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From Solont to Los Angeles. Travel reflections
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Publisher: Editura Universitara
Author: Constantin Ciocan-Solont
Edition: I
Pages: 264
Publisher year: 2023
ISBN: 978-606-28-1598-1
DOI: 10.5682/9786062815981
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Writing a book with personal impressions and reflections about travels through the United States, after Romanian readers became aware, starting in the 70s, of the diaries written by our great historian Constantin C. Giurescu or the writer Romulus Rusan, is a great gesture daring.
I decided to dare arguing that in today's times anyone can make such a trip, without the need for special invitations, to visit interesting civil objectives and tourist places from all over North America.
I specify that I did not propose and do not dare to make comparisons between my work and the books of the personalities mentioned above. Everyone had their own objective and wrote according to their concerns and point of view. The famous historian Professor Constantin C. Giurescu managed to make known, in American university circles, fundamental moments in the history of Romania and had meetings with some of the Romanians settled in the United States. The writer Romulus Rusan, around the same time, by describing his visit to the USA, made it possible for Romanian readers to learn from a Romanian intellectual about the realities of American society.
I allow myself to quote from what the great historian Constantin C. Giurescu said at one of the meetings held in Boston with the diaspora "... come and see the situation on the spot, that is, do what the two colleagues, Anghel Rugina, did in previous years (at that time a university professor in Boston, our note) and Radu Florescu and what many of the American Romanians who visit us as tourists are doing. Come and see how Bucharest and all our cities have changed; come and see how beautiful our country is, which is also your country, the country where you were born."
Following the historical changes after 1989 and a favorable situation, I fulfilled a student dream and a newer passion for monuments, making several trips around North America. I traveled as a simple Romanian citizen, with a freely chosen program, with comfortable conditions and minimal expenses. Suffice it to say that during the first 3 trips I rested for 46 nights traveling by Greyhound bus to a new town. Even on the last trip, made in November 2022, I used the method of sleeping on the bus. That's how I traveled through Arizona and California, but also between Toronto and New York. My objective was to demonstrate that it is possible and instructive to visit different areas of North America. Instructive through what you see with your own eyes, after, before the trip, you tried to inform yourself and know how to look for certain objectives. At the same time, I proposed that, together with the images that were moving before the eyes, I would move before the "mind's eye" images and situations experienced by me since my teenage years, even from my childhood until today, especially in Romania.
I decided to dare arguing that in today's times anyone can make such a trip, without the need for special invitations, to visit interesting civil objectives and tourist places from all over North America.
I specify that I did not propose and do not dare to make comparisons between my work and the books of the personalities mentioned above. Everyone had their own objective and wrote according to their concerns and point of view. The famous historian Professor Constantin C. Giurescu managed to make known, in American university circles, fundamental moments in the history of Romania and had meetings with some of the Romanians settled in the United States. The writer Romulus Rusan, around the same time, by describing his visit to the USA, made it possible for Romanian readers to learn from a Romanian intellectual about the realities of American society.
I allow myself to quote from what the great historian Constantin C. Giurescu said at one of the meetings held in Boston with the diaspora "... come and see the situation on the spot, that is, do what the two colleagues, Anghel Rugina, did in previous years (at that time a university professor in Boston, our note) and Radu Florescu and what many of the American Romanians who visit us as tourists are doing. Come and see how Bucharest and all our cities have changed; come and see how beautiful our country is, which is also your country, the country where you were born."
Following the historical changes after 1989 and a favorable situation, I fulfilled a student dream and a newer passion for monuments, making several trips around North America. I traveled as a simple Romanian citizen, with a freely chosen program, with comfortable conditions and minimal expenses. Suffice it to say that during the first 3 trips I rested for 46 nights traveling by Greyhound bus to a new town. Even on the last trip, made in November 2022, I used the method of sleeping on the bus. That's how I traveled through Arizona and California, but also between Toronto and New York. My objective was to demonstrate that it is possible and instructive to visit different areas of North America. Instructive through what you see with your own eyes, after, before the trip, you tried to inform yourself and know how to look for certain objectives. At the same time, I proposed that, together with the images that were moving before the eyes, I would move before the "mind's eye" images and situations experienced by me since my teenage years, even from my childhood until today, especially in Romania.
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From Solont to Los Angeles. Travel reflections
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CONSTANTIN CIOCAN-SOLONT
WORD OF APPRECIATION FOR THE BOOK "AMERICAN ADVENTURE WITH THE GRAY HUNDRING" / 11
INTRODUCTION / 13
STIMULUS OF THE DESIRE TO TRAVEL IN AMERICA / 16
FIRST VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES / 26
THE TAXI DRIVER WHO BOMBED PLOIESTI CITY / 36
EXCURSIONS AND VISITS FOR ACCOMMODATION / 40
1. In the footsteps of Queen Maria / 41
2. An impressive hydrotechnical node / 42
3. Visit to the former capital of Canada / 42
4. Ottawa – the modern capital of Canada / 43
5. Windsor, the Canadian city neighboring the American Detroit / 46
6. In the footsteps of the old inhabitants of the Canadian territories / 47
7. Excursion to Niagara Falls – Niagara Falls / 47
FIRST WEEK BY BUS THROUGH AMERICA / 51
1. Buffalo - the start of the first journey with the "Grey Greyhound" / 52
2. Boston, the cradle of the American Revolution and Science / 53
3. Cambridge and its famous Universities / 56
4. Philadelphia, the city of the preliminaries of the formation of the USA / 58
5. Washington, the national capital / 62
6. Baltimore, the capital of the state of Maryland / 62
7. Chicago, one of the great economic centers of America / 64
8. Indianapolis, the capital of the state of Indiana / 64
9. Cincinnati, industrial center in the state of Ohio / 66
10. Columbus and the model of Columbus' ship / 67
11. Cleveland, economic center of the state of Ohio / 68
12. Pittsburgh – metallurgical center in the state of Pennsylvania / 68
13. Titusville – among the first oil centers in America / 69
FROM QUEBEC TO ORLANDO, SAN DIEGO AND VANCOUVER (visiting 49 American and Canadian cities) / 71
FROM NEW YORK TO MONTERREY-MEXICO (visiting 6 American and 3 Mexican cities) / 174
2019 AN EXCITING JOURNEY. / 189
TOURIST NEW YORK CITY / 194
THE 2022 TRIP (visiting 12 American and 4 Canadian cities) / 205
1. The first meeting with the great-grandson / 205
2. A new visit to Niagara / 208
3. From Toronto to Los Angeles / 210
4. Tour of the Gettysburg memorial camp / 222
5. Visit to the Capitol in Washington / 225
6. Lake Ontario Walk at Pickering / 232
7. Visit to Grand Rapids / 234
LESSONS, RECOMMENDATIONS, CONCLUSIONS / 236
A BRIEF PRESENTATION OF THE TRAVELER / 244
Annex 1 – General information about the USA and Canada / 254
Annex 2 – Promotion and evaluation method / 261
BIBLIOGRAPHY / 263
INTRODUCTION / 13
STIMULUS OF THE DESIRE TO TRAVEL IN AMERICA / 16
FIRST VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES / 26
THE TAXI DRIVER WHO BOMBED PLOIESTI CITY / 36
EXCURSIONS AND VISITS FOR ACCOMMODATION / 40
1. In the footsteps of Queen Maria / 41
2. An impressive hydrotechnical node / 42
3. Visit to the former capital of Canada / 42
4. Ottawa – the modern capital of Canada / 43
5. Windsor, the Canadian city neighboring the American Detroit / 46
6. In the footsteps of the old inhabitants of the Canadian territories / 47
7. Excursion to Niagara Falls – Niagara Falls / 47
FIRST WEEK BY BUS THROUGH AMERICA / 51
1. Buffalo - the start of the first journey with the "Grey Greyhound" / 52
2. Boston, the cradle of the American Revolution and Science / 53
3. Cambridge and its famous Universities / 56
4. Philadelphia, the city of the preliminaries of the formation of the USA / 58
5. Washington, the national capital / 62
6. Baltimore, the capital of the state of Maryland / 62
7. Chicago, one of the great economic centers of America / 64
8. Indianapolis, the capital of the state of Indiana / 64
9. Cincinnati, industrial center in the state of Ohio / 66
10. Columbus and the model of Columbus' ship / 67
11. Cleveland, economic center of the state of Ohio / 68
12. Pittsburgh – metallurgical center in the state of Pennsylvania / 68
13. Titusville – among the first oil centers in America / 69
FROM QUEBEC TO ORLANDO, SAN DIEGO AND VANCOUVER (visiting 49 American and Canadian cities) / 71
FROM NEW YORK TO MONTERREY-MEXICO (visiting 6 American and 3 Mexican cities) / 174
2019 AN EXCITING JOURNEY. / 189
TOURIST NEW YORK CITY / 194
THE 2022 TRIP (visiting 12 American and 4 Canadian cities) / 205
1. The first meeting with the great-grandson / 205
2. A new visit to Niagara / 208
3. From Toronto to Los Angeles / 210
4. Tour of the Gettysburg memorial camp / 222
5. Visit to the Capitol in Washington / 225
6. Lake Ontario Walk at Pickering / 232
7. Visit to Grand Rapids / 234
LESSONS, RECOMMENDATIONS, CONCLUSIONS / 236
A BRIEF PRESENTATION OF THE TRAVELER / 244
Annex 1 – General information about the USA and Canada / 254
Annex 2 – Promotion and evaluation method / 261
BIBLIOGRAPHY / 263
Writing a book with personal impressions and reflections about travels through the United States, after Romanian readers became aware, starting in the 70s, of the diaries written by our great historian Constantin C. Giurescu or the writer Romulus Rusan, is a great gesture daring.
I decided to dare arguing that in today's times anyone can make such a trip, without the need for special invitations, to visit interesting civil objectives and tourist places from all over North America.
I specify that I did not propose and do not dare to make comparisons between my work and the books of the personalities mentioned above. Everyone had their own objective and wrote according to their concerns and point of view. The famous historian Professor Constantin C. Giurescu managed to make known, in American university circles, fundamental moments in the history of Romania and had meetings with some of the Romanians settled in the United States. The writer Romulus Rusan, around the same time, by describing his visit to the USA, made it possible for Romanian readers to learn from a Romanian intellectual about the realities of American society.
I allow myself to quote from what the great historian Constantin C. Giurescu said at one of the meetings held in Boston with the diaspora "... come and see the situation on the spot, that is, do what the two colleagues, Anghel Rugina, did in previous years (at that time a university professor in Boston, our note) and Radu Florescu and what many of the American Romanians who visit us as tourists are doing. Come and see how Bucharest and all our cities have changed; come and see how beautiful our country is, which is also your country, the country where you were born."
Following the historical changes after 1989 and a favorable situation, I fulfilled a student dream and a newer passion for monuments, making several trips around North America. I traveled as a simple Romanian citizen, with a freely chosen program, with comfortable conditions and minimal expenses. Suffice it to say that during the first 3 trips I rested for 46 nights traveling by Greyhound bus to a new town. Even on the last trip, made in November 2022, I used the method of sleeping on the bus. That's how I traveled through Arizona and California, but also between Toronto and New York. My objective was to demonstrate that it is possible and instructive to visit different areas of North America. Instructive through what you see with your own eyes, after, before the trip, you tried to inform yourself and know how to look for certain objectives. At the same time, I proposed that, together with the images that were moving before the eyes, I would move before the "mind's eye" images and situations experienced by me since my teenage years, even from my childhood until today, especially in Romania.
I decided to dare arguing that in today's times anyone can make such a trip, without the need for special invitations, to visit interesting civil objectives and tourist places from all over North America.
I specify that I did not propose and do not dare to make comparisons between my work and the books of the personalities mentioned above. Everyone had their own objective and wrote according to their concerns and point of view. The famous historian Professor Constantin C. Giurescu managed to make known, in American university circles, fundamental moments in the history of Romania and had meetings with some of the Romanians settled in the United States. The writer Romulus Rusan, around the same time, by describing his visit to the USA, made it possible for Romanian readers to learn from a Romanian intellectual about the realities of American society.
I allow myself to quote from what the great historian Constantin C. Giurescu said at one of the meetings held in Boston with the diaspora "... come and see the situation on the spot, that is, do what the two colleagues, Anghel Rugina, did in previous years (at that time a university professor in Boston, our note) and Radu Florescu and what many of the American Romanians who visit us as tourists are doing. Come and see how Bucharest and all our cities have changed; come and see how beautiful our country is, which is also your country, the country where you were born."
Following the historical changes after 1989 and a favorable situation, I fulfilled a student dream and a newer passion for monuments, making several trips around North America. I traveled as a simple Romanian citizen, with a freely chosen program, with comfortable conditions and minimal expenses. Suffice it to say that during the first 3 trips I rested for 46 nights traveling by Greyhound bus to a new town. Even on the last trip, made in November 2022, I used the method of sleeping on the bus. That's how I traveled through Arizona and California, but also between Toronto and New York. My objective was to demonstrate that it is possible and instructive to visit different areas of North America. Instructive through what you see with your own eyes, after, before the trip, you tried to inform yourself and know how to look for certain objectives. At the same time, I proposed that, together with the images that were moving before the eyes, I would move before the "mind's eye" images and situations experienced by me since my teenage years, even from my childhood until today, especially in Romania.
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