During my last visit to the Banat I was quite amazed of the excessive display of Romanian national flags on buildings. They conveyed an almost belligerent atmosphere which didn't make much sense to me because I couldn't understand their message. After all, I knew
where I was, so I didn't see why I had to be reminded of that constantly.

It was different in Triebswetter, which was, refreshingly, almost flag free. But then, at the end
of the Pfarrgasse... this. What territiory was I on here? Spanish? American? Spain would have been ok with my EU passport, but was it ok for the USA? So I didn't dare to approach this newest building of Triebswetter although it has awakened my curiosity.

I remembered this episode lately when I read in a romanian online newspaper that the first child born in Romania after the country's joining the EU is a Roma child belonging to one
of these imported new religions of which I do not know the general designation in English. In Romanian they are called "pocaiti". So, the smart young men in black who stand in pairs in crowded places to convince people to join their religion must be thrilled about this omen.


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