Spending time in a village with buildings that have been around for six hundred years, I am of course charmed by the storybook quality of everything. These old stone walls and cobblestone streets feel like something out of a fairy tale, and one cannot help but be swept up in the magic of it all.<\/p>\n
But somewhere in the back of my mind I am wondering — in another six hundred years what will people make of the buildings from my own time, buildings that today are considered modern? Will future generations walk around in such places and feel that they have entered a storybook?<\/p>\n
Or perhaps all of our modern buildings will be gone by then, swept away by the merciless sands of time. In contrast, I suspect this sturdy old village will still be around. Future generations will wander through its cobblestone streets marveling at the quaintness and charm of twelve hundred year old buildings made of stone.<\/p>\n
And as they wander these streets, those people may very well be thinking to themselves — in another twelve hundred years, what will people make of the buildings from my own time?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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