Beware of the Dog by Herman van den Berge

Beware of the Dog by Herman van den Berge

The closed wooden bridge is the only thing that seperates the visitors and tourists from the mill closest to the public area. Last week when I visited Kinderdijk I met a foreigner with his family and we talked a bit with each other. The man said that he was a little bit disappointed in the miller because while taking some photos he saw him working outside the mill and he waved to him but the miller didn’t even looked up. I tried to explain to him that every day hundreds of people pass the mill trying to get a glimpse of the miller and his family and how they live. Everyone is taking pictures or making small videos, day in day out. He nodded and he understood. “Yes, you’re right he said…….. I understand that the man and his family has little privacy left during the day, didn’t think of that before” , then he left with his wife and kids. After he had left I remembered doing the same when I visited Kinderdijk the first few times many years ago. I also waved to the miller and his family but after a few visits I also understood the man just wanted to be left alone and I even understood his ugly barking dog running up the bridge to scare the hell out of some of the tourists passing by….. This pano was made out of 4 verticals. Best viewed on black (click image or press “M”)

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