[timonoko]

I had minor accident in Italy and I ended up in hospital and someone stole my camera.

Roads were bad, of course. But there was not much traffic, except lorries and army vehicles. Civilians used oxcarts and bicycles.

Funny thing is that my Communist Party Youth Club Card made things easier. But later in USA Visa application I had to lie about six times to the question "Were you or your relatives ever connected to a Communist or Nazi organization".

[jacquesm]

Why communists and Nazis would be equivalent is an interesting question all by itself. We've had a communist party (some vestige of which still remains today) here in NL.

I remember the ox carts (and more frequently, horse drawn carts) from only a bit over a decade ago in the poorer parts of Romania (anything outside the major cities). The 'Communist Party Youth Club Card' is probably a collectible now :)

Thank you for the unique story, pity the thief made of with your camera, stealing from a hospital has to be a moral low.