Living in a Falafel Based Economy

**First of all I want to give my roommate credit for giving me the name to this post**

So classes started up this past week and I do believe I lucked out here. I only have class Tuesday through Thursday, leaving me with four day weekends to do whatever I please. My schedule is as follows:
-European Film Art
-Intro to Statistics
-Molecular Biology
-Organizational Communication
-Salsa Dancing

To tell you the truth though, having lived here for now over two weeks, the experience is definitely surreal. I feel myself slowly acclimating to everything. For example, while I noticed that every car here is tiny (compared to US standards) they all seem normal now. I was originally thrown off by the number of smart cars on the streets. Now, I see it as a normal size to a car. (Though we did pass by a Hummer with Florida tags on it the other day. It was kind of awkward especially since Diesel converts to about $9US a gallon over here.)

As far as food goes (since it is the main part of my life) Turkish joints number more than McDonalds (which are surprisingly outnumbered by Burger Kings over here). It's nice to get a good tasting Gyro or Kebab for around 600HUF (roughly $3US), and the great thing is is that it's cheaper than fast food.

My apartment is located in the Oktogon, I guess it would be the equivalent of Times Square in Budapest, but it's definitely not as big. For being a city, Budapest's population is kind of small (around 2 million people), but it's still pretty booming. The night life is excellent, there are plenty of bars and clubs to go to and getting around is pretty simple with the public transportation. That is to say that you aren't going to bet lost at some point. Trust me, if you want to explore at all during the beginning you'll get lost several times. That's what it's all about though.


Hasta luego!
-David Van Tassell