Monday, as you all know, was the day we slaughtered, skinned, gutted, butchered, cooked, and ate a whole slew of bunnies. That evening we also headed out to the Balaton one last time with Aaron, Orsi, Naomi, and Barney to view fireworks in celebration of Hungary's independence. While they were nice, they weren't nearly as big as our fireworks. It was pretty, watching them from across the lake, but it made me sad that we missed our Fourth of July. One thing I've noticed about myself after being gone from home for so long is that I feel more patriotic, for lack of a better word. I miss the United States. I'm proud to be American. I wish I could have been home for Independence Day. It's my country. Even though it is all screwed up in all kinds of ways, I miss it.
Tuesday was mostly uneventful, other than THE HORNS! You remember the cow we saw slaughtered in our first week, yes? We're taking home both of those horns (assuming U.S. Customs approves :P). Coolest souvenir ever, right?!
There is apparently a huge process to cleaning out the horns. Bone grows through those horns, and the "shell" of the horn, made from material similar to fingernails, is attached to the bone with a lot of cartilage. When you let the horns dry out for a long time (read: 3+ months), the cartilage will basically disintegrate and you can simply pull the bone out.
Since our horns (along with some other fairly recent horns that Aaron and Peter figured they should clean out anyway) were so new, they took a loooooong time to clean out. We boiled them for probably about an hour to loosen up the cartilage before Steve and Aaron sent another hour or so trying to pull the bone out.
Eventually, as you can see, they cleaned out all the horns.
Meanwhile, I took Billy out around the farm for a photoshoot! :D
In the evening, a trio of girls showed up as the new WWOOFers to take our place. We showed them around the farm and had a very good meal before falling asleep for the last time in Hungary.
And now on to Zgreb, Split, and Korčula!
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