After a late lunch at the sanctuary's cafe, we left via the main exit.

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"I'm optimistic, " said Costin Iorgulescu, as we sat in a cafe in the capital Bucharest.

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The relief in the cafe where we were watching was palpable.

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We spent more than an hour in the tiny cafe, lingering over our lukewarm lattes as we bonded over our shared love of adventure, the story of the post barrel and the future.

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We sat inside the closed cafe as in a bunker, and atmosphere of insecurity reigned as he continued talking.

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Our family bought the cafe 78 years ago and we have run it ever since.

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We ended up in a local outdoor cafe with banana trees and various leafy tropical plants, Brazilian hostesses (ahem) and locally inspired cuisine.

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At around 11 a.m. my friend Sasha, a business consultant aged 25, wrote that he dropped by cafe Jean-Jacques, and we were about to meet at its terrace.

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As for those who predicted higher CAFE standards would be the end of the automotive life as we know it, I say, in the words of General McAuliffe, nuts.

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"We now have a climbing wall and a bouldering wall next to the swimming pool, with a cafe and terrace overlooking Harlech Castle, " he said.

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