Frank,
Thanks for the detailed reply - I'm constantly amazed at what I learn from
this list !
> Transylvania was that part of Hungary taken away in Versailles and
> given to Romania. Previously, it had been a separate administrative
> region in the Ottoman Empire. In more recent times, the population has
> been mixed Romanian and Magyar, so it has been a bone of contention
> between those two countries. Germans used to live there too. During
> WW2 Hungary received it as a bribe from Hitler. After the war it
> was given to Romania. The revolution which got rid of Ceaucescu started
> in Transylvania, partly because the Hungarian minority were sick of
> being persecuted, but with the support of ethnic Romanians. This
> continued a long history of political leadership, including resistance
> to and eventual secession from the Ottoman Empire.
>
> So, I think the domain is ".ro", but there might be Romanians or
> Hungarians reading from other countries. Even if we don't have any
> list members from there, I wouldn't like to see this thread go the way
> of the one about Germany.
>
Very true !
Another confusing aspect of the internet is that you can't assume
that if someone has a particular address that they are writing from that
country. I have a US address because I work for a US company which has a
worldwide network, but am actually located in Melbourne, Australia. A lot
of people also use services like HOTMAIL which give them a US address.
> US list members should be aware that places
> which seem distant or unimportant to them are very important to some
> people, and that non-Americans are often amazed and horrified at what
> the average American does not know of world history and geography. I
> was once complimented by a (university-educated) American on my
> English - he had apparently confused Australia and Austria. The moral
> is that if you're sketchy on facts, don't launch a broadside or post
> an unfunny "joke." Don't anyway - this is a photography list.
>
> I believe Transylvania is far from sylvan - lots of coal mines and
> steel works. I did once set out to go there on a train with my OM-1,
> but we got sick and bailed out to Yugoslavia. This was before the
> Wall came down, and there might have been some good pictures assuming
> the police didn't take the OM stuff. That particular trip would
> have been difficult with a modern wonderbrick - no battery supply.
>
>
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