By Janos Dobos | Board member of Friends of Szadvar
It was a cold and rainy weekend when our small but dedicated team climbed up to the castle hill in March. As usual, we were cleaning the most affected areas from the overgrownig vegetation on the remains of the walls and around them. Recently the weather is not our friend but there is a core team who you can always count on and they are dedicated to the task of saving the castle, no matter what. On the second day of our event we expected another 20 people to join us but it was a really rainy and windy day, so after all we had to organize a trip for them in the surrounding area to spend the time and build the team for the next event.
So we have started the year with a small team, but we also held the annual meeting for the association in the evening and there was a new member joining. We also shared our plans for the year and discussed challenges like the raising prices of food and accomodation for which we have to provide help and support for the volunteers.
As we realized there are more and more foreigner visitors in the castle, we have translated our leaflets to English and Slovakian language. The artworks were created during the winter times and now those came to realization. We will be able to hand those leaflets out to the tourists coming to the castle during our events. It is always welcome by them what we have been doing for Szadvar and now we can help them with the leaflet which also shows the layout of the caslte on the inside. On a warm and nice day there are visitors in the castle over 100 persons!
During the next events we continue to handle the wooden staircase and other features made of wood like benches and signs around the castle which require surface treatment to protect them from the effects of rain and sunshine. We need to invest the varnish and spread the surfaces with it in every 3 years.
Now we are preparing for our summer event, the archeological week in August. We expect much more people there and we are prepared to support them, but we can use all the help.
Thank you for all your generous donations!
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By Viktoria P. Horvath | Member of Friends of Szadvar
By Viktoria P. Horvath | Member of Friends of Szadvar
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