But the location was uncertain and the airport was closed. The solution was to take the train from Vienna, via Hungary.
"We were quite nervous, we did not know what the situation was and it was talked about that there were still fighting in the country," says Ingrid Törnkvist.
In the video, she testifies about tumultuous days of visits to hospitals, Nicolai Ceausescu's study and an unforgettable New Year's Eve with Romanian writers.