a small trip to a small town: Ebes

Two of the Baha'is in the area have a house in a small town of 5000 people, about a half hour bus ride from Debrecen where I'm staying.  This town, called Ebes, is what looks like a typical Hungarian town: red clay tile roofs, and fences right up to the sidewalk, some of them with scary dogs behind them (see my previous blog about Vecsés.)

So Dan, Jeane and I came to visit these two Baha'ís, Zoltan and Erika.  They met us at the bus stop in tiny Ebes, by this charming church.

Ebes' church

An interesting thing about this town is the way it was founded.  In the communist era, apparently all the farmers from a huge area were collected to this small area, since the soil is fairly fertile.  Their families were uprooted and re-established, consolidated in this little area.  The communist administration decided that it was much more efficient this way, which I guess makes sense.

Zoltan is an organic farm inspector, and Erika is a music teacher.  They both speak English very well.  This is Zoltan below, posing proudly with the addition he built on their little house (not so little any more):

 

And this, below, is me posing with his house too:

They have beautiful flower and vegetable gardens around their place, with fruit trees as well.  I had a tart apple which was the tastiest one I've ever had!  All organic and unsprayed.  Here's a very green picture of their back yard, which offers a lot of wonderful food for them:

We had a very relaxing stroll through this fruitful wonderland, and then went in for a long conversation about the Baha'í community in nearby Debrecen.  Probably most impressive during this visit for me was how Erika asked if we were hungry, grabbed a few things from the garden, and in half an hour whipped up an amazing casserole to feed five of us!