Thursday, August 28, 2025-Horses and Music in Hungary!

Horsemen of Puszta and Cathedral Organ Concert

Dear Friends and Family,

I am about to catch up. You will probably see less writing and more photos from now on as the writing takes so much more time and brain power.

Since I can only use one internet device at a time, I have to check to see what is on Facebook by turning off the wifi on my iPad then turning on the phone then back to the iPad. What I won’t do to keep accurate text for you and for me 5-10 years from now!

Thursday morning 8/28 and we are still in Hungary. Our planned excursion by Viking for today is a stop in Pulocsa, to see the Puszta horse show. Hungarians are excellent horsemen.

Horseman with total control of 10 horses while riding standing on the last two. He had to keep his balance by shifting his weight left and right while keeping his feet on the horses.
Thursday morning began early so we could go to Kalosca to see the Horsemen of Puszra performing their horsemanship and breathtaking stunts.

On our way to the horse show, we saw miles of sunflower fields (used to make sunflower oil) along with fields of paprika peppers. Pulocsa is known for its Hungarian paprika.

Paprika peppers drying, the paprika in the large economy size and my dinner the first night, Chicken Paprika with dumplings.

Second Stop Cathedral at Kalocsa

Thursday’s second stop was at the Cathedral at Kalocsa for a beautiful organ concert 🎶 on their 4600 pipe organ. Statues of Saint Stephen of Hungary and Saint Leo, two patron saints of the Cathedral. Saint Leo served in the crusades (notice his sword). The pulpit is made of wood with an overlay of gold.

Interiors of the Cathedral. Pipe organ: 4600 pipes. The composer, Franz Liszt was invited to test and play this organ when it was installed.

A video of the concert. I only wanted the audio so to keep from disturbing others I kept the phone in my lap and all you see it the beautiful ceiling.

To close out this day, I have a beautiful sunset and setting moon as we were finishing dinner. More tomorrow!

Sunset over the Danube
The setting moon through the dining room window!

It is time for bed, morning comes early in Eastern Europe. More tomorrow. I am still one day behind!

Ellen