Counting On The Count
20.05.2006, 15:34
Count Dracula's homeland, in the Romanian province of Transylvania, was a place Bram Stoker never even visited. But the Irish novelist made the setting for his fictional vampire tale universally famous.
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Since "Dracula" was published in 1897, it’s been translated into 44 languages and at least 250 movies. There's been a vampire for every age and taste.
He was a welcome guest for the innocent inhabitants of "Sesame Street," and he was rebuffed by the dishy teenager, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Transylvania flood fund tops $275,000
02.05.2006, 19:54
The fund drive to help flood-stricken Unitarians in Transylvania has surpassed $275,000. An August flash flood, in a Romanian region with many Unitarian villages, killed four people, destroyed 10 houses and damaged 263 others.
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It also damaged 385 other buildings, destroyed 400 acres of grain and vegetables, killed several thousand chickens and other livestock, and damaged bridges. More than 340 families suffered some type of damage.
Transylvania
02.04.2006, 15:09
TRANSYLVANIA [Transylvania] , Rom. Transilvania or Ardeal, Hung. Erdély, Ger. Siebenbürgen, historic region and province (21,292 sq mi/55,146 sq km), central Romania.
A high plateau, Transylvania is separated in the S from Walachia by the Transylvanian Alps and in the E from Moldavia and Bukovina by the Carpathian Mts. (of which the Transylvanian Alps are a continuation). In the north and west Transylvania borders on Crişana-Maramureş and in the SW on the Banat. The Transylvanian plateau, 1,000 to 1,600 ft (305-488 m) high, is drained by the Mureşul River and other tributaries of the Danube.
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Cluj-Napoca is the chief city; other major urban centers are Braşov , Sibiu , and Tîrgu-Mureş .
Can "Dracula Land" Put Transylvania in the Black?
19.03.2006, 15:06
Ancient spires and towers soar above the steep roofs of the dreamy medieval town. Perched on a hilltop, the castle of Sighisoara is a monument to gothic architecture, but like many other sites in Romania, it is crumbling from neglect.
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For centuries, the town has slumbered in the heart of Transylvania, a region most outsiders would associate with bats and vampires. Now, the Romanian government, searching for new sources of revenue, has decided to capitalize on the region's most infamous son: Officials hope to draw a million tourists a year to a Dracula Land theme park.
Two years in Transylvania (country)
14.04.2005, 12:56
RANDALL DE TRINIS:
Hey' You out there! I don t necessarily mean you that's doin' . . . this report is more for the folks who are still readin' and thinkin' and dreamin' 'bout doin . I'm here to tell you that you really can get up and make those wishes-the "back to the land" wish, the "be your own boss" wish-come true!
Now, I know that the methods which work for one person or family could very well drive another to bankruptcy, but when your fantasy gets a little shopworn around the edges-the knowledge that somebody else has "made it" can sure brighten things up again. Not that everything has been peaches and cream for us up here in the mountains of western North Carolina-we're not even really "out of the woods" yet-but my family does feel that it has found a permanent home here in Transylvania County.