Celebrating our 42nd Anniversary in Hungary

After church on Sunday we headed to Szekesfehervar to have an outing with our missionary friends, the Cromars. They came to the mission about a month after us and we bonded with them while we were all waiting for two hours to get our residency cards. They are from California and are really smart because they could say the name of the city they live in shortly after they got here. Sister Cromar fixed a delicious dinner and then they took us on a walk through their city to see many beautiful things. I forgot to take our camera so we will need to make that walk again. They purchased an air mattress that was great.

This monument was on a hill in Szekesfehervar and tells about the Hungarian Constitution was declared in 1222 and is called Golden Bull.

We then went to Bory Castle and toured the grounds. He was a famous sculpture that lived here in the summers and add on a addition each year. He taught in Budapest.

This is part of the back yard!

I loved this one of me trying to make Steve smile!

We then drove to Herend where we took a tour of the Herend Porcelain Factory.

Each piece is made by hand.

The workers get paid by the piece. I am quite sure if I worked here I would owe them money by the end of the day.

Notice the small holes in the pieces on the shelf. They are all done by hand.

This was our guide who spoke English. There was a family of four from Russia who understood English I think. Maybe she did the tour in English because we out ranked them in weight and age!

 We wandered through the museum and saw lots of pretty porcelain which came with a very pretty price.

This is the pattern that was created for Prince William and Kate for a wedding present from the country of Hungary. How come people that could afford this stuff get it given to them? We must hang out with the wrong group of people. jk

Steve did get me a piece since it was our anniversary, isn't it lovely?

Ok, this is what I got. In each one of this style, they paint a golden necklace in different spots. I love this and it was only 4300 forint ($17).

We couldn't find a place to eat, I think Mr. Herend bought out the town so we drove to Ajka and  Richard and Judy treated us to a surprisingly delicious meal at a pizzeria which happened to have a picture of Marilyn Monroe on the wall.

A good time was had by all.