Senior Conference

 In mid-April we went to Budapest for Senior Conference.  We always have training then do something at night.  We went to Gellert hill which has fabulous views of the city.  This hill is also where Russell M Nelson dedicated Hungary to the preaching of the gospel.
It was mighty cold that night on top of the hill.

 We stay overnight then do more sightseeing the next day.  Here we are buying train tickets.

 We went to the lovely little touristy town of Szenhendre which is full of fun llittle shops.

 In the restaurant with the Jensens and the rest of the group.

 On our drive to Budapest we pass field after field of this yellow plant.  They use them for some kind of oil.

 YSA Easter Party--We dyed eggs, had egg wars, did relays, ate traditional Easter food.

 Virgil and Michael fighting it out for the championship.  You can see the bracket Virgil drew on the blackboard behind.  Michael won.

 Spoon and egg relay.  Demi, an investigator, and Sister Woffendin neck to neck.

 Fan the egg relay.

 For sewing class I made a bunny out of an old flannel sheet but decided it was a little too hard.  So I made another one and gave them to the sisters.  "Some bunny loves you."

 Flavius (?) is from Brazil and is a member of the church attending the university at Debrecen.  He came to church Sunday so we invited him to dinner.

 Our American Michael is from Pennsylvania.  He attends Indiana University and is here doing work on his doctorate in linguistics.  He is a Catholic but likes to hang out with us and comes to everything. 

 This is our international group that we had to Sunday dinner--four continents represented.

 Pancake night--our typical spread--two waffle irons, a griddle, toppings. 

 Hortobagy--We went to Hortobagy with the Jensens.  Hortobagy has lots of celebrations during the year and twice a year they have one for the driving out of the cattle and another one for driving in the cattle.  It was a great day to go because there was lots going on.

 Hungarian Fold dances

 Lots of people in traditional dress.

 We ate Hungarian food at a lovely restaurant.

 This guy was playing the violin and singing inside the restaurant.  Beautiful!  What could be better.

 More traditional dress.

 Curley-horned sheep

 Hungarian cowboys cracking whips.

They had a program that we watched from afar.

sok-sok kepek

 We took a wonderful p-day to Tokaj, the wine capital of Hungary.  The young missionaries did a hike while the Jensens and we explored the town and surrounding areas.  Hungary has lots of beautiful doors; these are two of them

 Sister Jensen and I strolling down the streets of the quaint village of Tokaj.  Someone told us about a giant wine bottle on a hill above two churches.  We were searching for that.  We did finally find it after getting information from the tourist office.  It was above another village around the hill from Tokaj.

 Someone's backyard that I liked.

 A stork nest on a chimney.  There are lots of stork nests around.  Maybe the stork is Hungary's national bird?

 Virgil loves this sight to see a man riding down the street on a small bike.

 When we went around the hill to find the wine bottle we also found hill after hill of beautiful grape vineyards. We hope to see it in the summer when they have leaves and grapes.  At the top of the hill was a small deserted chapel.

 Inside the chapel Jensen Elder is putting up a pass-along-card

 The view from the little chapel of the surrounding countryside.  I really really loved this.  I felt like I was in a movie in France or Italy.

 Up close of the little chapel

 The same day we also went looking for this wonderful old castle called Boldog Ko (happy rock)  There are lots of castles in this area.

 Looking back at the castle from the lookout tower.

 The view from the top.  Some quaint little town down below.

 Another stork nest.

 When we were ready to go home, we set our GPS for "home."  She took us every little backroad possible.  She even brought us to this ferry that we had to take to get across.  It was a crazy but scenic drive home.

 This is another sight we like to see. 

Primary Activity Day

 Virgil took his boys outside to do en egg toss and was joined by lots of others.

 My sweet little girls and their sweet mothers coloring eggs.  We made bunny bags, colored eggs, and I made deviled eggs for them.

 The finished products.  L-R  Marton, Johanna, Emilia, Ezster, Regina

Friday Night Activty Night

 This was our food demonstration night. Once a month we have some great Hungarian cooking. Roberta demonstrated Hungarian donuts and Langos, fried bread similiar to a scone.  We had a big crowd--about 25.

Niregyhaza RS BDay Party

 Sister Jensen did a fabulous job with the BDay party is Niregyhaza.  They enacted the first RS. Besides Emma and Joseph there were several others that took part.

 Then we all drove to Sister Jensen's house.  They live out in the country in a darling home.

 The food was amazing.  Their RS president made trays of beautiful and delicious food.  The Hungarians really have a knack for arranging food beautifully.  I think they are all great cooks also.

 These unique brooms are everywhere in Hungary.  They are used as outide racks.  I would like to figure out how to get one home.  Ride it maybe?

More beautiful food under the little covered wagon that Sister Jensen made.  She went to so much work and it turned out so well.