Wednesday, March 12, 2008

a warmer, sunnier day

-A rowdy Black Jack tournament just down my hall kept me up late last night. They were playing for... real money. So, I opted to sit that one out and be a spectator. Gambling isn't quite my thing. I never truly understood the concepts of probability in my Statistics class.
-Consequently I slept in this morning until 11am since I did not go to sleep until 3:30am.
-I ate breakfast, showered, then wrote out a few postcards.
-I walked through the neighborhood... the trees are blossoming!!!
-I stood in line at the Posta behind a petite, elderly woman with a fuzzy hat on. She looked over and started talking to me in Hungarian. I got a little flustered and finally managed to say, "nem magyarul bescelek (I don't speak Hungarian)." She shrugged her shoulders and turned back around.
-I went to the market and left with a bag full of tomato sauce, spaghetti noodles, Hungarian cabernet sauvignon, cheese and onion flavored chips, bread rolls, and cheese.
-I sat on a bench and people watched.
-I browsed a small stand set up on the sidewalk. There was jewelry, uniquely patterned bandanas, wooden spoons/bowls/cups, and shawls. Can you guess what I bought?
-I stopped at the home of the best-cappuccino-in-the-world and treated myself to such a delight while Manasi ate their finom (delicious) scrambled eggs with onion and ham washed down with a Pepsi.
-I pet a little Shi-tzu that was trotting around inside of the tiny restaurant.
-I came back to my hostel, checked my email for information on next semester's registration (I know, already...). I want to take Poetry Writing, Technical Writing, Intermediate Spanish Grammar, and Spanish Phonetics. I need to write my advisor by Friday.
-I am about to make myself dinner... a cheese, garlic, tomato, and paprika sandwich toasted on a fresh bread roll.
-And then I have Hungarian Language homework.

p.s. I have to go back to Immigration tomorrow (the 4th time... sheesh!) because they spelled my last name wrong on my resident's visa: Villock. Yeah, oops. The sticker, however, is quite a nice little addition to my passport. :)

2 comments:

Tony said...

BROOKE!!!!!!!!!!! How are you? I miss you so much!!!!! Oh my gosh Brooke that sounds like you're having an amazing time! I'm so jealous, but I too have some news to tell you, but in person...well you know what I mean! Gosh I miss you and I wish I could see you again!

emmapeelDallas said...

Hmmmm, I'm feeling hungry and wanting to shop after reading this post! Your dinner sounds great, and the finom too!