点评:My family immigrated from Romania in the early 1900s, but we lost contact with our relatives about 20 years ago. We decided to visit Romania for family vacation (11 of us in total) and try to reconnect with our roots. After doing some of our own genealogical research, we hired Daniel to help with the trip planning and some parts of the research that we couldn't do ourselves. Daniel delivered beyond our expectations.
The trip itself was wonderful. Jam-packed with activities, we feel like we saw all of Transylvania. Everything was taken care of, Daniel handled bookings, transportation, and translation for us. It was a whirlwind and we were exhausted by the end of it on account of doing so much (also we had a toddler, but it all went well).
In the months leading up to the trip, Daniel had actually visited the towns we believed we came from, looked through the archives, talked to the locals, and walked through the graveyards looking at names on headstones. About 2 weeks before the trip we had a breakthrough in the research and definitively found 4 families that were our relatives. Daniel adjusted the itinerary so we could visit with them. The families were extremely friendly, they hosted us for meals and drinks, and we got to know each other a little bit. Daniel helped facilitate the conversation and translate the entire time. They even had photos of us and our family home in America that they had kept all these years. It was an incredible experience!
We absolutely plan to come back to Romania and visit again. Daniel helped us fall in love with the country and the Romanian people.
翻译:我的家人在 20 世纪初从罗马尼亚移民过来,但大约 20 年前我们与亲戚失去了联系。我们决定去罗马尼亚度假(我们一共 11 个人),并尝试重新与我们的根源建立联系。在做了一些我们自己的家谱研究之后,我们聘请了 Daniel 来帮助制定旅行计划,并完成了一些我们自己无法完成的研究。Daniel 的表现超出了我们的预期。
这次旅行本身非常棒。活动丰富多彩,我们感觉好像游览了特兰西瓦尼亚的全貌。一切都安排得井井有条,Daniel 为我们处理了预订、交通和翻译。这是一个旋风般的旅程,由于做了太多事情,我们到最后都筋疲力尽了(我们还有一个蹒跚学步的孩子,但一切都很顺利)。
在旅行前的几个月里,Daniel 实际上已经访问了我们认为我们来自的城镇,查阅了档案,与当地人交谈,并穿过墓地查看墓碑上的名字。大约在旅行前两周,我们在研究方面取得了突破,最终找到了 4 个亲戚家庭。丹尼尔调整了行程,以便我们可以拜访他们。这些家庭非常友好,他们招待我们吃饭喝酒,我们彼此了解了一些。丹尼尔帮助促进对话,并全程翻译。他们甚至有我们和我们在美国家庭住宅的照片,这些照片多年来一直保存着。这是一次不可思议的经历!
我们绝对计划再次回到罗马尼亚。丹尼尔让我们爱上了这个国家和罗马尼亚人民。