The Good Musician

Szentendre, Hungary

by csnowden on July 2nd, 2008

Musical instruments hanging from the rafters in a very old, family restaurant in Szentendre, Hungary. Photo by TGM.

Szentendre (Saint Andrew) is a sleepy little village two hours up the Danube from Budapest. Artists and tailors and craftspeople spend the winter in the Carpathian Mountains and bring their wares to Szentendre in the summer to sell. One elderly woman who did exquisite needlework said that Transylvania was very cold in the winter, and she enjoyed spending the summers in the heat.

There is an old Serbian Orthodox church in Szentendre, strains of ethereal chant float through the small square. The area was settled by Serbs, fleeing from the scourge of the east. We got to sing in the St. Peter and Paul church. The Stations of the Cross are marked by contemporary white plaster busts in a spare, but striking environment.

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