In our last English language show of our Veszprém Balaton Calling series, we talk online with the wonderful Elena Sudak, an artist, a horse keeper, and an expert on horse health. We follow her long and winding road from her birthplace, Moscow, to her international career in banking and legal recruitment to her settling down in a tanya near Lajosmizse, Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary. Elena spends most of her time working with horses and promoting safe horsekeeping – with a special emphasis on maintaining the health of these precious animals. She has already been invited as a trained equine therapist to various stud farms such as that of Szépalma Hotel near Zirc. Elena is also an artist and an art facilitator, who makes small paper sculptures of - you guessed - mostly horses, with a unique technique like the papier maché method but without water. We could already see her artwork in the newly renovated Auer House in Veszprém, at the time of the International Convention of Violin Makers in October. Elena loves the natural beauty of the Balaton highlands, and she spends as much time here as she can sailing with friends, swimming, horse riding or just enjoying a concert or an exhibition. At the end of this podcast, she shares with us her dream of opening an art gallery and a holistic rehabilitation facility for horses in the region. As always, we thank our co-creator, Túrajó, for contributing to the making of this podcast, as well as our sponsor, the European Capital of Culture 2023 project.