My last week in Budapest has been a trying one. On August 30th my flatmates and I found our other flatmate, Karol, dead in his bed. It turns out he had some sort of undiagnosed kidney problem and he died peacefully during the night. Karol was only 22. Needless to say, it was a big shock for us and we had a difficult few days. We decided to move out of our flat and we had to deal with some paperwork which made the whole experience more stressful. But everyone here took care of us and his family. And, my other flatmates, Olka and Kuba, and I have become much closer than most people who are only living with each other for four months. So, now we are trying to make the most of the time we have left here. Karol was all about enjoying every minute and so I will try to enjoy my time here in Budapest as much as I can.
Therefore, I decided to get away for the weekend in order to relax some. A large group of the students here at ESSCA went down to Lake Balaton here in Hungary and we rented a large house. The weekend was spent relaxing by the water, riding around the lake in a sailboat and observing how insane the Italian and Portuguese men really are.
So, thus far my study abroad experience has been intense. In so many ways it has been much better than I expected. There has been little homesickness and culture shock and the other students here have all banded together (with the exception of the French students of course). But dealing with the death of a flatmate was a shock to say the least. It is hard to believe that all of this has happened in my two weeks of being in Budapest.
posted by Maggie @ 4:51 AM
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