Holloko

Monday, April 9 was a National Holiday, so we had a Super P day. We went with the Elder and Sister Bagozzi, their friend’s Debbie and Stan (visiting from Sacramento) , and Sister Smith and her son, Eric and his wife, Erica (who were also visiting) to Hollókő. It is a quaint little village about an hour away. They always have a huge celebration on the Monday after Easter. They had a stage set up, with dancers and musicians performing throughout the entire day. The dancers were all wearing traditional Hungarian clothing. It was very fun to see. There were a lot of shops set up along the cobblestone streets. One of them sold beautifully painted chicken eggs, but they were so delicate, I didn’t get any - I knew they would never make it home. I wish I’d take a picture though - they were works of art! There were fun performances happening in the streets as well. At one point, three men on very tall stilts performed in the middle of the street. It was amazing to me that they could keep their balance on those cobblestones. There were musicians playing for them as children from the crowd formed a line and walked between their stilted legs. :) Sister Bagozzi and I bought a Kürtőskalács (like a spiral cinnamon roll that is cooked on a barbeque). Kürtős means chimney and kalács means cake. They got their name from the old chimney pipes that they used to wrap the dough around. They are my favorite Hungarian treat and are soooo good, especially when you can get them nice and hot, right off the barbecue. To make them, they just wrap a long strip of sweet bread dough around a wooden cylinder and cook them over the heat of the barbeque. When they are done, they dust them with cinnamon sugar. Very yummy! We had a very fun day just walking around. We even saw the ruins of Hollókő castle off in the distance.