Today we went and spent the afternoon at a huge zoo on the other side of the city. Pics are on Facebook. Busy with classes the next few days, so probably no updates. [View Full Entry]

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Ok, so what's next on the trip?? We've now started getting to the whirlwind tour part where we only spend a few days or maybe a week in a country before we move on. It's a shame but we're trying to do a little taster of Europe so we can come back to the places we really love later on in life (if we get jobs when we move back to Oz to pay off this one!). So after 3 nights in Slovenia which we loved, and 2 nights in Austria which we also loved it was off to meet the [View Full Entry]

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Yesterday the guys decided to go on a hike in the Buda Hills across the river. We took a couple trams over to the Buda side and up the river quite far. We had no idea where we were going, but we could see the hills and see where we wanted to get - the top. So we started walking in the direction of the hills until we got to the base. Now here, instead of continuing along the road, Andy thought it would be a good idea to take the trail through the woods, as it was more direct. Well [View Full Entry]

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A Bold Claim But Vienna Is Up To The Challenge!! From Munich to Vienna (or Wien) takes about four hours on the train and travels through some more of that beautiful countryside. I find it hard to describe why it's so beautiful as I have seen so many amazing things on this trip so far including landmarks and scenery, but for some reason the vistas from the train windows here are extra tranquil and serene as they roll by. Vienna is a gem!! With history coming out it's ears from the era of the Kings that ruled most of Central Europe, [View Full Entry]

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Not a whole lot going on this week. It was the first week of classes so I haven't really done much outside of that. I also caught a cold from Ali so I haven't been feeling especially well the past couple of days. We may check out a wine tasting this weekend, so I may have something more interesting to talk about after that... [View Full Entry]

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This morning Mark, Ali and I took a tram across the river to do some sightseeing. We went to Gellert Hill, a historic hill next to the legendary Gellert Hotel. The first stop on the hill was the Cave Church, which is exactly what it sounds like. It's a very strange church build into a cave in the side of the hill. After going in here we got some decent cheese pretzels from a vendor near the church. we continued climbing up the stairs on the hill, stopping at various points for pictures and good views. At the top of Gellert [View Full Entry]

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Today we just had more orientation stuff in the morning, but we were done at 11:15 so we had the afternoon off. I swung by the central market on the way home to pick up some stuff for lunch and dinner. The place is huge and overwhelming, but I'm getting more comfortable there. It's a fairly touristy area, so most of the vendors either speak English or just point to things when they see that you don't speak Hungarian. We're just hanging out here this afternoon - our landlord came by and we signed our lease and did all that stuff. [View Full Entry]

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Budapest, Hungary 9.2.09 Day two in Budapest was an eventful one to be sure. We began our morning with some fresh, “continental” breakfast at our Hotel Erzsebet. Continental breakfast in the US is often code word for cheap donuts, fake pastries, and bad fruit. This was not the case at our hotel. Breakfast consisted on fresh cheese, fresh fruit, fresh pastries, health food, what looked to be a salad bar, home made dips, yogurt and fresh granola. These food items were accentuated by fresh coffee (French pressed) and juices. What a great way to start our day. Over breakfast we [View Full Entry]

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Today we just had a bunch of orientation stuff - campus tours, scheduling, etc. Nothing too interesting. I put up some pics from our walk around the island yesterday. [View Full Entry]

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So I'm finding that pictures are a pain in the ass to upload onto this blog, so from now on I will be posting only a select few on here. If you want to see all my pictures, I'll upload them onto Facebook because that's a lot easier... [View Full Entry]

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