The food of course remains its amazing self and the people continue to be more gracious than the conductor on the evening
METRO train heading to "FRAN_CONNIA_ SPRINGFIELD! The Last STop on the Blue Liiine."
On Wednesday evening, I had drinks with the vice mayor, a close friend of my host family, and we talked about foreign policy, the current economic situation in the U.S. and abroad and the respective histories of our governments. It was a fantastic conversation to have with an active politician, who is pressing an environmental agenda while coping with the realities of constituency still reeling from the effects of the former Soviet Union. Everyone wants to know if I know anything about Obama and how he is liked by Americans. (Dear CQ: Thanks again for Politics in America.
It is a great publication and I imagine you will be getting thousands of orders from Hungarians in the coming weeks.) (Dear Greg Giroux: I am spit out so many of your stats that locals are beginning to call me 'the doctor.'"
Other funny and interesting things from this week.
1a. I got my first Hungarian haircut. What do you think?
1b. I called my host father Czaba (JABA) and he looks at me, screams and smiles and says "no. no. its Chewbacca.)
2. Listening to Van Halen on the way to school.
3.The way the former Soviet buildings look and how the downtown is more artistic and away from that depressing look.
4. They have small cars like the former Polish Palishka (P?)
5. Today we learned the chorus to Don Mclean "American Pie" and yesterday the advanced students learned the entire meaning of Zac Brown's "Chicken Fried."
6. I have been given free lunch, various liquors, jam and other assortments special to Zaleageszeg.
7. A lot of people smoke in central and eastern Europe. I mean a lot.
8. We went to local historical site, where they make tools and crafts from 1000 years ago. It was pretty amazing seeing the tool and meet the people behind the preservation. (See photos attached.)
9. My family and almost everything other family in the city has a huge garden. Then again my host family says there garden is small in comparison to garden's of those who live in villages.
Tomorrow's 4th of July Festivities include:
Springstein, Mellencamp, CCR
-cole slaw; inside-out burgers; cornbread; Margaritas (I know not American); and baked beans.
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