This morning we are in Kalosca, still in Hungary. It is cool 9 degrees and a little cloudy. The coughs are becoming more frequent. We have a tour to the Polska horse show but on the way we stop at Trinty Square in the town. It is a beautiful area with a Cathedral and bishops residence and other beautiful buildings. There is a lovely statue dedicated to the Holy Trinity. After 40 minutes here we then head on to the Puszta horse show. Our guide is again very knowledgeable and entertaining.
We are offered some local food and the now regular brandy distilled from fruit, this one is from apricots. Again as with the others it tastes like ethanol!
The horse show was really entertaining, with whip cracking, horse tricks, trick riding and a type of race.
Our guide tells us that this area of hungry is the breadbasket of Europe. The whole area of our 30 minute drive is flat agriculture land. All the fields have been harvested. When the communists took over after WW2 they confiscated all land, animals and machinery and no recompense was provided. After the Berlin Wall fell Hungary became a democratic republic. One of the first things the government did was to hand all the land etc. back to the rightful owners. A new problem arose, this generation had no knowledge of how to farm the land! It has taken awhile but the knowledge has been recovered and it is progressing well.
While this is another country that was conquered and ruled by the ottomans our guide says that two good things happened that probably would not have occurred. Coffee and Turkish baths! Our guide cannot cope without her morning coffee and she loves a nice hot Turkish bath.
We now have a relaxing afternoon sailing towards Budapest. While cooler than we have experienced so far it is still a pleasant 18 degrees.
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