Blogs from Pest, Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary, Europe - page 10

I know that I'm here for the educational experience and academics come first and all that jazz but I mean, come on. Do you know how hard it is to work on homework when all I am thinking is "I only have XX amount of days here, I need to be enjoying it as much as I can" Trust me, its not fun. One of my friends put it best, "Writing a paper and being abroad don't mix" I know it sounds bad, but I agree. This is the last week of classes so I've been keeping busy with papers, projects, and study guides. As part of university policy we are required to have a certain amount of classes but for some reason we started a week late. So all of my teachers have been scrambling ... read more

Yesterday was a national holiday in Hungary. I don't there is an official name for it but it was to commemorate Hungarian revolution against the Communists on October 23, 1956. For those of you that don't know the story (which I'm sure is a majority because I hadn't hear it till two days ago) here is a brief overview. It started with the college students. They made a list of demands that they wanted from the government and set out with a peaceful demonstration. They walked all over Budapest and the rest of the population joined them when they walked to the Parliament and then the radio station to announce their demands. This happened for several days until on the 3rd day the Communist party open fired on the demonstrators. One of the pictures is the ... read more

So since I haven't added than many photos I decided that I would upload some of my favorites that I've taken so far. Some of my friends posted Oktober Fest pictures on Facebook so I was able to save some of them. If you've read my Oktober Fest post then you know the story about my camera... So, grudgingly, I bought another camera the other day. Even though it's a better, newer camera I would have liked to spend the money on other things. But it's something that I have to have so oh well. These are just some of the many photos that I have taken. There's more but these are the best so far. Hope you enjoy!... read more

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Wow. It has been so long since I've been able to blog. Partly due to inebriation, partly due to lack of internet. PARIS-MUNICH-PRAGUE-BUDAPEST. I have decided that I much prefer train travel when in Europe. Rock up to the station 10 minutes before departure, chuck your bags on the rack and chill out. Albeit it's 3 times as long, but it's worth it for the journey. This was promtly decided after our shuttle came to pick us up at 3.30am for a 7am flight in Paris, it was painful and so unncessary, but unfortunately a train was just not an option for our little adventure to the land of the beer. Now, I'd love to tell you how beautiful Munich is and how much I enjoyed the German sights but unfortunately all I can relay is ... read more