While I'm studying in Budapest, it's time I wrote something new and exciting. After all, I have internet again....
I've finally made it to Budapest, a city full of surprises and excitement at almost every corner. Admittedly I haven't had a lot of time to explore since I'm taking a very intensive TEFL course (for those of you unfamiliar with the acronym, it's fancy speak for English teacher training). Still, if you're living in a foreign city, it's your responsibility to explore, no matter how busy you may be.
Hungary is such an interesting country, that has been taken over so many different times that it has become influenced in so many ways by other cultures. It's odd to think that the first people to establish themselves here were the Magyars, a group from Asia somewhere. Then you have the Ottomans, the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, the Germans, the Soviet Union....and yet Hungary proudly keeps its unique language, Magyar, one of the most complex languages in the world.
And Budapest is the capital, with its bustling, unique mix of Turkish baths, Medieval castles, and exciting nightlife. I think the most attractive things about Budapest is how different each district feels. Every day when I cross the Danube River, I feel like I'm changing cities, from one side to the other, which ironically is logical since Buda and Pest used to be two different cities that outgrew their boundaries and merged to became what they are today.
It seems that Budapest is almost too dangerous a place....to study that is. While I slave away trying to learn how to teach English verb tenses, all I really want to do is hop on the oldest underground metro in continental Europe and go explore the gardens, cathedrals, and parks of this place I only get to call home for such a short time.
