On Friday afternoon Daniel and I visited the resort town of Hajdúszoboszló, also known - no joke - as Hungary's "Mecca for rheumatism". Ever since we first arrived in Hungary, people have been raving to us about Hajdúszoboszló's fantastic thermal baths and encouraging us to go there and experience them for ourselves...so we did. And they were okay. Personally I think the ones closer to home in Nyírbátor are just as good. 
The pools at Hajdúszoboszló were really crowded. I had to wait over half an hour just to secure a seat with a massage jet, and I never got to try out the sloping water beds because none of the selfish cows who were using them would move. Hmpf. In spite of this, the baths were really quite relaxing, and we felt cosy and warm in the water even though the sky was overcast and threatening to rain.
After we left the baths, we wandered around outside for awhile. We discovered the Bell House (Harangház), a structure erected in the year 2000 to celebrate the millenium. It contained a lot of bells. Last night was even more exciting. We were invited to attend the final performances of the drama camp that had been using our school in Máriapócs as a base for the past week. About sixty teenagers took part in the camp, spending a week doing lots of fun stuff like singing, dancing, acting, costume design and set construction. All of the performances were in Hungarian, so much of it went over our heads, but still, it was a very impressive display. Daniel's favourite performance was the updated version of Snow White. We knew we were in for something a bit different when the curtains opened to reveal the graves of three of the seven dwarves. I'm pretty sure that Prince Charming was dead too because Snow White seemed to have fallen on tough times and taken up employment as a cleaner. From there things just got weirder...and bloodier. It was a lot of fun.
- Amanda
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