点评:Thanks to the excellent research of Michal Razus we had an outstanding day visiting the towns and villages in eastern Slovakia in which my great grandmother lived prior to her immigration to the US. Even though our time was limited, Michal ensured that we visited each of the places important to my family history including Odorin, Markusovce and Zavadka. And in Markusovce, he was able to arrange for a village official to take us on an exciting (if not bone jarring) ride into the back country to see my great grandmother's childhood home in a lumber camp called Sonntags Grund. He also organized stops at local churches where my family were baptized and attended introducing us to pastors and/or caretakers who shared helpful background. We even met the mayor of Odorin as well as the chief engineer of the Markusovce Castle restoration who gave us a personal tour of the project. Michal also took us to a great restaurant for lunch. We could not have accomplished any of this without Michal's research, planning and language skills. If you have Slovakian ancestry, I highly recommend that you hire Michal Razus to conduct research and provide you with a tour of the places important to your family. I've experienced many tour guides on my trips to Europe and he was among the best. Finally, I do not recommend that you travel to rural Slovakia without someone like Michal who is fluent in the language and can ask the right questions.
翻译:感谢 Michal Razus 的出色研究,我们度过了非常愉快的一天,参观了我曾祖母移民美国前居住的斯洛伐克东部城镇和村庄。尽管我们的时间有限,但 Michal 确保我们参观了对我的家族历史很重要的每个地方,包括 Odorin、Markusovce 和 Zavadka。在 Markusovce,他安排了一位村官带我们进行了一次激动人心的(如果不是令人震惊的话)骑行,前往偏远地区,参观我曾祖母在一个名为 Sonntags Grund 的伐木营地的童年故居。他还组织了在当地教堂的停留,我的家人在那里受洗并参加过这些活动,并向我们介绍了有丰富背景的牧师和/或看护人。我们甚至见到了 Odorin 市长以及 Markusovce 城堡修复工程的总工程师,他们亲自带我们参观了该项目。Michal 还带我们去了一家很棒的餐厅吃午餐。如果没有 Michal 的研究、规划和语言技能,我们不可能完成这一切。如果您有斯洛伐克血统,我强烈建议您聘请 Michal Razus 进行研究,并带您游览对您的家人来说很重要的地方。我在欧洲旅行时遇到过很多导游,他是最好的导游之一。最后,我不建议您在没有像 Michal 这样精通斯洛伐克语言并能提出正确问题的人的情况下前往斯洛伐克乡村。