Greer and Frash do Budapest

So because my friends are totally awesome, they came to visit me in Budapest! Frash is here all week and Greer was here this past weekend! We actually did not see all that much touristy stuff within Budapest and spent most of the weekend hanging out and catching up.

Frash arrived with no problems but of course Greer reminded us of why we love her as soon as she arrived- she got off at the wrong train station. While Frash and I were at the right train station, I get a text message from Greer "Big problem. I'm at the wrong train station. What do I do?" I knew her train went through Vienna so I was worried she was in the wrong country! But no, her mistake wasn't too bad of a mistake- Budapest has a Kelenfoldi and Keleti station and her ticket just said Budapest Kel. Luckily, it was just a 20 minute bus ride away until we were all together again! And my visitors favorite thing was quickly discovered- how inexpensive good food is here! We first found some great falafel and then also stopped for cheap crepes on the way to Fisherman's Bastion, a place with a great view of the river of the city.

Friday evening, I took Greer and Frash to a BSM party with the theme "Spring Break Wooo!" and lots of Sangria. They got to meet a bunch of people in my program (including a guy who knows Kelsey, who lived on our floor freshmen year and a guy who knows Frash's housemate in Spain) and I have even gotten them to admit that math major parties are more fun than they would have expected! After the party, many BSMers headed over to Szoda, our favorite dance club, which was a ton of fun- it is so much fun when 20-30 people from my program all go out together and having Greer and Frash there made it even better!

Saturday and Sunday were mostly the same sorts of adventures- going out briefly attempting to do touristy things, finding great cheap food, and ending up back at my apartment bonding for much of the time. Saturday night, a guy at the hummus bar we went to recommended a bar to go to later that night, which was a cultural experience. It was super smokey, filled with locals, and had a nice outdoor courtyard, which I'm sure will be filled in a bit as it gets warmer. The weekend ended too shortly when Greer had to leave Sunday evening but luckily all of us plus Jessa will be meeting up in Barcelona next weekend and I booked a ticket to come to Geneva to visit Greer in April.

This week will be slightly stressful as I have my first midterm on Wednesday. It sounds like here you are supposed to get like 70% on a midterm to get an A in the class, which is not what I'm used to at all and sounds terrifying. I've got a lot of studying to do over the next two days... But once I get through that, I just have a few more classes (including a number theory class with Chicago high school students visiting so we'll be doing some sort of fun activity) and then it is spring break and I am off to Spain for a week!