The old woman squints. She lowers her head and nods us onward. An Ordinary Card Game T he Romani settlement in Velyka Dobron is a flat lot, an open field surrounded by straw and mud cabins. The road approaches and turns right into the field. Between 400 and 500 Roma live here.
Children instantly surround the car.
Roma are shouting and leading us around. There was a party on the whole street. We were playing cards, Gypsies and Hungarians. We were drinking together and a fight began. They used their fists and we fought back.