Overcoming the Rain

Ok, so I wrote this Sept 4 but apparently forgot to post it. Ops! So here it is now!


Hey all! So I know it's been awhile since I've blogged. That is because it has been cold and rainy this whole week. As a result of this weather, I have not been doing many interesting things. We started our process for getting our residency permits, which went pretty well. Hungarian language class continued and is also going well. Thursday was the first sunny day of the week but, unfortunately, I was a little under the weather for most of the day:( I finally felt better and went with a bunch of friends to climb Gellert Hill, a cliff right by the Danube in Buda, at night. It was really great to get out and see the city at night from a great view.
On Friday some of us went to an orientation lecture on the History of Hungary. It was really interesting to hear all that Hungary has been through, a very long and rough history. Then we got lunch from the University, which was really good! After that my friend Tanya and I just did some shopping around Pest. That night we were going to go to the Labyrinth under the Castle District but we were too tired so we just took our time with dinner and then got cheap chocolate at the grocery store.
Today Arielle, Robert, Tanya, Abby, Kyle, and I went to Szentende, a small town close to Budapest that our Hungarian teacher recommended. It was a little rainy/cold and we lost half of our group due to that but we ended up having a really good time. The town had a lot of really cool architecture and lots of really cute shops. We spent most of the day browsing, sitting in coffee shops and hanging out by the Danube. There was this one area where we could walk up a steep path and get a view of the city from high up. There was a church up there and we spent a few minutes quietly sitting in this beautiful and small church, it was really peaceful. And now I'm back home, relaxing.
Half of the girls are in Vienna this weekend and it's really nice to have the space and peace. Not that I don't love them all dearly, but we've been starting to feel the stresses of living with so many people in such a small space. The kitchen and bathroom get dirty so fast. But we have a really great group and we do the best we can.