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After five days of keeping silent, ‘hoi’ (which means ‘hi’ in Dutch) is the first word she utters. ‘I’ll think of something better next time,’ she says. It feels strange to leave the square after five days, as though she is abandoning her former fellow countrymen. The next day, of all days, the Romanian government falls, succumbing to an internal power struggle. Calin Andrei removes the banner that reads #resist from Victoriei Square. He leaves the other banner, the one that says #insist. A week later, Simona Instrata, friend of the Tudor family lets them know that ‘nothing has changed. Everyone is just waiting quietly to see what happens next.’
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