// I can’t get enough of the coffeehouses here in Budapest! There are so many amazing ones. I’m seriously going to have to write a post dedicated to these discoveries.
// I’m finally (right in the middle of) redesigning the blog! It will take me a few more days to work out the kinks…so bear with me! And let me know what you think??
// Tomorrow is March, yay! I just realized it was “Leap Day” as I was writing the title for this post. I feel like I missed an opportunity to do some fun activities with my students.
// Although I’ve been in Budapest for over a month, I’m still struggling quite a bit to adjust. It’s ironic that all the things that were difficult in Prague–finding a flat, finding a job, visas–were much easier here. So, I wrongly assumed that it would be easier to adjust in general. Ah, little innocent Amy! It’s still a new culture and my job is much harder to love than my previous one in Prague. Still! It’s such a cool city and I’m so happy to be here.
// Despite what I said above, I really miss Prague. I honestly didn’t expect to, not that much. We only lived there a year, after all! I guess I was even more attached to that place than I thought.
// Although the visa process has been smooth, my residence card is apparently still in the mail. Interesting that E has his–and his is tied to mine! What?! I would blame the general mail, but, my dad recently sent me a package (the sweetest package ever, actually) from the States and it came so quickly! I suppose I can blame the general bureaucracy, as per usual.
// On Wednesday, I’m going on my first field trip with my class! To a…pen factory. Yep. Thanks, Hungary. Let’s take a bunch of wild six-year-olds to a FACTORY where they make PENS. Not the zoo! Not for these first-graders. (Okay, a Hungarian did invent the ballpoint pen so I suppose it’s a national symbol. Still! In first grade!). It should be an interesting tour really, except that approximately 99% of it will be in Hungarian so I will have no idea what’s going on. That’s not really very different from a normal day in school, though!
// We officially booked our Easter break trip!! I’ll surprise you on Instagram when we get there…but it’s not a place we were originally planning to visit right now, and it’s a NEW country to us! Any guesses?! Does anyone else love that game as much as I do, or do you hate me a little bit??
// I’m counting down to a long weekend as well! Not sure what we’ll be doing, due to the Easter trip following so soon after, but I’m hoping we can do a little trip somewhere. I’m updating Skyscanner.com a LOT.
I like how the redesign is taking shape! Do you think it’s mostly the job related stuff making it harder to adjust? Budapest coffee house recommendations pleeeease :))) I am so excited to coffee the hell out of that city while you’re having the best Easter break of your life, haha.
Oh yeah coffee houses!! Madal is cool, there a two locations and both are good; Alexandra bookstore on Andrassy ut., it looks like a regular bookstore but the top floor cafe is gorgeous; Espresso Embassy; New York cafe for the atmosphere; Massolit books & cafe in the Jewish quarter; and Ruszwurm, supposedly the oldest :). I could go on and on so I’ll stop now haha!
Wow, good luck with your trip, I can only imagine what my little class of 5 year olds would say if I took them to a pen factory haha!
They didn’t hate it…but they didn’t love it either haha ;). The first thing they did was give all the kids these long, flexible pen-tubes that of course instantly became whipping tools! what were they thinking lol?!
Love the new font, it’s a great one!! 🙂 Good luck with all the new adjustments and hope you feel more settled in soon. At least you have an exciting mini break to look forward to! 😀
Thanks, Marcella! Still working out some of the kinks with the new theme but I’m liking it so far. I hope things are going well with you! xo
Great, your blog looks so much different, I like it:)
Thank you! I’m glad you like it! It’s so simple now 🙂
Yay for easter trips! Loving the new look!
Thanks! Hope you enjoy Slovenia…it’s next on our list so I can’t wait to hear about your time there ! 🙂
Love the redesign – very cool! And I just saw the list of places you’re heading this year… a) is Copenhagen the surprise because if so I have some foodie recommendations for you, if you want them and OH MY GOD YES because it is such a cool city and b) WOAH SO MANY PLACES! Love it!
Thanks! It’s giving me some technical issues but I think I’m ironing them out :). And we are doing a long weekend in Copenhagen in June–send me the recs FOR SURE! You always have the best food recommendations 🙂 And some of those places are still being developed so it’s an inspiration list for me lol 😉