1. ESL Teacher
2. Tour Guide
3. Hostel worker
I had a nice long dinner with my cousin Geoff tonight. It was really nice to catch up and see him.
And btw, I leave for Prague on Thursday at noon. 2-5th is Prague, 6-8th Amsterdam, 9-13th Paris…
EXHAUSTING!
Entries from March 2009
March 31, 2009
Future Career Options..
March 30, 2009
Top 5 Things about Budapest
1. Home Made Hostel and Denes
2. The food: Langos and Gulyas
3. Traditional Hungarians, Dancers and Rita
4. The Baths
5. Danube at Night
AND…Jana!
btw, click the below or side link for BUDAPEST pictures!
http://picasaweb.google.com/kimberly.bryden/IAmSoHappyIMHungarian?feat=directlink
March 29, 2009
EMERGENCY HOUSE & ACCOMMODATOR
Emergency House could be the best 90s group coming out of Hungary after the last Soviet left in 1991. Talk about leaving a little too late… anyway, this is fabulous and I´ve enjoyed many a night breakin it down to this fabulous song. haha.
ACCOMMODATOR is Dénes’ band [...]
March 28, 2009
Egg-aysh-sheag-adrae! *cheers!*
Today in Budapest Jana and I went to the Szechenyi Baths and it was luxurious. We also got a massage. All for about $22!!
Here is the bath:
After the bath/massage we headed over to vorosmorty ter, ter means square, because a friend of mine suggested an ice cream shop there. HOWEVER THERE WAS NOT JUST ICE [...]
March 27, 2009
See ya! (Hello! in Hungarian)
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Jana and I walked this today. RIDICULOUS! It was a great morning of sightseeing throughout the Pest side of town. Once we got to Margaret Island we then took the above ground tram to Moscow Square where we got lunch, Langos (funnel cake with sour cream and cheese) it was fantastic.
Then around 4pm [...]
March 27, 2009
First Pest Night!
Jana and I got in last night and the hostel is really really cute in this really crazy building, ill take pictures. Then we got settled, it was like 11pm. And we decided to just go take out some money (btw, 5000 forint is 22$) and at the atm we met some dutch people who [...]
March 25, 2009
Abrazos Rotos
People in Spain don’t like Penelope Cruz…but I do! I really enjoyed this movie.
March 25, 2009
Phrases
I’ve learned these new phrases here in Spain:
fijados (pay attention)
que guay, q’guay (how cool!)
la ostia, ex. españa la ostia (the shit, spain is the shit)
vale la pena (it’s worth it)
caprichoso (whimsical)
harapo (rags, the remains)
Balbucear (to babble stammer, stutter)
Veraniego (summer)
more later…I’m off to work and then going to see abrazos rotos, the new almodovar film!
