Here's what has happened so far:
- School finished. There was érettségi. I've managed to almost successfully forget most of it, and that's the way I want to keep it.
- Many people (and by people I mean people of the American, CEPT-teachers variety) went home. Some to visit, some for good. Depression was mitigated by the loads of books and food they left. Mmmm, English books...
- so for about a week and a half, I read a lot. Like, one book a day. Until I had finished off all the new English books. Even the romance novels. (By the way, girls who were at Hevesi Buli - I finished Brigi's weird vampire-alien book and it was... surprisingly tolerable. A minimum of sappyness, an overload of historical details, characters so stereotypical it was as good as parody, and an almost-believable plot. I'll pass it on if anyone else is interested)
- I spent a lot of time - way too much, really - working on my new Residence Permit. I still don't have it. And the old one expired a week ago. Which means I'm stuck in Hungary until the new one arrives, whenever that may be.
- We traveled to Mátra with the family: Tomi, Atti, and Gabi, and respective girlfriends myself, Andi, and Viola. We stayed in a fantastic pension, barbeque'd, walked in the forest, got lost in the forest, etc. The boys all brought their guitars and, ahem, "jammed." I brought a book, Viola played on her mobile phone, Andi looked bored and sighed a lot. Yay, family vacation.
- And, like every summer, we've been out several times at the garden cooking. This time it was gulyás:
2 comments:
Hey that's a great photo of the Goulash! When I lived in Hungary, I couldn't get enough of it.
Hi Emily, I am an American who just moved to Szolnok and stumbled across your blog recently. I am not new to Hungary, just to the area. Anyways, I was wondering if you knew of any groups for non-Hungarians or English speakers in town. Also, if you need someone to talk to, don't hesitate to contact my wife and I. Thanks!
- Shane Daniels
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