We’ve already come to have a deeper appreciation for our country. Several significant, non-planned events today made us rethink our lives in America. First, a little about Romania. Briefly, Romania was under the Communist rule of Nicolae Ceausescu until 1989. He was the people’s ruler until his latter years—people were starving and without much. After a revolt, Ceausescu fled Bucharest, but was tracked down and killed on Christmas Day, 1989. So Romania has been a “free” country only 18 years. Because The Team has never been to a young, democratic country, we have been totally amazed. As my brother says, “This is the Wild West.” Things that amazed us today: The driving situation! In 1989, there were 2 gasoline stations in the whole city of Bucharest (population about 1.5 million then). There just weren’t automobiles
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