About a week ago I received an e-mail from a man from Iowa , US, having the
same family name, Mesesan. He told me that his parents moved to the US in the 20s and they were from Hungary .
I’ve always supposed that this name, Mesesan, is connected to the Meses
Mountains, which are located North of Zalau, my home city, so I thought about
sending the man a few photos with the Meses Mountains, which actually look like
some tiny hills.
Taking a picture for somebody that is from a different
culture and knows nothing about things that are so familiar for you, obliges to
explain what is self-explanatory for you. The surprise is that you may start
seeing things you took for granted.
I noticed that a lot of villas and house have been built at
the foot of the hills since I moved out of the city. Back in high school, I
used to wonder through those woods, have picnics there and it was still pretty
empty and wild. Where the city almost ends
and the woods begin, there was a street with old houses, probably built in the
50s or even earlier. Many of the old
houses have been meanwhile demolished and new houses were built.
