This past week, I was consumed by the dreaded midterms. I am currently taking three classes; the beauty of study abroad is that you only need twelve credits for the semester. While this allows for travel, I believe that it also made me put classes to a lower priority. Let me give future abroad students a tip: don’t do that.
While studying is definitely not my favorite pasttime, it also made me form study groups and find people with similar interests to me. Believe it or not, there are not as many Religious Studies majors in the world as there are Business or English majors. So, when I found a few people who were genuinely interested in studying for my Jewish History exam, my mood became a bit more positive.
I have already gotten the majority of my grades back, passing with flying colors if I do say so myself. Other than midterms and making a few friends along the way, this week was for the most part uneventful. The weather was quite nice, with a few blue skies and some sunshine. I treated myself to Forkys (a vegan restaurant I have mentioned beforehand) once or twice for lunch.
As I write this, I am currently sitting in a café after just having brunch in Budapest. Out of all the places that I wanted to go in Europe, Budapest was the place I had to see—no exception. So far, I’m glad to report that Budapest has lived up to expectation with beautiful scenery and fantastic food. My travel buddy Larry and I explored the city in the pouring rain and even went to a hot spring! If you do visit Budapest, I highly suggest trying Langos which is similar to fried dough but with toppings such as sour cream, cheese, onions, meat, etc.
Just Czech-ing In 