Day of the Dead

This holiday Nov. 1st is the Day of the Dead/All Saints Day. What a bustling week it has been. They say Varazdin is City of the Flowers, but I didn't know there could be so many flowers. All week the were flowers on every corner being sold and well on the street of every village. Traffic was so heavy all week. So much going on.....cleaning the cemetery and whatever else they were doing. The kids were out of school Thurs. and Fri.

Thurs. the town was so empty...well, everyone was at the Cemetery. They say we have the prettiest Cemetery in Europe and the 3rd in the world. Who knows. We went to the Cemetery that evening with a NM couple. You take a candle and put it on your families grave or leave one by the Crucifix for anyone else that has died. There are no lights in the Cemetery but it was so lite up from the candles. Pretty cool.

Then we went out to dinner. These were some of the choices on the Menu:
Grilled Sucking Pig Liver
Grilled Sucking Pig Onion Fried.
Black Pudding with Potatoes and Sauerkraut
Frog legs
Fried Squid
Grilled Minced Meat Fingers
Smoked Neck
Dried Tongue
Sasha said this wasn't the most authentic restaurant, but his wife from Italy didn't like the other one. We had a great time.

We are doing great and loving to share these new traditions. Of course they don't celebrate Thanksgiving so the Christmas decorations are starting to come out.
Love to everyone.