I just got back from Tesco, where I bought a bunch of food for our 11-hour bus ride to Venice tomorrow. Not too excited about that, but the actual Venice part should be awesome. My goal is to ride a gondola!
Yesterday, Luke, Rhaelynn, Caitlin, and I went to go get fish pedicures, which I was so excited about, but they didn't have room for us so we had to make alternate plans. We went to a nearby park, which was beautiful, but then started raining. The weather in Budapest has been so weird this week. One minute it's 80 degrees Fahrenheit, the next it's pouring rain, and today I needed to get out my winter jacket because it's windy and cold.
We decided to go to Szentendre for langos. Our pilgrimage was highly successful, as it was the best langos I have ever had (although to be fair, it was only my second time). We sat on the river for a while but it started raining so we went into a gelato shop for cover. It's strange to think that we took a 40 minute train to Szentendre just to eat, but it was a lot of fun. We stopped into a wood shop and I bought my sister the best souvenir ever, and I want to go back after Spring Break if I have money left to get some beautiful wooden Christmas ornaments. They also had some really cool toys and Luke bought a woodpecker one. Anyways, we got back to Pest and hung out in our local cakery (that's what I'm calling it because I can't spell the Hungarian word, and it's not really a bakery because it's all desserts) until 7:40, when we left to see a movie at the same place we went last week to see Womb. Casey, Z, and Dylan met us there. The movie started and didn't have subtitles, though, so we didn't know what was going on, and the people in charge realized that they wouldn't be getting the subtitled version until next week so they refunded our tickets. Not a big deal, but we had to change plans. The horrid weather at the moment prompted us to go to a teahouse, which was Native American themed and had over 100 kinds of tea. It was awesome!! I want to go back tonight, after dying easter eggs with Julie later. My parents sent me an egg-dying kit, and I don't eat eggs, so it was kind of perfect timing that Julie wanted to bring hard-boiled eggs for the trip tomorrow.
We have to be at school at 1 tomorrow, which is nice, because I don't have to get up early and I can postpone packing (like I would have done anyways). It also relieved a bunch of stress I was having over not getting my work done, because now I have time and it doesn't matter if I go to bed early!
About 6 hours after we get back from Vienna next Tuesday, we board the bus to Berlin, which is a 12-hour ride. It'll be an exhausting Spring Break, but I'm really looking forward to it.
Yesterday, Luke, Rhaelynn, Caitlin, and I went to go get fish pedicures, which I was so excited about, but they didn't have room for us so we had to make alternate plans. We went to a nearby park, which was beautiful, but then started raining. The weather in Budapest has been so weird this week. One minute it's 80 degrees Fahrenheit, the next it's pouring rain, and today I needed to get out my winter jacket because it's windy and cold.
Hi Hanna,
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