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Published: September 2nd 2013
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Oh snap. Blogging from the other side of the river. I've decided to do another list because I think more people are willing to read it, and then I can get work done instead of blogging for the next two hours. (Sorry if you're not a fan. Let me know, and I might switch back to the super long entries).
1. Yes. I have a flat. So awesome and great and sweet.
2. It used to be owned by an old lady. Old blankets and weird trinkets EVERYWHERE. Also, wine corks all up in the drawers?
3. My toilet is the farthest thing away from the sink. Not sure who designed this flat.
4. I spent Saturday waltzing around Budapest with my new Australian friend Scott. And by waltzing, I mean walking the entire city. I was homeless, so why not?
5. I spent last night in a flat inside of the palace walls. You can start calling me the queen of Budapest. I don't mind.
6. Grocery shopping is the most stressful thing ever. There's a big difference between shopping in South America, where there are a lot of cognates, and shopping in Hungary,
where it seems like someone threw up, and they made it a language. I bought frozen chicken cordon bleu for dinner, only to realize that the instructions were in Hungarian and were for either a deep fryer or a pan. I google translated the directions. Didn't help. (For more, view my album on my Facebook page). I settled on what looks like a sampling of cheeses. Hopefully they're all delicious.
7. I got so stressed out looking at cheese because I wanted some and didn't know what anything was. Then there was a cheese where a cow on the label was laughing at me. I didn't buy it out of spite. Don't mock me, cow.
8. I bought jam for my toast. Not sure what kind it is. I think I bought butter. I will let you know...
9. Here's how I created my bed: start with a 4 inch skinny foam pad on top of wood. Add two mattress pad type things that you find in old lady cabinets. Layer a bottom sheet with a giant hole in the middle. Also from old lady closet. Add new sheet and tuck it in. Boom. Bottom sheet. Take
duvet cover that landlord thought was a bottom sheet and bought for you and stuff it with two questionable old lady blankets. Boom. Comforter. Add pillow and pillow case. And I have a bed!
10. Nutella is wicked expensive. Lame.
11. I bought chamomile toilet paper. It was between that and strawberry. I don't even know.
12. I'm afraid to use my washing machine. It's all pictures, and my friend's clothes caught on fire when she tried to use hers. Also, I've heard that they jump a lot and people like to race them.
13. Hungarian first graders are so cute! Today was the first day of school, and most of them speak no English. Everyone wears black and white because it's a national holiday. It started with an opening ceremony, which was entirely in Hungarian, so I just clapped when other people clapped. Then we spent all day playing games with the kids. Most looked at my dumbfounded as I spoke English to them. Also, they have the weirdest names. Also, I have triplets in my class.
14. The fourth grade English class barely has their books, much less a teacher's manual. I haven't
met my co-teacher, so the Hungarian teacher for that class told me that I could teach anything I want tomorrow...OK...
15. More on the flat. I casually walked the 3 blocks to the Danube this evening, and BOOM. Parliament lit up on the river. BOOM. The chain bridge. BOOM. Margit bridge. How is this my life?
16. I can't decide if it's creepier to take the stairs to my flat in the dark or to take the tube elevator in the dark.
17. The key to get into my apartment is definitely something out of Sherlock Holmes.
18. Ok now I actually have to lesson plan for tomorrow.
Siya!
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Emily
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"Someone threw up and then they made it a language" is how I'm going to describe Hungarian from now on. Spot on. Try buying the off-brand Nutella (hazelnut spread)! You might have to try out a couple, because some of the off-brands are nasty, but I found one that it actually better than real Nutella and only costs 350 forint a jar.