castle district
zoo
Sunday, September 28, 2008
So this weekend has been a busy one so far! I stayed in Budapest again, and have spent some time exploring. On Friday morning, I met up with my tandem partner and we visited Heroes Square and a little bit of the city park that's right next to it. Heroes square is amazing! There are huge statues of a bunch of historical figures from Hungary and in the center is a giant pillar with a Gabriel statue on top. (Unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me...but I'm going back soon and will bring it then!) Then yesterday, my friend Danielle and I went back to the castle district (we went there the first weekend with the whole group) and just wandered around and took a few pictures. It was gorgeous! Pretty buildings, lovely view of the Danube, lots of random statues and fountains...
and then today we went to the zoo! Saw tons of birds, some lions and tigers and bears, (oh my!) camels, hippos, elephants, wolves, monkeys...and lots of other things, but you would get bored of just reading a list of animals ;-)
This week is looking like it's going to be pretty sweet. Tuesday is usually our really long class day, but this week we have an extra field trip planned for Tuesday! we're going to a courthouse to see a murder trial. and then Wednesday we're visiting a police station. (yes, that means we only have one class this week!!) I'm really excited for both field trips, but especially for the trip to the courthouse!! should be cool to see how courtroom procedure differs between Hungary and the US. :-)
And then next weekend some people are off to Romania...not sure if I'm joining them, but I might! :-)
well, that's about it! Hope everything is going wonderfully for all of you!!!!
and then today we went to the zoo! Saw tons of birds, some lions and tigers and bears, (oh my!) camels, hippos, elephants, wolves, monkeys...and lots of other things, but you would get bored of just reading a list of animals ;-)
This week is looking like it's going to be pretty sweet. Tuesday is usually our really long class day, but this week we have an extra field trip planned for Tuesday! we're going to a courthouse to see a murder trial. and then Wednesday we're visiting a police station. (yes, that means we only have one class this week!!) I'm really excited for both field trips, but especially for the trip to the courthouse!! should be cool to see how courtroom procedure differs between Hungary and the US. :-)
And then next weekend some people are off to Romania...not sure if I'm joining them, but I might! :-)
well, that's about it! Hope everything is going wonderfully for all of you!!!!
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
random
hey everyone!
new update so that if anyone actually checks this there will be something to read ;-)
this weekend was pretty nice...did a lot of nothing...slept in, did homework, read, hit up a couple malls, found a post office...it was very relaxing :-)
today i had the usual 6 hours of class, and i presented in our second class of the day. (it's a class based on class discussions, with 4-5 different people leading discussions each week) i was presenting/leading discussion on an article about drug use within different Native American tribes as compared within the tribes, between different tribes, and with a national sample. sorta interesting stuff...lots of numbers and stats....but interesting policy issues to think about. (i won't bore you with any of the discussion :-)
tomorrow, our group is heading to the immigration office to register...not really sure what we're doing, but someone at the university here is going with us to show us what needs to be done. and then we have a guest lecturer coming to talk about different Hungarian drug policies and problems. (sense a theme? yes...this is what justice studies students talk about...drugs and crime ;-)
well, that's about it! hope you all are doing wonderfully!
praying for you all!!!!
new update so that if anyone actually checks this there will be something to read ;-)
this weekend was pretty nice...did a lot of nothing...slept in, did homework, read, hit up a couple malls, found a post office...it was very relaxing :-)
today i had the usual 6 hours of class, and i presented in our second class of the day. (it's a class based on class discussions, with 4-5 different people leading discussions each week) i was presenting/leading discussion on an article about drug use within different Native American tribes as compared within the tribes, between different tribes, and with a national sample. sorta interesting stuff...lots of numbers and stats....but interesting policy issues to think about. (i won't bore you with any of the discussion :-)
tomorrow, our group is heading to the immigration office to register...not really sure what we're doing, but someone at the university here is going with us to show us what needs to be done. and then we have a guest lecturer coming to talk about different Hungarian drug policies and problems. (sense a theme? yes...this is what justice studies students talk about...drugs and crime ;-)
well, that's about it! hope you all are doing wonderfully!
praying for you all!!!!
Monday, September 15, 2008
Pictures from Croatia
Main road in Split
Castle
View from ferry
Stari Grad on Hvar Island
Beach in SplitThursday, September 11, 2008
well, a ton of stuff has happened since my last post. (i guess i'm not that great at keeping you all updated...oh well.)
school has started, and it's going pretty well! my class schedule is interesting: i have two 3-hour classes on tuesday, (a hungarian history class and then a class on drug use, policies, and prevention,) which means i'm in class pretty much straight through from 11:20am-6pm. so tuesday is pretty brutal. on wednesday, we have our field studies class, which is usually field trips, though we'll sometimes have guest speakers. So far we have gone to a jewish synogogue and museum, taken a boat tour of the Danube river, and gone to a women's prison and a castle in a town in northern hungary. On Thursday, we only have one (3 hour) class, but it starts at 8am. so basically, our schedule is really nice except for the times when we're actually in class, 'cause then we're either falling asleep or in class for 6 hours straight. (yes, i know, 8am isn't that early...but for some reason, college classes at 8am always seem terribly early...)
so that's what's happening on the school side of things. i mentioned last post that we were planning a trip to croatia, and we went there last weekend. croatia is beautiful! there are gorgeous views, and pretty towns and shops. all of us went to croatia, but we split up into two groups to make traveling easier. my group (me and three other girls) went to the town of split for a day & night and then went to the island of Hvar for a day & night before catching the train from split back to budapest. it was gorgeous and fun!! split is on the coast, so we hit the beaches there as well as walking around in the basement of an old castle and through the town looking at shops and stuff. at hvar, we stayed in this quaint little town on the water. it was pretty and quiet and very removed from fast-paced modern ways of life, so it was very relaxing. we got to take a ferry to Hvar and back, which again was beautiful, so that seems to be the theme of the trip :-) we also got to see a lot of views from the train on the way there and back, which was good because it was about 16 hours each way....that was interesting. (sleeping on a train can be more difficult than you think...but we managed)
this weekend, we're planning on staying in budapest to sorta recharge and see the city that we're living in ;-) should be nice!!!!
i will try to upload some pictures soon!
school has started, and it's going pretty well! my class schedule is interesting: i have two 3-hour classes on tuesday, (a hungarian history class and then a class on drug use, policies, and prevention,) which means i'm in class pretty much straight through from 11:20am-6pm. so tuesday is pretty brutal. on wednesday, we have our field studies class, which is usually field trips, though we'll sometimes have guest speakers. So far we have gone to a jewish synogogue and museum, taken a boat tour of the Danube river, and gone to a women's prison and a castle in a town in northern hungary. On Thursday, we only have one (3 hour) class, but it starts at 8am. so basically, our schedule is really nice except for the times when we're actually in class, 'cause then we're either falling asleep or in class for 6 hours straight. (yes, i know, 8am isn't that early...but for some reason, college classes at 8am always seem terribly early...)
so that's what's happening on the school side of things. i mentioned last post that we were planning a trip to croatia, and we went there last weekend. croatia is beautiful! there are gorgeous views, and pretty towns and shops. all of us went to croatia, but we split up into two groups to make traveling easier. my group (me and three other girls) went to the town of split for a day & night and then went to the island of Hvar for a day & night before catching the train from split back to budapest. it was gorgeous and fun!! split is on the coast, so we hit the beaches there as well as walking around in the basement of an old castle and through the town looking at shops and stuff. at hvar, we stayed in this quaint little town on the water. it was pretty and quiet and very removed from fast-paced modern ways of life, so it was very relaxing. we got to take a ferry to Hvar and back, which again was beautiful, so that seems to be the theme of the trip :-) we also got to see a lot of views from the train on the way there and back, which was good because it was about 16 hours each way....that was interesting. (sleeping on a train can be more difficult than you think...but we managed)
this weekend, we're planning on staying in budapest to sorta recharge and see the city that we're living in ;-) should be nice!!!!
i will try to upload some pictures soon!
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Monday, September 1, 2008
salzburg
sooo, this weekend i went to salzburg!
it was awesome!
our train left from budapest at 5:55 in the morning on saturday, so we didn't get a whole lot of sleep, but we were on it for about 6 hours, which gave us a little time to try and nap. all 13 of us went (12 students + 1 professor) though two people missed the train in the morning and had to meet up with us later.
The train ride itself was beautiful! There were so many green fields and rolling hills and cute little towns. I probably should have gotten more sleep, but I was too busy looking out the window. :-)
when we arrived in salzburg, we checked into our hostel (the Muffin hostel--how's that for an awesome name!) and then went to find lunch. After that, we did a ton of walking around the town. it was gorgeous! there were a bunch of beautiful old buildings, we went in an old church with cool statues and paintings. there were horse-drawn buggies trotting around, and cute little stores. We walked through an old cemetery and then checked out the catacombs. Then, we climbed this huge hill to a fortress overlooking the town. we got to walk around it a bunch, got a tour, and spent a lot of time just enjoying the view. after Chinese food, we headed back to the hostel and hung out, talked and played a bit of fooseball.
Sunday, we didn't need to leave until 5pm, so we did some more walking around. we walked along the river and then found this awesome garden /park place that had flowers and fountains and cool statues. we hung out there for a while and saw a marching band and outdoor orchestra playing. after lunch and a little bit more walking around, we headed back to the train station.
getting home was quite an adventure. The first train was about ten minutes late, and we were supposed to have 12 minutes between trains in Vienna. so when we got to the station, we all ran to the next platform so that the train wouldn't leave without us. once we were on the train, we weren't really sure where to go because we ended up in the first class sleeping car instead of second class cars. so we wandered around a little bit and ended up in what we thought was the right place. two hours later, someone came by to check our tickets and let us know that we were actually still in 1st class. oops :-)
so we had to move, but by that time in order to get a spot in 2nd class we would have had to wake people up (it was about 10 or 10:30) so instead, a group of us went to the dining car and got pringles and tried to make them last for the rest of the trip so we could sit there and not be too rude. It was fun :-)
so that was my weekend! This week school starts, and we might start making plans for a trip to Croatia!
hope life back in the states is going well!
it was awesome!
our train left from budapest at 5:55 in the morning on saturday, so we didn't get a whole lot of sleep, but we were on it for about 6 hours, which gave us a little time to try and nap. all 13 of us went (12 students + 1 professor) though two people missed the train in the morning and had to meet up with us later.
The train ride itself was beautiful! There were so many green fields and rolling hills and cute little towns. I probably should have gotten more sleep, but I was too busy looking out the window. :-)
when we arrived in salzburg, we checked into our hostel (the Muffin hostel--how's that for an awesome name!) and then went to find lunch. After that, we did a ton of walking around the town. it was gorgeous! there were a bunch of beautiful old buildings, we went in an old church with cool statues and paintings. there were horse-drawn buggies trotting around, and cute little stores. We walked through an old cemetery and then checked out the catacombs. Then, we climbed this huge hill to a fortress overlooking the town. we got to walk around it a bunch, got a tour, and spent a lot of time just enjoying the view. after Chinese food, we headed back to the hostel and hung out, talked and played a bit of fooseball.
Sunday, we didn't need to leave until 5pm, so we did some more walking around. we walked along the river and then found this awesome garden /park place that had flowers and fountains and cool statues. we hung out there for a while and saw a marching band and outdoor orchestra playing. after lunch and a little bit more walking around, we headed back to the train station.
getting home was quite an adventure. The first train was about ten minutes late, and we were supposed to have 12 minutes between trains in Vienna. so when we got to the station, we all ran to the next platform so that the train wouldn't leave without us. once we were on the train, we weren't really sure where to go because we ended up in the first class sleeping car instead of second class cars. so we wandered around a little bit and ended up in what we thought was the right place. two hours later, someone came by to check our tickets and let us know that we were actually still in 1st class. oops :-)
so we had to move, but by that time in order to get a spot in 2nd class we would have had to wake people up (it was about 10 or 10:30) so instead, a group of us went to the dining car and got pringles and tried to make them last for the rest of the trip so we could sit there and not be too rude. It was fun :-)
so that was my weekend! This week school starts, and we might start making plans for a trip to Croatia!
hope life back in the states is going well!
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