Hungarians are crazy about their horses. Many city dwellers even have horses which they board on farms outside of town. Children have horse riding lessons and there are many races and equestrian competitions each year.
We learned that the Huns came down from Mongolia and settled in this area several centuries ago … but kept their horse riding traditions, and contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire. They were from time to time part of the Austrian Hapsburg empire, the Turks and sometimes independent … as they are now, as part of the European Union.
Roman aqueduct seen thru our bus window
Hungary is definitely a unique and different people group from its neighbors.
We visited a horse farm and were treated to a Hungarian Horse Show. The farm was on a huge island in the middle of the Danube River. It had been thoroughly settled by the Romans in the 2nd century and ruins from Roman times are plentiful. The Danube was the extent of the permanent Roman Empire. Beyond that were “the Barbarians”
There are more photos from the horse show in the Photo Album. Click Photos in the menu bar and select the area of the tour from the pull down menu.
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