Sometime in early February 1990, on the upper floor of the United States Embassy in Bucharest, a telephone rang. It was President George H.W. Bush.
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Read MoreDaniel Negreanu played in a major poker tournament last week, which was on the Eureka Poker Tour.
Such an occurrence normally wouldn’t be anything out of the ordinary. This is especially true for Daniel — who travels all over the world playing poker and speaking out as the game’s premier ambassador. The news from Europe probably wouldn’t have caught my attention at all, except for one rather significant fact.
The poker tournament was held in Bucharest, Romania — a fascinating city where Daniel and I share some common bonds and a very different set of roots. I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to say that, in contrasting ways, Romania was and shall always be an impressionable part of our lives. To some degree, that faraway place in Eastern Europe made us into what we are today.
Yours truly with Romanian Army officers, Spring 1990
Read MoreThis week marks the 25th anniversary of the Romanian Revolution. Here’s more of my first-hand account of the uprising in Bucharest between December 21-25, 1989.
Read MoreMarieta and I enjoyed a most unusual courtship period. We didn’t do the usual boyfriend-girlfreind routine. I think that’s what made our relationship a little more special. We were even part of history.
Marieta Dalla
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