My Hungarian Experience!

[iironiic]

Hey guys! As you all know, I am currently studying abroad at Hungary this semester. I have enjoyed every single bit of it so far and I do plan on making a weekly blog about it. (My first blog failed miserably, but rest assured, there will be many interesting stories to mention!)

I am currently here just exploring what it is like around the city of Budapest to get myself comfortable about the workings of the city (metro, streets, environment, etc.). I will be taking a Hungarian language course soon and in less than a month, a bunch of math classes that I am extremely looking forward for (especially analytic number theory!!)

I don't know if you all are interested in this, but I would like to update you guys (daily is a bit too excessive) about my experience in Hungary! Either that, or just post some pictures that I have taken at my stay here in this beautiful city. I could just link you to my blog (not made yet), but I guess this will help publicize my study abroad blog. Let me know if you all are interested.

In the meanwhile, I will post a few pictures that I took today:

In Budapest, the city is divided into eight sections. I currently reside in section one with the nicest and sweetest host family. In this section, the most notable monument is the castle that stands on the hilltop. I literally live next to this monumental beauty. According to a few friends that I made here, you can view the entire city of Budapest and from what it seems, it is truly fascinating. I haven't done this yet, but I plan on it.



And this picture is a bit boring compared to the other one. This is just an inside garden contained in the apartment that I reside in. Still beautiful and supposedly, worth sharing.

Let me know if you all are interested in this! There is just so much to show you all (:

PS: Yes I use Instagram and there are some effects, but the original picture doesn't look much different compared to what I am showing now! (:

[Hazelle]

gasdhgkld I didn't know you went to Hungary!! I'm so outta the loop. MORE PICTURES PLEASE

[Hateandhatred]

YES hype.

[samurai7694]

all sounds sweet over there. keep us updated and I'm hoping all is going well

[~Zeta~]

snowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[alloyus]

Moar pl0x jackbuddy <3

[ninjafury]

I thought this was going to be about a certain type of encounter with a Hungarian girl...

[iironiic]

Originally Posted by ninjafury

I thought this was going to be about a certain type of encounter with a Hungarian girl...

Who knows what will happen in the next 5 months?

[Zageron]

Love those pictures. Thanks for sharing.

[DotKritic]

Cool. I was in Switzerland, Italy, and France visiting family and travel back in late July-early August. I knocked so many things off my bucket list.

Do you have any while you're over there?

[iironiic]

Seems like many people are interested! I'm glad to share my experiences, so I will make sure to update for you guys! (:

Originally Posted by DotKritic

Cool. I was in Switzerland, Italy, and France visiting family and travel back in late July-early August. I knocked so many things off my bucket list.

Do you have any while you're over there?

I do! I definitely plan on visiting many countries including Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Romania, and plenty more! May as well take advantage of my semester stay given that this is my first time being outside of the US!

Seems like you had a great time this past summer. Can you tell me a bit more about Switzerland, Italy, and France?

[DotKritic]

My aunt, uncle, and cousins live in Geneva we stayed there for about 3 days. It's beautiful during the Fall.

Their backyard looks at Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco (Italian), meaning "White Mountain"). My family and myself picked a day to go up the mountain by cable car. Two things were scaring me: whether the cables would snap and how my body would react to being up in high altitude since I would be somewhere around 12,000-14,000 in altitude (and I haven't been up that high before). Went all the way to the top and my body responded okay.

Off to Italy a 1 1/2 day at a Bed & Breakfast. We also went on a boat ride in Lake Como (Lago di Como in Italian).

View from where we stayed


Boat ride. We were served champagne.

We went back to my aunt's place for a couple days. No pics here.

Off to France (pics here )

This is the fun part. The whole idea of the vacation was because of my grandparent's anniversary (they're Scottish, my mom's English). We stayed at a large house. 10 rooms I think for 24 (?) people. Family from English, Scotland, Switzerland, and us from the states came together for a week.

What I got to play with for a week


What I did one night at 2am


Paris:

Went Segway'ing with family and family from England


All the way to the top



Statue of Liberty


Eiffel Tower during the day


Eiffel Tower at night

After a week, everyone headed home, but my family and myself and my aunt's family went back to Geneva

Before heading home for good, we did these things being leaving Europe:

Knocked off my bucket list:
Go see the Eiffel Tower and get to the top
Visit the Nestle Factory
Go to Italy

Not knocked off my bucket list:
Go to a football match