Thursday, March 15th was a national holiday in Hungary. In 1848 the Hungarians declared their
independence from the Hapsburgs. Even
though they lost their independence a few years later, the holiday is still
celebrated. Because it falls on a
Thursday this year, everyone is also taking Friday off so they can have a long
4 day weekend. Today and yesterday have
been really nice days and lots of people are out and about. Most of the clothing and grocery stores are
closed but the restaurants and bars are open.
After lunch Thursday, we had a visit from our facilitator
George. He wanted to go over the events
of the next week with us.
We will be leaving our little apartment on Saturday morning
and going back to Miskolc. Aaron and I
wanted to do this so we could attend church on Sunday morning. This has been a good little home for us. At first we were pretty skeptical but we have
grown to like the area and our place.
We’ve ventured out more the last couple weeks and tried some
different restaurants and more traditional Hungarian food. Overall, the food is really good. We haven’t been adventurous enough to try any
liver or knuckle dishes. One thing we’ve
found odd is that they use huge chunks of bacon fat in recipes and then serve
it right along with the food.
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