Occupy

Many of the houses here are being built in phases; whenever you have money, you build, but whenever there is no money left, you stop the building process for a while. So it happens that some people were only  able to construct a strong foundation and some pillars for the future walls, but nothing else. The half house will then remain like that for a couple of months, years or maybe forever. The collection of houses in Kosti is thus very assorted and includes many of these half built structures. From our balcony we can see at least 4 them, and one in particular always gets our attention. While empty houses in Holland are mostly being occupied by human squatters, this particular house has been taken over by some unexpected guests: animals! Especially the goats seem to have a soft spot for this place. In the evening they gather on the rooftop for a nice view and an evening chat. The people who live on the ground floor of the next building don’t really seem to appreciate this company on the first floor and the children always try to chase them away with sticks and stones. But the animals don’t seem to be bothered by that. “Such a waste not to use these empty buildings and beautiful rooftop”, they must be thinking. "Let's make the best of it, while it is still empty!". I guess I couldn’t agree more with this clever, unexpected group of occupiers.  Maybe, if they behave, they will be able to rent a room in the future.