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This is the Main Attraction in Debrecen: this Church is regarded as the seat of Calvinism. Mighty yellow, too.
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This is our hotel, the "grand" hotel Aranybika. Big hotel, teeny rooms.
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This is the tram we ride back and forth from the hotel to the conference. Pink and Blue is the decor. Maggie wonders whether we're there yet.
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Ah: the excursion. We took a bus to Hortobagy, a nature preserve and historic area.
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It was raining.
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This is a costume of early Hungarian cowboys: later in the day, we will wish we had similar garb.
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These are the horses that drew our covered wagon over the plains of Hungary--they deserved a big tip, because it was tough going, in the mud.
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Settlers? Tourists? What's the difference? (Settlers don't have badges..)
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On the plains of Hungary, cowboys have to simulate riding uphill.
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Michael Sperberg-McQueen teaches Espen Ore how to ride a horse.
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Certain onlookers are skeptical, however.
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That evening, the tour group has dinner in a Very Hungarian restaurant, with a Very Hungarian Violinist...
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and some Very Hungarian dancers...
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and singers...
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and more dancers, who danced with bottles (of wine?) on their heads.
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Until finally, even the Humanists danced along.
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