This past week has been full of adventure. Last Monday I went to a dance show about living in and traveling around Budapest. It was in Hungarian, but it was still really fun to watch and see how much I could understand.
On Tuesday my week started getting a little sad when I went to see the Hungarian Holocaust film Son of Saul. This time there were English subtitles which meant I could understand all of the horror the film portrayed. It was an excellent movie that they saw will be nominated for Oscars next year, but it's not very easy to watch.
On Wednesday a bunch of people at school got together to play in a Super Smash Brothers tournament so I stayed late and tried not to get last place.
On Thursday I woke up early to make a pie for school's Thanksgiving dinner. I first had to go to this international store to find pecans and then I had to make some pie crust, but it turned out okay! It's amazing to me how much harder it is to bake here than at home, but more rewarding I guess when you succeed.
Thanksgiving abroad is a really sad experience, but having dinner at school with everyone made it a lot more fun. Everyone brought some food and we all had a potluck. I joked that it was probably the most realistic Thanksgiving we would ever have since we were all foreign strangers looking for community like the Pilgrims who came to America.
On Friday night I went out with a friend to try Hungarian Fisherman's soup. It was really yummy and I've started to realize I'm probably gonna miss Hungarian food when I'm home.
On Saturday I woke up early to catch a bus to Bratislava to spend the weekend with my friend Albert who worked at Google with me this summer. Once I got to town we explored the city, ate lunch, went to the castle that overlooks the city, then saw the Russian monument, had a beer, checked out the (super insanely crowded) Christmas markets, had some tea, and then went to dinner before we were so exhausted that we had to sleep.
On Sunday we woke up early and went to Devín's castle. After seeing the castle we ate some pizza and made our way back into the city. We then went to take pictures of the radio station's building since it's a reverse pyramid and then Albert dropped me at the bus station to head back to Budapest.
This weekend in Bratislava was fun and I'm glad I got to see so many places this semester. Now I'm happy to settle back in to Budapest for my last few weeks abroad. The Christmas markets and outdoor skating rinks are open so I have no lack of places to be when I'm not studying for my upcoming finals.
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| Fisherman's Soup |
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| Some Slavic Candy Albert said I should try. It tasted like those wafer cookies we have in the states. |
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| This was just pizza which is universal, but I do have to say how surprised Albert was when I insisted it was ok that I didn't order pizza with meat on it. |
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| This is Kofola which is like a Czech soda of some sort. To me it tasted like what you'd get after mixing coke, pepsi, orange soda, and Dr. pepper all together. But, I liked it! |
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| Devín Castle |
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| Memorial commemorating lives lost fighting for freedom from communism. |
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| A bad picture of the US Embassy in Bratislava. |
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| Cabbage Soup (apparently traditional Slavic food) |
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| This is some famous Slavic food I don't remember the name of, but it kind of tastes like mac & cheese with overcooked noodles and bacon bits. It was ok, but very heavy. |
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| This is some sort of potato pancake that reminded me of a cross between scallion pancakes and lángos. I somehow liked it even better than both of them. |
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