2010 Tordatfalva - Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ames

BASICS:
We are working with
the UU Partner Church
Council, which facilitated
our 2007 trip.
Base package 10 days/nights, land
$1,175. Children 12
& younger $512.50.
Begins in Koloszvar,
Romania; ends in
Budapest, Hungary.
Airfare not included.
Single supplement,
hotel upgrades
available.
Land package includes
transportation,
lodging, meals (unless
otherwise indicated),
guide(s), interpreter(s),
and entrance fees to
programmed tourist sites.
The package does not
include airfare or other
transportation to/from
Budapest & Koloszvar/Cluj
or Bucharest, gratuities,
alcoholic beverages,
personal expenses
incurred during free
programs, or airport
transfers before/after
specified trip dates or
different from main party.
• Base package:
(Koloszvar/Cluj arrival
June 30) land package
offered by UUPCC $875/
person double ($50 single
supplement for final
Budapest night) + $150/
person nonrefundable
registration fee*. Add
$100/person for two
nights Koloszvar/Cluj 3***
hotel upgrade. Single
rooms not guaranteed
in Unitarian Center for
Students & Pilgrims (UCSP)
or Kisskapus. UCSP rooms
are dormitory-style w/
private baths but require
a four-flight stair climb.
Children 12 & younger
Parliament in Budapest, as seen from Fisherman’s Bastion
across the Danube River. Below: Tordátfalva cows come home.
sharing with two adults
are half-price and not
subject to registration fee.
Optional pre-trip
extension, $400
double/$475 single.
Begins in Bucharest,
Romania.
Post-trip hotel
nights in Budapest
available.
• Pre-trip extension:
(Bucharest arrival June
29) land package is
an additional $400
double/$475 single.
• UUPCC costs do not
include $150/person ($75/
child) direct payment to
the village, coordinated
through the UUFA.
*UUPCC registration
fee pays for UUPCC
membership, application
processing, packet
mailing, and an impact
fee to the Transylvanian
Unitarian Church.
Unitarian Universalist
Partner Church Council
P.O. Box 88
Bedford, MA 01730
781.275.1710
[email protected]
www.uupcc.org
Summer 2010
UUFA Partner Church Trip
Tordátfalva
Strengthening connections & celebrating partnership
The fine print
plus other Transylvanian sites,
finishing in Budapest
Land dates:
June 30-July 9
with optional extensions
For more
information:
515.292.5960
[email protected]
20 years
of UU partnership
with Transylvanian Unitarians
2010 itinerary
Strengthening connections & celebrating partnership
Main trip
Wednesday, June 30. Arrival
in Kolozsvar/Cluj, Romania.
UUPCC transfer to hotel.
Group dinner & orientation
with staff. Overnight
Unitarian Center for
Students & Pilgrims (or Hotel
Victoria 3*** upgrade)
Some of the 2007 travelers in Szekelyderz.
The 2010 trip marks the third time a group
from Ames will have visited our partners in
Romania.
In 2002, the Rev. Lajos Lőrinczi and his
partner, Tünde, visited us in Ames.
Am es-Tordátfa lva
UUPCC registration ends
March 30. UUPCC trip fee
(excludes village payment)
is due 45 days before
departure.
Thursday, July 1. Morning
Unitarian tour of Koloszvar,
including the Unitarian
High School, First Church
and the rock where Francis
David is said to have stood
when he converted the
city to Unitarianism, and St.
Michael’s church, where he
once occupied the pulpit.
Group lunch. Afternoon
trip to Torda’s Church of the
Edict and to the Alabaster
village of Meszko. Hike
& picnic dinner in Torda
Gorge before returning to
Koloszvar.
Friday, July 2. Depart after
breakfast for Tordatfalva
via scenic back roads.
Lunch and walking tour of
picturesque Marosvarhely
Tordátfalva today
city center, including
Cultural Palace and Teleki
Library. Afternoon arrival in
village. Welcome/reception.
Overnight in parish house
and/or home stays.
Saturday-Tuesday, July 3-6.
Days in village, including
walking exploration,
Sunday church services,
a work project, watching
the cows come home, day
trips to nearby sites, a hike
in the woods, and more.
Communal meals.
Wednesday, July 7. Lunch in
the village before departure
toward Budapest. Dinner
and overnight in Kisskapus
at the Unitarian B&B.
Thursday, July 8. Morning
departure for Budapest,
with traditional gulyas lunch
en route after crossing into
Hungary. Evening arrival.
Dinner and overnight.
Fabius Hotel***.
Friday, July 9. Transfer to
airport, or extend your stay
in Budapest or elsewhere.
About 100 adults live in the village, down from as many
as 600 in 1910. Most are older, but families with young
children provide hope for the village’s future. Changes
throughout Europe challenge their traditional farming.
Pre-trip extension
Tuesday, June 29. Gather/
arrive at Bucharest airport.
Transfer to motor coach
for two-hour drive to
Carpathian Mountain resort
town of Sinaia. Group dinner
and orientation with UUPCC
staff. Dinner and overnight
Hotel Alpin Cota 1400***.
Wednesday, June 30.
Morning cable-car ride into
the mountains above Sinaia.
Group lunch, then tour of
Peles Castle and visit nearby
Orthodox Monastery. Free
time to explore. Dinner on
your own. Overnight Sinaia.
Thursday, July 1. Depart
after breakfast. Scenic drive
to Bran for tour of Bran
Castle (Dracula’s Castle).
Drive to Brasso/Brasov to
visit Black Church, Romania’s
largest neo-gothic cathedral.
Free time to stroll city
center. Lunch on your own.
Evenning arrival in Kohalom/
Rupea. Dinner & overnight
Lilliana Pensiune***.
Village history
Friday, July 2. Morning hike
to visit the Saxon fortress
at Kohalom, followed by a
tour of the fortress church
at Viscri (a UNESCO Heritage
Site). Lunch en route. Early
evening arrival in Tordátfalva.
Join base itinerary.
A few more things
You can see more about
the Ames trip online on
the UUPCC’s secure travel
page at www.uupcc.org/
trips.html. The first time,
you’ll have to create a login.
Choose “travel,’” then “enter
the trip ID of a private trip.”
Our IDs are 1353865 for the
base trip and 1364388 for
the extension. Registration
fees are payable by credit
card. Balances are payable
by check.
Those from Ames who
will start in Koloszvar/Cluj
are likely to coordinate
group travel to Koloszvar/
Cluj from Budapest. Some
travelers may also coordinate
international air travel.
Tordátfalva narrowly escaped planned demolition
during the communist era. After years of crushing
oppression, villagers now work to reclaim and sustain
their land, history, language, culture, and religion.