Then we met up with Rhaelynn, Dylan, and Nick to go see a French movie at 6:30 for the Francophone festival. We were 5 minutes late to the one we were intending to go see, but it turned out it didn't have English subtitles anyway. The movie showing at 8:30, however, did, so we made plans to return after killing time. Dani was hungry so we ended up at an Iranian gyro restaurant. There are gyro places everywhere here. This one was unique because they had some fancy green spinning lights shining on the sidewalk outside, which made a cool effect with the falling snow. I didn't eat anything, but Dani's falafel looked good. We sat and talked until it was time to go back to the theater.
I think the director was possibly there, because someone introduced a guy who then addressed the audience in French, and after, there was a Q&A session with him. The movie was called Copacabana, and I really enjoyed it.
We made plans to go to a club the next night and then parted ways. Dani and I walked Rhaelynn home since it was dark and she lives a block and a half away.
The next day was really busy for me. I had class at 10:15, and then a break before craziness began at 1, so Julie and I went to get falafel, because I wanted to try it. I kind of liked it. There was too much of this white sauce, which I didn't particularly enjoy, but other than that, there was nothing unpleasant about it. I could only eat a few bites though, because while I felt hungry, for some reason I just couldn't finish it. Julie and I explored the surrounding area for about 40 minutes, until we came across a cukrazda (I probably spelled that horribly incorrectly), where she bought a chocolate thing she didn't like and I got gelato that did not taste good.
At one, I had a group interview with a woman from Habitat for Humanity about volunteering at a housing conference in April. I was really exciting about doing this, but I realized that I'm going to Prague and will not be back in time for the first session, which is mandatory, so I need to email her and cancel. I feel really bad because I hate breaking commitments. I already paid for the bus ticket and the hostel though.
Marketing class was at 2:15, and I was exhausted for some reason and could hardly focus. I felt sick but I'd promised to accompany Alfonso to Vaci utca to help him buy a shirt, so off we went, Dani included. Vaci utca is apparently a tourist area, but it was still really cool. There was a guy playing music with glasses of water on one street, and a sax player on the next. By the time it got dark and things got lit up, it was a gorgeous place. There were lots of souvenier shops, but there were also many more clothing shops. We went to three before he found something acceptable, and then stopped at a cukrazda for tea. People here go to bars and coffee shops to hang out and socialize, so it was cool to officially do this. I had some lemon-lime green tea with honey that was rather good. I felt really sick by then from not eating all day, but I couldn't bring myself to eat any of the delicious looking cakes or pastries. Alfonso got a fancy looking cappuccino and cake, and Dani got cake as well. It was fun, and the store was beautiful, but then this older woman came in and helped glaring at us. We were not being loud- I'm always paranoid about being loud and obnoxious in public because I know that's a stereotype against Americans. And there was a seat available, so it's not like we were in her way...but nonetheless, she kept pacing back and forth, staring us down, and it was really awkward. One thing about Hungary, is that if you buy food or something in a restaurant or shop, you stay as long as you want. It's normal for people to stay for three hours even. It's not like at home, when you're expected to leave pretty soon after you finish eating. So, it's not like we had even been there a long time, only 30 minutes probably, but we left immediately after we all finished because she was making us really uncomfortable.
Dani and I got home probably around 7, only long enough for me to take out my contacts in an attempt to alleviate my headache, and then we grabbed our grocery bags and took the tram to Kaiser's. I was long overdue for a grocery trip, and I needed to buy lasagna ingredients for tonight's dinner, so my bags were overflowing and heavy. As soon as we returned to the apartment, I made dinner, ate, briefly skyped with Charles, and was asleep by 10:30.
In about 4 hours, Dani and I are going to Laura and Julie's to make lasagna, because we still can't figure out how to use our oven. Laura is making a chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting, and then we're gonna have our weekly friday night dinner. It's a combined effort this time because Dani doesn't really cook and I'll be gone next Friday in Paris.
Tomorrow, we leave for Pecs.
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