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Romanian people have changed since my first visit - the young ones are modern, while the older ones have often retained an old-fashioned look.
But what about the older generations? The people who consciously experienced the Romania of Ceaușescu? They largely appear as grey and colourless as they were before. They walk around in clothes that could have been bought 20 years ago. But they don't dominate the streets. They can be found on benches in the many city parks, or playing chess, backgammon and other games under the trees. Most of all, they evoke the atmosphere of times gone by. Socially they are perhaps worse off than under the old regime, and in fact, surveys show that some of them long for the good old days. But you can also see resignation in their faces, they know that the more colourful, dynamic and completely different new youth have the future - a radically different future than the past they lived.
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