Wooly pigs and other stuff

We are at the Europe area Mission conference for our denomination, it's why we came to Hungary. The meetings are being held in a lovely facility a hotel on a former stud farm. 

Everything is quaint with lots of horse pictures on the walls, and actual horses outside in stables and fields. Horseback riding and wagon rides are available, along with other activities- Garry and I took a short spin on the bicycle built for two yesterday

The area reminds us of our farm in the Catskills in New York State about 27 years ago, with rolling hills. 

Remembering the days of farming at an angle...

 . On Wednesday and Thursday we were wishing the place had air conditioning, but it cooled off a little yesterday after the thunderstorm the night before. It made Garry wish it was back it Ukraine of course, but it sounds like there may have been a little rain in the village since we left. We have had a great time connecting with other missionaries and recharging.

The wooly pigs

From the tips of their tails

to the tips of their ears, they are really wooly pigs!

All you'll see of the long horned Hungarian gray cattle

they ran fast, I think they could knock you over!

in the afternoon they were cooling off, rooting in the mud

My camera now needs to be recharged when I get to Canada (I didn't pack the converter) but I did get a photo of some of the unusual traditional Hungarian animals they keep on the place, along with the horses, they look like someone crossed a pig with a sheep, the wooly pig. .. There are  Hungarian grey cattle here also, but they didn't want their photo taken when I was out there yesterday morning, hiding at the back of the pasture,