We arrived at our first port in Hungary around lunchtime.

Here are some pictures from our morning on the river.

Our afternoon excursion was to Kalocsa and Puszta. The Assumption Cathedral also called Kalocsa Cathedral is a religious building of the Catholic church that serves as the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét, located in the city of Kalocsa, in Hungary. In the Cathedral, we were treated to an organ concert, the likes of which I have never heard before.

Hungry has a great tradition of horsemanship that began with a nomadic. Magyar warriors came thundering across the steps from Asia on horseback. In time, their descendants settled on the great plain, or Puszta, of Hungary, which resembles the American west. It is a treeless prairie where fiercely independent Hungarian Cowboys were employed to control vast herds of horses and cattle. Like American Cowboys, these 19th century herdsman, dressed in billowy blue and black garb also became romanticized heroes in folk songs, dances, and literature. We visited a ranch that put on quite a show of this tradition.