Inhuman Remains

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What do I like most about my village?

It’s this: nobody asks any questions.

In St Martí d’Empúries they don’t want to know what brought you here, or why you choose to live here. Okay, maybe they do, but it’s not in their nature to ask. If you want to tell them, they’ll listen, but they won’t push you to it. If you have a past that you need to leave behind you, that’s where they’ll let it stay. . even if, now and then, it still shows in your eyes.

Our house is on the Catalan coast, on the north of what you might know as the Costa Brava. It overlooks the sea, with nothing obscuring the view. It’s set on the highest point in the village, alongside the church. I’ve no idea how old it is, but some of the outer walls must date back for hundreds of years, maybe even a full millennium. It wasn’t built, as such, it evolved through the centuries into its present form, with successive owners leaving their stamp upon it, until finally, it came to us. . or, rather, we came to it.

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