on meeting

  this is a very simple quote from a travel article.   but it led me to think about meeting, gathering, and dialogue

Horia Diaconescu, a keen observer of the city in which he’s spent his 29 years, they represent a sea change. Under Communism, he explained, public life was restricted — people simply did not go out to meet friends (or strangers) in bars and cafes. They socialized in private homes, or not at”

 


http://frugaltraveler.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/09/spying-on-bucharests-cool-underground/