Blogs from Central Hungary, Hungary, Europe - page 117

I went to bed very early tuesday night. Hoping to see some interesting topics in the conference. It took a few mins walk to the conference building. I was a little shock of how disorganize it is. I was quite concern about the amount of people in this conference. I wouldn't say it has more than 120 people. After the signature speakers in the morning. I was quite excited about the afternoon sections. There were 9 different sections all at the same time. It turned out that many of the speakers were not here and the organizer didn't bother to tell us. I could see 6 diferent speakers and I only saw two of them. This conference is just bad. I can't use any better way to describe it. Not even internet service for the visitors. ... read more

I put some stuff in the cabin and i walk out to the hallway to get some air. I saw a girl with a canadian t shirt on. She is from Halifax and she knows Sarch McCardy who went to highschool and university with me but graduated one year after me. (This makes me wonder about 3 degrees of jacky li. Have you heard about 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon?) We were talking about halifax and life. Apparently the woman in my cabin didnát enjoy listening to the conversation and she got up and smashed the door. The train havenát even move yet. There were some other little things but hey I am on vacation. I don't use my brain to remember the bad things. About 95% of the passengers left in Vienna, I moved to ... read more

Budapest Budapest is one of those cities that I was glad to have visited, but I don't feel a strong compulsion to return. It reminded me a lot of Prague, which has simliar architecture and a big river dramatically running through the town, in this case bisecting the cities of Buda and Pest (pronounced Pescht). Although I was there during the week, I was surprised how empty the streets were at night, even in the main areas. The two things a visitor must do are to walk around and see all the buildings, statues and monuments of the Austro-Hungarian empire and what remains of the communist Russian rule and also to relax in the public baths, which are heated by natural hot springs and offer spa services. Hungarian people of all shapes, sizes and ages frequented ... read more

hey guys! im in budapest now! I'm staying with Jodi, one of my friends from IU. Her parents have been missionaries here for the past 20 years, so she grew up here her whole life minus 2 years. Its been soooo nice to be with a family and in a house. When I first got here I was a little sick with a fever and felt awful. So yesterday we didnt do too much because I just felt so sick and achy. Plus it was about 45 or 50 degrees (no lie) and rainy, so it was just miserable! We did treat ourselves at a Turkish bath house though! this was quite an experience, but very relaxing. If you'd like to know more details about this, you can ask me personally, but I'm not going to ... read more

This morning I was still tired, but I had a much better sleep. In the middle of the night a young guy came into the room at about 2a.m in the morning. I woke up again and warily watched him. He sat on the edge of his bed nodding off every now and again whilst he was sitting up. His phone was glowing in a strange manner as well. I got up and went to the toilet and when I got back he was asleep. Problem solved. I got up and had a shower early before going to get breakfast from the supermarket. It was a lot busier this morning with everyone rushing off to work. For breakfast I managed to get cherry croissants, as well as Hungarian paprika salami for lunch. Oh yeah, and I ... read more