This weekend, I went to Geneva to visit Greer. It was such an amazing and needed weekend. I will note, first, thought have flown Air France for the few trips I've flown and I really like them (they are nice, good food) but they are ridiculously inefficient. Like when I landed, we had to wait on the plane for a good long time because the ground crew wasn't there. Um, this same flight itinerary flies everyday... how could the ground crew not be there? And on another flight, our clearance to take off got canceled. What? How does that happen? But anyways, Greer's homestay is on a farm that you have to take 3 trains to get to from Geneva. It is this adorable little town and it is just surrounded by the beauty of Switzerland, and let me say, Switzerland is breathtakingly beautiful. Greer's homestay family was so nice. The food was absolutely amazing- they make everything by scratch and so much of the food was fresh from the farm. I ate fresh eggs that I saw Greer take out from the chickens, jams made from fruits they grew, fresh baked bread, vegetables from the farm, it was amazing! They even made cheese fondue! And served us wine made from their vineyards! Honestly, one of my coolest European experiences this semester. Greer and I walked for hours around the town and the nearby hills and farming fields. After being in a city for so long, I absolutely love getting out of cities and getting some fresh air and some cleanliness and just the slower pace of life that exists out of cities.
Speaking of needing to get out of cities, I returned to Budapest to discover I hate cities. Okay, that's an exaggeration. But, I return to discover that public transportation had a strike planned for the following morning (today, right now). This meant I would have to wake up at 6:45 AM to walk to school (an hour ish walk) to make my class this morning. So I got up but then got a call saying that the strike had been called off so I could take the bus as normal. So I left my apartment at normal time, got to the bus station, saw there was no one there and got another call saying they were wrong, apparently the strike was not off. At this point in time, had we walked, we would have missed at least half of our class. So the plan- go back to sleep. Which sounds great, but this class was a midterm review session. And the class that this midterm in is HARD. I feel so unprepared for this test already, I am so upset that I missed that review session this morning. I will get the notes but it is not the same. So because of stupid things like public transportation and strikes, I am really upset with cities. Life in suburbs with my car is just so nice...
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