Tanner's House

Last week we toured a living history museum here in Debrecen with our language class. The demonstrations began with a group of young people demonstrating combat with weapons from the 1100's. Then we learned a little bit about the traditional crafts of soap-making (used to be made from animal fats, but now from plant oils), embroidery (all done by hand! amazing!), and himzes, a sort of applique on felt clothing (beautiful!). We also got to try our hand at a little himzes on a bookmark. Needless to say, it's much harder than it looks.