Ep. #35 Romania with Miky Balta: Christmas Day Revolution
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Ron Klutho talks to Miky Balta from Romania
MUSIC: Ciprian Porumbescu: Balada pentru vioară și orchestră, op. 29 by Mădălin Voicu
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0:00 SEG 1 Where is Romania on the map? | Romanian is a romance language | Are there any Ukrainian refugees in Romania? | Count Dracula was a real person | Romanians love garlic | Bran Castle is a very well known tourist attraction | The 1984 Summer Olympics boycott | Communism | Her aunt was a nurse who went to jail | There was no heat in the winter
16:25 SEG 2 Secret police | Nicolae Ceaușescu | Her dad wanted to be an attorney | Her dad worked at the Ministry of Finances in Bucharest | Childhood | Typical Romanian diet | The United States was called the land of possibilities | Was the education in Romania good? | Health insurance | Tipping the doctors and nurses | Why were the Romanian Olympians so good?
32:57 SEG 3 Teaching during the 1989 revolution | Executed bodies were shown on TV | Meeting her husband | Learning English in university and early days in America | Being adopted by America | Romanian community and church | Life in America is 1000 percent better | Love of God and prayer | What is the best and worst part about America? | America's drug problems | The national anthem puts tears in her eyes
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