Our tour for today takes us (by bus) to the small Hungarian town of Kalocsa. The land here is extremely fertile. On average, fertile land on earth runs 8-11 inches deep--here, it's 150 inches!
We visited the Assumption Cathedral, a lovely 18th c. Italian Baroque church with soaring white and pink walls decorated with frescoes and lots of gold leaf. We were treated to an organ concert on the magnificent organ with its 4668 pipes. Incredible sound. I kept thinking that back before radio and TV, people coming to a church like this must have felt like being in heaven.
Next, we went to a horse farm. Maybe it was the heat (pushing 100 degrees), but the show wasn't very exciting.
The best part happened at the end when one horse rider stood on two horses (they wear special shoes) as he was being pulled by an additional team of eight horses.
This is paprika country, and the town of Kalocsa is known for producing some of the best. I thought we were going to visit the Paprika Museum but that didn't happen. Here are pics of the peppers used to make paprika aka "red gold," and a jar of the finished product.
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