Last few days in Hungary
Moira Schneider
Sunday saw us up early and back into Pecs to the Markets again but these markets are open to anyone to exhibit ther than dealers.....so as we arrived it was such a bustle as many were scrambling for their spots, there were a few arguments but most were just about their business setting up. It was already warm and we knew that by lunch time when it finished, it would be very hot and most vendors were totally exposed to the elements. We wandered around and again it never ceased to amaze me how Maud spied things amidst what looked like a maze of things. She moved fast whereas I was lingering looking. We did find some great and unusual things, one thing that stuck with me was a wire fold down basket which turned out to be a fishermans basket.......
We stopped for morning tea where we had a couple of days ago, but this time there were more food stalls & little lines but we were served fairly quickly. Again we went for our spicy apple turnover and sweet tea. Time to go and so as we drove off we decided to stop by a little grocery store to get some fresh provisions for lunch.
Come Monday we were to drive to the other side of Mohacs where we were to catch the car ferry across the Danube and drive roughly for 45 minutes down the side roads to get to the Indigo Dyer. We meet the Dyer and Maud catches up with the widow of the Dyer who had done it all his life having followed in his father's footsteps....while they chatted the young man keeping the business going took me on a tour of how the dyeing is done including the little museum and shop. It was fascinating and so labor intensive....we had a great time there having spent almost 2hrs. Maud left a large pile of Hungarian sackcloth and sackcloth fabrics to be dyed with some having hand printed patterns using 100 year old print blocks. I was able to purchase some dear little table cloths to bring home for my girls and friends, along with a piece of dyed & printe. Having been so long we then then drove back to be in time to catch the ferry back. On the way back past lots of farms we passed a number of army trucks and police cars. There was an increase in the patrols due to being so close to the Serbian Border which has been closed to refugees.
Approaching the Car Ferry
On board crossing the Danube
The blue of this motor bike caught my eye but it is quite old but kept well
On the drive back to the ferry
There were so many farms left abandoned along the way....
Crops that's are harvest d by corporations.
Some of the fabrics drying at the dyers.
The dyeing vat...