Late yesterday evening my phone rang. It was a Hungarian convoy on the ring road, that said that the road was closed by the police. They had been travelling from Mazar-e Sharif to Pol-e Khumri, but had now turned back, and their HQ had told them to seek shelter at the nearest safe house, which was us. After 15 minutes they were here, and we got their vehicles into the camp. Once they had unloaded their weapons, I told them "Jo este" (Good evening) and said that they were welcome to stay as long as they liked. We didn't have enough beds for everyone, but at least we could find a roof over everone's head, because it was just starting to rain.
In the morning the road was open and the Hungarians left, but not before having eaten all of our breakfast. They said "Köszönöm szépen" (Thank you very much) but almost forgot to sign the meal list. Then we took in the food trucks and unloaded a lot of food, in case any more Hungarians should come in for a surprise visit. The MOT's and the OCCP mentoring team went out, and we would have too, had not the reason for our patrol been cancelled in the last minute. After a couple of hours two new containers and a crane arrived, and we again had things to do for the next three hours. The weather turned cloudy again, and for a while it looked like rain, but it fortunately passed us by - barbecue on the sundeck could be arranged in a traditional Thursday fashion.
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