Hungarian Cowboys

We saw beautiful fields full of orange poppies on the way to Bugac. Bugac village is in the plains of Hunary, and it is famous for its cowboys.

We stopped for information on when the horse show was and as luck would have it, the show was about to begin. The show opened with one courageous cowboy standing on the backs of two horses while driving three more in the front, five in total!

They also had some cowboys in traditional Hungarian outfits, riding bareback (the horses that is) and doing various stunts. The whip cracking was pretty cool. Indiana Jones had nothing on these guys!

After the show, the girls got a ride on one of the horses. They were all smiles. I think we have to find a trail riding activity or something because a trip around the ring was not enough for them.

We are staying in Szeged for a few nights. There are some festivals that are starting in a couple of days so the city is really busy and we had a hard time findng a place, but in the end we've lucked out into a very clean and comfortable place where we can even park our car in their garage! We had to speak to the manager in a mixture of english, French, German, Italian, etc. but we got or points across. I should have tried Hindi or Farsi!

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