Adventures in Budapest: Last Weekend Before Classes Start

A lot happened this week! First of all, I decided that I will be applying to graduate school. Second, I will be taking the GRE math subject test here in Budapest in October. Third, the Hungarian language class I was taking ended. The last day was on Friday. Each class had to make a skit...they were all hilarious! After class was done, my roommate and I couldn't decide what to do for the night, so we just stayed in and relaxed, which was probably the best choice. We made pork stroganoff and greek tomato salad for dinner (at least we think it's pork...we got some mystery ground meat at the meat market near our apartment). It was delicious!! We made enough for plenty of leftovers.

Yesterday, Saturday, we tried to go to the flea market in City Park, but we had missed it. We got to explore City Park a lot, though! So much was going on yesterday...there was a race taking place, a huge hip hop concert, some BMX events going on, and another event where there were lots of tents set up, but we couldn't figure out what was going on. We got to see Heroes' Square, which was absolutely beautiful. During our exploration, we found the Budapest Zoo! We decided to check it out. It was the coolest zoo I've ever been to! There were tons of different animals, lots of greenery everywhere, and very cool displays. It took us a good 3 or more hours to see the whole thing. Our feet were hurting by the end. I think I may have a new favorite animal...the red panda!

After relaxing at home after a long day of zoo exploring, we walked some more to go to the sparty (spa + party) at the Szechenyi baths with some other BSM people. The pool area was outside, and there were disco lights everywhere. It was a little cool outside, but the water was pretty warm. After about a half hour, the whole pool was full! People were dancing to the blaring music and having a great time. We were glad we went!

Classes start tomorrow...I'm a little nervous, but I'm sure it will be fine! I'm planning on taking Combinatorics, Probability Theory, Number Theory, and Topology. We get a 3 week "shopping period" to try out different classes and decide for sure what classes we'll take for the semester, though.