Post-Romania, Pre-Prague weekend

This has been an uneventful week for me, which is why I haven't really written anything.  I needed a break after so much back to back traveling.  It was awesome- I spent a whole day doing nothing.

But yesterday, I actually left the apartment for something other than school or food.

Julie, Laura, and I went to the Holocaust Memorial Center.  It ended up costing 100 HUF, which is like 50 cents (again, being a student in Europe has its perks).  It was less emotionally intense than the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., but still really good.  I think what I liked was not just how well everything was explained with various forms of multimedia, but getting to see things from a non-Western perspective. I learned about how the Holocaust happened in Hungary and how it affected people that lived here where I'm living now.  I found out that my apartment is located in what used to be one of the ghettos, and that my bus stop is named after a 20th century Jewish author who was shot in that time.  It was really interesting, and luckily almost everything was in English as well as Hungarian, unlike some of the other museums here.

We went to Kaiser's after, and I didn't need anything but I ended up buying Hungarian Easter candy.  They had MASSIVE kinder eggs.  So amazing.  And kit-kat bunnies, which looked interesting, but I haven't eaten mine yet.  Basically, Easter candy in Europe is super exciting.  They lack all of the jelly beans and stuff like we have in America, but the chocolate selection is awesome.

That night, I reluctantly joined the group to MOM Park, which is a mall, to go see Sucker Punch.  Getting there was a minor adventure, as we somehow managed to leave the sidewalk without noticing because it transitioned to some kind of decorative path on the side of the highway that we were not actually supposed to walk on...but we survived and finally made it to the mall.  When we got there, we realized we couldn't taken a tram.  Oops.  Anyways, the movie was AWESOME! As soon as Emily Browning's cover of Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) came on, I knew I'd love it.  It was so visually appealing, and the plot took place on multiple realities, and I just bought the soundtrack and am listening to it because I just can't get enough.  Totally gonna buy this movie when it comes out.

Today, I went to Arena Plaza with Laura and Julie to go shopping.  My pants have all developed holes in them so I needed new ones.  I got new ones, but not after exploring the ENTIRE MALL before finding stores that had normal-sized clothes at prices normal people can afford.  Honestly, the the first 2/3 of the experience, I was under the impression that all Hungarians are rich and anorexic.  So I got two new pairs of jeans.  Awesome.  I also bought lettuce at Tesco because I needed lettuce and Tesco is awesome.

Good day.

But now my feet are killing me.  My shoes are just awful.  New blisters almost every day.  I tried on some shoes at the mall but they were expensive and I didn't love them.  I really ought to get some new shoes soon, though.

My friends are going to see Sanctum tonight, but I'm not interested.  Gonna actually get some work done, I hope.  I read all of "Tracks" in Paris but now that we're discussing it in class, I can't remember anything so I need to reread the chapters for this week.  Also gotta get some work done on the website for the Messenger.