Fishermen's Evenings

Another Friday has arrived, announcing the upcoming weekend and all the weekend-related activities. Not that I could complain that I have worked so hard during the whole week, spending my energy on stuff that is not that interesting... Right now that is not true, as my days are so similar to weekend days, a long long weekend I am having before that first Monday, somewhere in September arrives. It will hurt, I know, but let's just focus on the good things. Fairs, street markets, concerts, parades, food... is it good enough for a Friday? More precisely, would it perfectly fit in the Market Friday community?

Oh, I am sure it will, as how the admin of this community, Denise says, (I am paraphrasing) she is happy to see the different cultures and markets from around the world. I am bringing here a fair that happened a week or two ago, in a small town somewhere in the ground of Eastern Europe.

This street market was held as part of a four-day festival called Fishermen's Evenings. It is held every year, at the beginning of July. The exhibitors are selling their handicrafts at these stalls, knitted and crocheted works, hats, scarves, toys, bags, socks... even a decorative parasol that is crocheted.

If you like to decorate your house with flowers, those that will never die, you need some artificial ones. Though, not some plastic flowers, of course. These ones are made from materials from nature, such as wooden sticks, wattle or corn cob. The price of one of these decorative balls was less than one dollar. The flowers were a bit more, but the price of them didn't even reach 1,5$.

Now, we are situated on the stall where one Hungarian culinary speciality is offered. Kürtőskalács is one of the most famous Hungarian sweets, but I just learned that its origin is Transylvania (Romania). You can buy them in different versions, dipped in ground hazelnuts, walnuts, sugar, cinnamon and the like.

For your garden, there were also decorative plaster figures. Different types, shapes and sizes, from ladybugs to frogs, cats, owls, snails and mushrooms.

The smiling mushroom is happy, and do you know why?

Because today is also #FungiFriday :)))

This was especially interesting as the man, who called himself Paja Kaktus, was selling succulents and cacti. Many of them, small and already a bit bigger ones.

I would not like to touch this cactus without protective gloves. The thorns are very small and almost invisible to the naked eye, but your skin would feel every sting.

With these ones we are safe! No thorns :))

The event, Fishermen's Evenings, brings also a lot of music, dance, and cooking competitions to the citizens of the town and tourists that visit it during these days. One of those musical performances is the parade of majorettes, which is accompanied by the music of the brass band.