Romania is my country. I was born there. I grew up, laughed, cried, suffered, experienced true happiness there. Then I left it, tears in my eyes, my spirit crushed. I’ve hidden it deep in the corner of my soul and refused to share it with the world. I escaped it, alienated myself from its people, put my memories in a drawer and firmly locked it. I found a new country to call home, build a new life. I moved on. Then one day I went back as a tourist, and its beauty shook my inner core. Romania was my home.
Photo: Matthew Langthorne / www.one20.eu
