They say that the river Danube has its own Atlantis. A medieval city and the fortress of Bodrog sleeps forever in this river, close to Bački Monoštor (located in northern Serbia), a town I visited yesterday. A long time ago, the Danube took possession of the city with its power, it swallowed the fortress and everything that was ever constructed in Bodrog. That is a mystery but there are documents, maps and testimonies that even at the beginning of the seventeenth century, the highest roofs of Bodrog were visible sticking out of the water.
I didn't see anything in the Danube, so I can't confirm the truth of this legend. To be honest, I went to this town with another intention - I heard about a festival that could be interesting to visit. It takes place every year on the second weekend of August.
For me, it was the first time I had visited it, both the town and the festival. And for you? have you ever visited it? Don't worry if not; it is transmitted this way to you, through my blog. You don't even have to leave your room to see the food you can taste or buy some traditional items and souvenirs.
Unfortunately, I can't transmit the musical concerts held in the evening on Friday and Saturday on this stage as I went to a different place in the evening (Liberland village... that will be shared too if you are not bored already from all these happenings here around 😉)
Sorry, I am not telling the truth. I actually can bring one photo of a classical concert that was held in the church when we arrived here. It was a group of singers and a little chamber orchestra, performing medieval music. I was not dressed in a formal way to attend the concert (a shirt without sleeves and too short shorts I think is not the best outfit for being in a church) so I listened to it just from the entrance. The acoustic was beautiful anyway, so I heard perfectly well.
After the music, we strolled toward the street market. Apart from regular crafts, we saw a lot of street food stalls. You could purchase freshly fried fish, BBQ, sausages, goulash, fish and game stew. These dishes were prepared there, in this way:
Fried fish
Vegetarians - close your eyes!
You could have some sweets too.
I bought something that @erikah will recognise. I know it as kürtőskalács but not sure how to translate it to English. It is a dough baked on a stick and sprinkled with ground walnuts or hazelnuts.
Apart from the dishes you could consume already there, we had a nice offer of honey, wine or other food. I purchased honey and my son a heart-shaped cake, with a mirror in its middle.
Let's see the traditional street market with the crafts.
In this kind of festivals, the stalls are usually placed on the main road of the village or close to the church or town hall. Our technique is to see first one side of the market and then, while coming back the other side. Then we cover all the stalls and items that they sell.
My favourite objects that I saw yesterday were the clay pots to cook and the kitchen wooden boards. Those were really nice ones!
Wooden boards and other items made of wood:
Crochet bags and accessories, baskets, rugs, birdhouses, paintings, magnets, mugs, keyrings, pillows, and other souvenirs were not missing either. Just a few more photos, though there were many more stalls...
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Our very first visit to this little town Bački Monoštor happened for this reason, to see the Bodrog Fest. As I said, I didn't see the Atlantis of Danube as my focus was on this event, however, I stayed a bit intrigued if Bodrog can be still found under the river.
