
I read your article “A Romanian Journey” with great interest and disappointment.
This past summer I traveled in The Balkans for five weeks. I spent two weeks in Romania.
Mind you, I don’t disagree with John Dorschner’s appraisal. Romania is poor and bureaucratic. It took me two hours to mail a small package home. But the article mentioned only that Romania is poor and bureaucratic.
Unfortunately your article may just contribute to the continuing poverty of the country. Dorschner’s article is terribly unbalanced. Romania is just wonderful for tourists, especially budget tourists like myself. And I met several tourists who were traveling first-class and staying in an expensive hotel using Bucharest as a jumping off place for their river barge trip up The Danube.
Miami, Florida
August 26, 2001
Dear Dora,
Thank you for your letter from Brasov.
My summer travels have come to an end. I am home, sorting through weeks of mail and bills. I am filling my refrigerator with food. Don't feel sad for me. The weather here is quite hot so I am off to the beach this afternoon.
After five weeks in Europe, I spent three weeks in Lubec, Maine -- the most northeasterly town in the most northeasterly state of the United States. I attended a piano school for adults. This was my fourth year there. The weather was mostly warm and sunny. Since Lubec is on the coast there can also be a lot of fog and chilly days even in the summer.
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
June 26, 2001
My Dear Family and Friends,
Romania
I am sitting in the delightful Hubertus Restaurant, listening to a sweet trio (keyboard, violin and clarinet) while I wait for my main course of roasted quail with potatoes and tomato salad.
I am in a charming university town called Cluj-Napoca in the middle of the Transylvanian Mountains in Romania.
For the past two days I drove in the far north near the borders of Hungary and The Ukraine - an area called The Maramureş where communities are living their lives the way they have for hundreds of years -- spinning, woodworking, and farming in beautiful and fertile mountain valleys alongside swift mountain rivers.
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