Archive for September, 2005

Budapest

Monday, September 12th, 2005

I’ve been here for just over a week now, and everything is going well. Budapest is a wonderful city with many old buildings and good public transporation. In the past week I’ve had two long classes of Hungarian and a variety of activities with the other 10 students in the program. The activites have mostly […]

Bodrum, Kos, Athens…Budapest!

Sunday, September 4th, 2005

Our brief visit to Bodrum was fun. Unfortunately, we didn’t have enough time to go on an excursion outside the city. The city itself was largely centered on tourism, but it did feel…Turkish. After walking around for awhile and eating some grapes, we picked a restaurant and ate a nice Turkish meal seated on the […]

Bike Ride on Kos

Friday, September 2nd, 2005

Adam and I arrived in Kos last night at about 10:30 and were hustled off to a bed and breakfast in the downtown by an eager mother, daughter, and granddaughter (of ~2 years). It looked nice, and the price was right, so we’re there again tonight. Today we rented bikes for the day around noon […]

Europe!

Thursday, September 1st, 2005

Due to Gridley being down, I’ve been unable to post here for the past week or so that I’ve been in Europe. Here’s a brief summary of what you’ve missed:
4 days in London: Old Buildings, Bridges, Oxford, Museums (Tate Modern and the British Museum), and people: James Handley, Adam Carr, Katie Liljedahl, and Lauren Wagner.
4 […]