The Doyles'(Nigeria) on the left and the Brown's (Botswana) on the right are with the IMB, and the couple in the middle, the Snyders (Nigeria), are with Greater Europe Mission. All 4 couples enjoyed sharing tales from the Whenwe tribe. You know, "When we were in Africa...." It was good to reminisce and laugh about life in Africa because nobody else here quite understands our past life like these folks do.
Saturday and Sunday was the regions' Wine Festival. After a hearty breakfast at the Snyders house on Saturday morning, we drove part way to the festival in downtown Budafok and walked the rest of the way to the main street that was closed off to traffic where the booths were set up. I LOVE the cobblestone streets in the old part of town!
The festival is to celebrate the grape harvest (oh, let's get real-its an excuse to drink wine!) and there are booths set up where you can buy small samples of the various wines from the many different wineries. Some people bring their own wine glasses instead of using small plastic cups and so you'd see folks walking down the street with empty and partially full wine glasses!
There are also lots of other booths that sell tradional hand-made Hungarian folkart such as pottery, baskets, jewelry, wood puzzles and toys, glassware, knives, dresses, purses, blankets, and metal cookware.
Our favorite though is the local food! Imagine our shock and delight to come upon this lovely sight!
And in case you wanted a closer look!
They were smoking two cows right there on the street! Glenn woke up in the middle of the night and smelled smoke so he got up and went out onto our balcony to see if he could find the fire. (He couldn't.) We are pretty sure they had started cooking these lovely animals during the middle of the night for our delicious enjoyment the next day!
There were also music groups along the street to add to the festivities. This one was playing inside a cave/warehouse and was quite cool, temperature-wise! It was a welcome relief from the heat wave that hit us this week.
Well, that wraps it up for another week here in Budapest. This should be a quiet week for us here, and hopefully, will give us some time to work on an upcoming retreat we will be leading in Russia in October. Take care!
3 comments:
I love the idea of Africa night! How fun. Did you dress up too?
I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoy your blog. I found you through kari's blog and I found her through Marc and Charity's blog. I lost all my blog favorites on my lap top and am trying to rebuild my "stash". I just read all the posts back to when your kids were visiting the end of July. Great posts, love the photos and all the information you provide. It's NOT boring! We will pray for you as you prepare for the conference in Russia. My husband went to Belarus on a short-term mission trip with our church (New Hope BC, Fayetteville, GA) and as a result the Lord has given us a heart for the people in that area. Will keep you in our prayers as you fulfill your call.
When K (Hubby) went to Belarus they were there working with some missionaries, but he can't remember their names. He just recalls going with a group of interns to their house for pizza. He thinks they were from OK. John Avant, our pastor at the time, was working with some of the local pastors there in Belarus. I remember Victor, one of the local pastors in Minsk, only because he came to New Hope once and spoke. K was there in the fall of 1998, wow, that's ten years ago. The Upchurch name sure sound familiar.
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