And amongst the chaos, amidst the euphoria, it took me a little while to understand that some of the people who had wielded power before 1989, in Eastern Europe, continued to do so after the revolutions there.
Temidden van de chaos, temidden van de euforie, duurde het even voor ik snapte dat sommige mensen met machtsposities voor 1989, in Oost-Europa, die nog steeds hadden na de revoluties.