Steve used to describe his uncle's house as having a thatch roof. He said that the children slept in the front room near the street, the parents farther back and the pig slept in the last room at the far end of the house.
When I went to visit the house in Drahovce in April, 1996 it was much like he had described, but the house had been modernized. The thatch roof had been raised and replaced with clay tile. The houses on the street are attached so they appear to be a long row of squat townhouses. They are made of brick and are covered in stucco.
Here is a photo of the Miklo house. It is the white one with the red tile roof – just behind the blue umbrella. Bob is standing with Paulo, the son of Steve’s First Cousin Maria.
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