bogdan mirica is a bucharest based journalist and grew up during the communist era.was public reaction? or was that kind of like the start of people turning against this regime? it was one drop. all the newspapers were controlled by the... i think because, like, i haven't grown up in any environment that's been similar to that, you kind of forget, like, yeah, he controlled everything. exactly. yeah. ..of someone who lived there getting interviewed look how great romania is! exactly. the country revolted and he and his wife, elena, faced a firing squad. more than 1,000 romanians died in the uprising, however, signs of ceausescu's legacy are still never too hard to find here. ..crossing the vast carpathian mountains, forming a strategically important natural barrier. to me, this feels more like a roller—coaster attraction for petrolheads, like bogdan, looking to test out their driving skills in a stunning setting. this was ceausescu's master plan? ..he made it because he was, let's say, scared by the russian invasion in czechoslovakia in 1968. he laughs he asked two ar