Easter Eggs 2009

Without any PAAS Easter Egg Dye kits in sight, it was a good time to try something new. Thankfully Briggi came to Kalocsa on Easter Sunday and taught Jon and I some new techniques for dying eggs.

First we used needles to puncture holes in either end of the eggs and blew out the contents, which were saved and eaten later.

Then Briggi and I went on a little nature walk around Kalocsa and returned with all kinds of leaves and flowers.



We wrapped the eggs in strips of nylon to hold the leaves and flowers in place. Once the eggs were wrapped, we put them in a stew of onion skins we had prepared while cleaning out the shells.



After a few hours we took them out and hung them up to dry. Another few hours and they were ready to unwrap, rinse, and string!

April Fool's "Bikini"

Kalocsa got me good this past April Fool's Day.

Well, okay, the event I'm about to describe was not directly related to me or April Fool's Day, but if I am ever in the position to have an 80's Hungarian rock group play outside someone's window, I'll probably schedule it on April 1st.

Hungarian rock group Bikini plays outside my window

I live across the street from the local radio station, Korona Rádió FM 100, and on April 1, 2009, they celebrated their 10th birthday. All day there were contests, giveaways, and bands playing on a huge stage right outside my living room. The headliners were a Hungarian band called "Bikini." I think they got started around 9 pm.

I'm glad I didn't have to go anywhere that night. This was the crowd outside!

It was loud. Wow, was it loud. After a few crabby hours in earplugs, I eventually gave in and opened my window.

view of the stage and crowd from my living room window

I realized it was silly to be such an old grump about the whole thing. It certainly was a unique experience.