Well, I've been in Hungary for a full week now!! Just the thought of that seems absolutely crazy. I feel like I just arrived, I do not feel like I know my way around, I do not feel like I have been gone for very long. Even so, the calender tells me it has been a week, so it must be!
So much has happened since my last post.
On Sunday I was able to find an English speaking church I could attend. Buying a metro ticket and riding the metro into the city and locating the church was in interesting experience. Thankfully it wasn't terribly hard to find. It was so good to hear people speaking English! I was able to talk to and understand people for the first time in two days!! It was very different from what I expected, I counted a total of 16 people in church. It was still a great time meeting everyone and studying the Bible together. One of the things I knew I would miss the most while in Hungary is good Christian fellowship with other believers. I think I found a great place where I can go and experience exactly that!! That was very exciting.
On Monday Language School began. All week I have been sitting in class the entire day attempting to learn Hungarian. It isn't a very enjoyable experience. It is cool to be able to read certain signs, and pick out certain words in other people's conversations that I understand. I have even been able to order a couple meals in Hungarian, which has been really cool. I still cannot have anything close to a conversation so communication with my host family has still been minimal.
It is an interesting experience riding the metro everyday to school. It is kind of fun, it feels like more of an adventure. I know its really normal in any city that has a metro, but that's not a situation I've ever been in before.
Yesterday was August 20. and in Hungary they celebrate St. Steven's day. Steven was the first king of Hungary that united the people and brought Christianity to the county. There were many celebrations. I ended up sleeping in, so I missed some events that happened in the morning. I was still able to make it to a few events.
The first event I made it to was an air race down the Danube River. Basically they had 17 pilots all fly a particular course down the river that was marked by gates. The pilots had to fly their plane through each of the gates marked out, and depending on the color they had to be either level or flying sideways when passing through. It was a really crazy even, but really cool! The course began and ended with the pilots flying under the famous chain bridge, also a really crazy thing to see!!
After that I went to the Parliament building and there was a King Steven reenactment going on. That was really interesting to see. I couldn't really follow too well since all the dialog was in Hungarian. It was still a really cool thing to witness.
Then in the evening I went to the fireworks show on the Danube River. It was the best fireworks show I have ever seen. There were fireworks going off from everywhere along the river all at once. I had to fight many crowds to get a decent view, but it was completely worth it!
Overall St. Stevens day was amazing. Budapest certainly knows how to celebrate the day of their first King!
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