Easter!!

On Wednesday the 4th, after school I moved back to Hajduszoboszlo. It is nice to be back with my family, but now I am realizing how much I love the Zatik family! They are so amazing, kind, funny and like a real family to me! On Thursday we did not have school because we had a break from Thursday to monday because of Easter. I stayed home with the family and we had a great time catching up!! Then on Friday I went to a concert at my school where one of my classmates sang and he was very good! On Saturday was the start of the Easter Festival. In the morning I went and learned how to paint hungarian eggs. For an hour you need to boil the peel of red onions and then boil the eggs in that. When they have taken a red-brown color you need to fill a bowl with viniger and then with the tip of a tooth pick dip it in the viniger. Then you can draw on the egg cause it will take the color off of the egg. Saturday after noon I went to Debrecen back to the Zatik family :) We also painted eggs and it was lots of fun. I was also just really happy to be back with my family! We got up early on Sunday and went to

Church. My grand father is the pope and they are Greek Catholic. They have a special tradition around Easter that they fill a basket with foods like stuffed meat, boiled eggs, bread, wine or palinka and ham. They bring it to the church where then the pope blesses it with water and then again with steam. The church was very beautiful and so were his cloths!! After that we went to the grand parents house to have breakfast. We ate from the basket and it was very good. Then after that we had lots of sweets, cake and ice-cream. I spent the day with them and we enjoyed each-others company and it was fun to be with the grand parents. Then later I came back home to Hajduszoboszlo. Sunday night

We cooked and baked a lot, to prepare for Monday. On Monday woke up to find that the easter bunny had been here and left lots of candy and chocolate! It also left me a big bunny stuffed animal. We set the table and laid out all of the foods that we cooked and waited the water boys! In Hungary it is tradition that the men and boys come to the girls and water them with perfume! So through out the day my dad came and grandpa and watered me. They memorized a poem and then asked if they could water me and then sprayed me. To thank them I gave them an egg that I painted and then chocolate. They then ate the food that we made for them. So Easter here is a 2 day holiday and is a very important day that everyone celebrates. Kellemes husveti unnepeket kivanok!!