137km from szentes 2

I'm deeply touched by the sight of this memorial , it's worth sharing with all of you ....
Those are cast iron shoes, all 60 pairs of them. The memorial was created by artist Gyula Pauer to commerates the Jewish people who were summarily executed and whose bodies were then dumped in the Danube river. Though not a Jewish hismself, he wants everyone to remember the tragic event that took place in Hungary during WWII... read more

137km from szentes...

some info. outside Szentes..
The much awaited CowParade has finally started in Budapest! It's a pity that the most impressive design (IMHO) , the "melting cow" has been damaged and sent to the cow hospital for repair. The design apparently has "upsets locals, inspires vandals" quote from the newspaper-BudapestSun *roll eyes* (read the article to understand why am rolling eyes) .
Anyhow, in the absent of my fave cow, here's a Rubic Cow :)

*thanks for letting me share this piece of info.

Whit Monday

*since I haven't been inside a church in our town, I'm cheating with a shot I took inside St.Stephen Basilica, Budapest*

Today is Whit Monday* which again is something new to me. I understand the day is a holiday in much of Europe. For me, it's just a holiday without any tradition to adhere to except that I was told not to do washing on Sunday and Monday (???). Do you celebrate the day? What's your tradition on this occasion?

*In case you have no idea, Whit Monday is the following Monday after the Pentecost (seven weeks after Easter Sunday) .