So I finally got the chance to go to Budapest!! i love that city- its so beautiful and relaxing (except when struck with food poisoning, but it could have been worse) We went to the baths -of course- heaven on earth. i could have stood for it to be a bit chillier though. then we did the touristy thing and went up to castle hill and all around buda..and the next day was for pest, but unforunately my stomach wasn't so willing to follow along that day. Budapest teased me with over 60 TV channels (which, when lying around sick is fantastic!) The bastards dub everything though, and not just normal dub, dub where you can just barely hear the english spoken underneath. they had discovery channel and food network! i just about shit a brick- it was sort of like last time when i was in sweden and all i wanted to watch was the christmas story, and they played it on the plane back home!...for 15 minutes before the channel went out and didn't come on again. luckily- i've already watched it so far this year. yay for torrent. anyway, budapest was absolutely lovely.
as soon as we got back, martin (bless his soul), sara and I jumped a bus for willy's to make our thanksgiving shopping. (woot. make, faire, machen..i'm no longer a native english speaker). On the way back i was stupid and the bus driver was crazy and that resulted in us getting off at the wrong stop. oops. so we have 850kr worth of groceries...which is a lot- especially when you have to carry them all the way to spoletorp from the domkyrcka. sara and i cooked that evening until 3am and then all day the next day. but thanksgiving was a hit, everyone seemed to really enjoy it..possibly except sara and i's right index knuckles. both of which suffered injuries inflicted either by an oven or potato peeler.
so today is my birthday. its been really really nice so far. a group of us went to brunch this morning at Lunds Nation, and then we went off to the christmas market put on by the ID students. I got some cute gifts and fantastic ideas for a couple presents. i know i'm a bitch, but they were charging 500kr. I can't afford that shit. tonight i will indulge in black forrest cake, or something similar and hopefully a tasty meal as well.
18 days and i'm back in the arms of the United States. wish my luck on all the shit i have to do before then.
