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DAY 64 – Romania

Rev-o-lu-tion (n) : a dramatic change in ideas and practice.

Revolution. 16 years ago- 1989- was the year it came. Elsewhere in the world, the story was the fall of the Wall. Germany reunited. In Romania, revolution came in the streets- in the square- in the churches. The dictator fell. Tyranny was ended. This was to be the end of the nightmare- and the beginning of the new.

Revolution. This was the melting point; the cold, hardened giant of Communism oppression giving way to the expression of individuality again. The expression of pride in country; the expression of political opinion. The expression of religious practice, the hope for economic prosperity. December 1989- the spring signs of a world of open possibility began to bloom here; a world promising freedom.  read more »