The Christmas Market

One of my favorite Christmas adventures here in Budapest has been my trip (0k, two trips so far) to the Christmas Market. It's in the center of the city, near the famous walking street, Vaci Utca and lots of Hungarian artisans come to sell their crafts. There are beautiful candles, pottery, baskets, jewelry, and much more. I would tell you about all the fun presents I bought, but that would ruin the surprise for some of you reading this blog!

I've included several pictures of the excitement. The first is of the Christmas tree in the center of the market, next is a picture of some of the booths, and the last one is of one of the food places. If you look in the bottom left corner of the picture you can see all the sausages cooking!

Christmas Dinner and a Story

Last night we had our staff Christmas dinner at a restaurant in Budapest. Here's a picture of my table! We sat in a fun little corner with a cozy lamp and a good view of the street for people watching! From left to right, Annah Kate, Laura, me, and Mary.

I also thought I might share a story that many of you will appreciate. Yesterday afternoon I was walking through Diosd doing a little shopping and buying a tasty pastry, kurtos-kolacs, that's only sold on Friday afternoons. I bumped into some of my middle school girls, and we ended up having a fun conversation. My favorite part was about trips to Disney World because of the two excerpts below:

1. Discussing their favorite roller coaster:

Me: "Is that ride new?"

Them: "No, it's really, really, old."

Me: "Oh, I don't remember it from the last time I was there."

Them: "When was the last time you were there?"

Me: "1998"

Them: "Oh, wow, yeah, that was before the ride was built!"

2. Discussing height limits on rides at amusement parks:

Them: "Are you tall enough to ride the rides at amusement parks?"

Me: Speechless.....