We must keep in mind that our visit was during Communism and everything was owned by the State.
So a lot of things are no longer valid...
On Thursday, October 25 of 1984, we got up early at 6:00 for having breakfast and then departure by bus at 7:00 for a visit to the research center in Kecskemét, Hungary.
Next we went to Hajos, where we hd lunch at the State Estate.
Complete with good music and wine!
We even purchased a bottle of wine... a Tokaj.
We saw huge agricultural areas; everything was State owned.
Next we went to the substrate preparation place for Pleurotus, in Borota.
Then we visited a private Pleurotus grower in Kunfehértó.
We even went to the State Forestry in Kiskunhalas, to look at sawn off poplar trunks. These were being spawned with Pleurotus to digest them within 5 years. They also yielded some fresh Pleurotus.
In KISKUNHALAS, at the State Forestry Company we had dinner with music and dance and lots of brandy, wine and champagne tasting!
In my diary I wrote: 'We even could handle it!'
Well, we dumped most of it in the decanter, at the table...
Pieter's successor at the Dutch Practical Training College, did NOT dump his glass' contents in the decanter...
A fun evening.
KISKUNHALAS ÁLLAMI GAZDASÁG
STATE FARM OF KISKUNHALAS
WINE LIST
Barack Pálinka or Apricot Pálinka (brandy) is a national drink.
Earlier, in Hajos, the Congress participants could select their photos, taken during different events.
Here Pieter is dealing with that and it probably was the photo taken during the lectures.
That's me on the right, sitting next to Frank Gabell, Pieter's Campbell Soup colleague and the one with his glass to his lips is the other colleague, Lung-Chi Wu.
Around 20:30 we departed for Budapest where we arrived singing... around 23:30.
Yes, in the bus I've been singing together with two Hungarian colleagues/friends; Júlia Györfi and Katalin Stubnya.
Our song was: KALINKA and without dancing... Haha!
Enjoy it from my Pinterest: Kalinka
and to see the authentic Russian dance to it, click here: Kalinka
My Dad sang in a small choir as a Don Kozach for a while... I had to sew his Astrakan hat, his red satin blouse and the cummerbund to it.
Both, Pieter and I LOVE Hungarian and Slavic music, including Russian!
Bit by bit you figure out who we are....
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Thanks for your visit and comment!
Related link:
Communist Hungary with Husband Pieter Part III - Szentendre | previous post by me
My 1st Trip to Communist Hungary with Husband Pieter Part II - Budapest | previous post by me
Driving to Communist Hungary with Husband Pieter Part I - Mayerling | previous post by me
Beethoven stayed several times in the 18th century country house in
Under an old poplar on the island in the lake, Beethoven sat to compose...
Ludwig van Beethoven's writing...
Here was also an agricultural research institute.
