Mid Spring Break

I like to write a blog once every 7-8 days. This time I’m a little late, I know, but it’s been a very busy week and a half. Last Tuesday, Angie, Clara, Ethan, and I went to see La Bohème at the Hungarian State Opera House. The opera is, of course, in Italian and the subtitles were in Hungarian. So, we all did a little research beforehand so that we could figure out what was going on during the performance. I had never been to an opera before. My favorite part was listening to the orchestra. It was definitely an experience that I am happy to have had.

My Spring Break technically started on Thursday after my combinatorics class let out, since I have no classes on Fridays. So Thursday night, my roommates, a few others, and I went to see “Kings on Ice” in Budapest. We got to see a variety of ice skaters including Evgeni Plushenko! It was fantastic! I must admit that watching some of the performances made me nervous. There’s no way I’d be brave enough to do a back hand spring on ice.

Yeah… this either. ^^ I mean come on… that takes serious skill. It was an amazing night and a ton of fun.

Then, as if my week wasn't awesome enough already, Friday and Saturday, Keith, Francisco, and I went to Lake Balaton in Hungary. We biked about 30 miles on Saturday around a part of the lake. And let me tell you, it was worth the pain I was in after it was all said and done. The lake was so beautiful!

Now, it’s Wednesday of my Spring Break and I’ve been doing little things around Budapest: taking the metro to new parts of the city, going out a couple of nights with different friends, etc. I went to this amazing hot chocolate place with Michael last night and tried a mint hot chocolate. It was real mint and it was delicious. Plus, this hot chocolate isn’t like hot chocolate that you normally think of. It’s literally liquefied chocolate. I’m pretty certain that having this molten chocolate drink has ruined all hot chocolates for me after this.

So that’s how I’ve spent the last week and a half and a good chunk of my Spring Break. I still have another 5 days too and I’m definitely looking forward to them.