Semester in Budapest

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!

My Thanksgiving went pretty good here. I was able to find a turkey. It was truly one of the most traumatic experiences of my life though. I went to the market on Tuesday to scout out a bird and I almost started to cry because all of the turkeys still had heads and they all had way too much left inside for me to handle. I thought I wouldn't be able to have Thanksgiving. I took a bit of break from the scene and went back later and asked for a whole turkey with nem head, nem neck, nem insides (as you can see one of the few Hungarian words I remember is no). They said to come back the next morning and I did. What I got was a turkey without a head and insides but unfortunately way too much neck left for my taste. Luckily Kuba cut it off for me because I don't think I could have handled it. The turkey was really more like a cow though than a turkey. It had to weigh at least 10 kilo so over 23 lbs. It took over 9 and half hours to roast. But the end result was good and I was able to have the whole American Thanksgiving experience with mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, a pumpkin pie, and all the rest of the trimmings. And in true Thanksgiving style everyone just laid on the couch and couldn't move for a while afterwards.

The last few weeks have been fairly routine here. Lots of school work, some parties, and lots of nothing. I am starting to get the urge to travel again so hopefully there will be more interesting things to share in the near future.

posted by Maggie @ 3:43 AM