We walk through a street in the village where we have not been for a long time. The blind side wall of a corner house now appears to be fitted with grey-blue ceramic elements. We stop to take a closer look at them. Across the street, a boy of about ten years old is looking angrily at us. When we prepare to continue on our way, he shouts: “Yes, just keep going. It’s not a museum here!”
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A version of this article also appeared in the newspaper on August 29, 2023.