Croatian Day in Pecs

We had such a fun afternoon yesterday. Pecs was hosting a “Croatian Day” all day. This happens every year, and they always invite Croatian dancing ensembles from all over (Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia and Hungary usually). As part of this, in the afternoon all the dance troops perform first in the main square and later in front of the theatre, and in the evening they do a full dance show on stage. Since the first two performances are free, we went to those and boy, it was so great, and beautiful. The first group was from the Croatian island of Korcula and it was all guys and they did this whole dancing with the flag thing, it was so cool, I hope this little picture helps you get a taste of it....

...and the last ones to come out were of course the dancers from SUBOTICA! I might be a little biased, but everyone seemed to like them best. At the end, the audience could join in, and we all formed a big circle around the main square to dance the KOLO – a traditional dance. Whadduyaknow? I joined in! Doesn’t it look like fun? It was!

Conversion of a vegetable-hater

On the first Sunday of each month we have a church pot-luck of sorts. It is always tricky to cook for this (even though we call it a pot-luck, I usually do the cooking), as tastes differ from person to person. One person who I am always working hard to please is our friend, Géza. Géza doesn't eat anything that is even remotely green, ie vegetables are out of the question. His favorite foods are potatoes, cream of wheat,bread and coke (unlimitied amounts of it). A character? Yes, he is, and we (still) :) love him.
Anyways, one of the things I made for the last pot-luck was a "Serbian Salad". To everyone's amazement, he ate it, AND LOVED it! So much so, that he had his wife get the recipe from me.

Here's a picture of a rare moment in Géza's life, as he is eating vegetables: