I wrote an article about a Belgian interior design artist living in Romania, Martine Claessens: http://www.romania-insider.com/today-is-a-beautiful-day-martine-claessens-said/111462/
Before the food is served
It’s Monday evening, raining cats and dogs and China celebrates 64 years since People’s
Republic of China
was proclaimed. Old, shiny generals, smiling Romanian politicians and foreign
diplomats shake hands, chit-chat and warm up before the food is served. Romania ’s
Government is all gathered on the stage next to the Chinese Ambassador. “Red wine
for everybody, except for Mr. Antonescu who takes white wine,” says Ponta in a joking mood,
all shiny and happy. Mr.Antonescu shows no reaction to this joke and the ceremony
goes on smoothly.
At the end, when I look at the key for the wardrobe,
I discover that it has a picture of Hannah Montana attached. Apparently not only my
primary school cousins are so fond of her, but the Chinese Embassy also has a little
something for the American teenage symbol.
The snake under the rain
When people arrived at the protest on this fifth Sunday, they were kind of surprised. Everybody feared there would be very few people coming, but despite the heavy rain, there were hundreds of people who gathered at the Titan metro station, the meeting place.
But the bigger surprise came a bit later, when the
protesters ended their march in Piata Universitatii. After almost three hours
in the rain, there were thousands of people who arrived. What happened is that every time the march
passed by a metro station, other tens of protesters with dry raincoats joined,
so the snake’s tail grew bigger and bigger.
The best part was when the snake, hidden under hundreds of
umbrellas, was passing through very narrow streets, chanting “Uniti Salvam
Rosia Montana”, while amazed eyes were gazing from the windows, what the hell was going on, on their streets, on such a terrible day.
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