{"id":214,"date":"2007-08-14T20:34:42","date_gmt":"2007-08-14T20:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bearhugs.co.uk\/blog\/?p=214"},"modified":"2007-08-14T20:34:42","modified_gmt":"2007-08-14T20:34:42","slug":"holloko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bearhugs.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/214","title":{"rendered":"Holloko"},"content":{"rendered":"

Woke up to another beautiful morning. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s lovely before it gets too hot, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s something to be said for the European idea of getting up early in the morning, having a little siesta during the hottest part of the day and then out and about late afternoon and evening.
\nWe were going out for the day to a village called Holloko, somewhere between here and Eger. Maria found out about it on the web, apparently it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a World Heritage site for it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s preservation of folklore. None of us were sure exactly what to expect.
\nWe had to drive out through Pest, an experience John did not enjoy, the Hungarian drivers are nuts, courteous with it but nuts, lane markings, traffic lights and rules of the road in general seem to be taken as for guidance only.
\nOnce we were out of Budapest it was a pleasant drive and when we got to Holloko it was lovely. The weather was hot (27degrees) but not unbearable, and the village very attractive. A lovely old church
\n\"Church
\nand some nice old cottages.
\n\"House
\nMaria went all dewy eyed. A lot of the houses have craftworkers living in them, woodworkers, potters, embroiderers, doll makers etc.
\n\"Garden
\nOne of Maria\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s highlights was the doll museum, full of dolls in costumes from various parts of Hungary. It was strange, it looked like the dolls were mass produced dolls acquired from where ever they could, the dolls were then dressed with tremendous care and accuracy, with very detailed and intricate embroidery etc. There are only a few doll makers left and Maria had a lot of difficulty choosing a doll to buy, she wanted about 3, John\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wallet is certainly taking a battering.
\n\"Doll
\nMaria drove us back into Pest, which she claimed was very brave.
\n\u00c2\u00a0We decided to eat in the Brasserie tonight so we could say hello to Zolti, he was very pleased (and surprised) to see us. It seems that the hotel has a new manager (apparently English) who seems to be taking a new broom approach to the job. He has in Particular been getting rid of older staff, so Feri Bacsi (who was the head waiter in the restaurant) has been given early retirement (somewhat against his will) together with various others. General morale seems rather low, we hope this doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mean the Gellert will lose its unique qualities and become just another Hilton or Crowne Plaza. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have to wait and see.
\nOff to Eger via Mezokovesd tomorrow, hope the weather isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t too hot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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