Day 11: Last Day in Vajta

Today is Saturday, September 22^nd, and, as you can tell from the computer-generated datelines on the last week's blog posts, most of them were entered into the computer today (copied from my hand-written journal). Angie Vander Burgh let me keep her laptop over the weekend, which has been a real blessing. I've almost got the published blog in synch with our actual travels.

I did some work on the blog last night, but this morning, when I got up early, I couldn't get the Internet connection to work, so I went for a walk instead, through the village at Vajta just before dawn. Here are some of the things that I saw.

These are the original gates to the castle with the main building (365 windows, 52 rooms) taken just after dawn. This gate, which fronts the main road, is no longer used.


This picture shows one of the nicer houses in the village.


Here's an interesting and unusual statue on a grave in the cemetery.


Here's the "Welcome to Vajta" sign that greets you when you enter the village. (Of course, you could just read that for yourself, right?)


On Saturdays, the students have a 10AM brunch which I ate while updating the blog entries in the coffee shop. Kathy spent the morning visiting with some of the ladies individually.

Before dinner Jason Vander Burgh (Angie's husband) drove us to town to visit the ATM. When we got back, Kathy and I took one last walk around the property.

After our walk, Jason and Angie had us over to their house for one last dinner and some great conversation before we went back to our room to pack.