On high round windows, I can see the remains of the splendor of past years. The entire city has move on and this old manor frozen in time as an old clock. Everyone can see this decaying building so close to the Grote markt (city center). It's placed across the street one of the most emblematic buildings of Turnhout, the medieval castle and a walking distance from the Begijnhof(béguinage).I constantly wonder why it has being left behind to decay so openly. I can not avoid thinking that this wonderful building can be a gallery or literary cafe. Perhaps, I tend to look around and wonder about buildings' historical background too much. It's facinating even to imagine the life of people who used to live in those beautifully decorated manors that still are scattered around this city.
I think, I'd lost my bus too often lately and I had time to walk around the city as only a lone foreigner can. People do not even look at eachother in this city(perhaps it's everywhere) and it's hard to believe that they actually would take a second of their busy minds to start looking up to old buildings.
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