home at last?

okay so i thought i blogged last night (complete with a picture) but now it is nowhere to be found. it wasnt very long and i was tired so it is probably best. anyway - i am "home" now in prague. and its good to be back. vienna and budapest were fun, but a little expensive. the czech republic should never go to the euro. please stay with the crown, its one of your best features. its been a week away from here, and i really did start to miss it. vienna was really cool, but the euro really killed me. plus it took a chunk outta my right big toe. and budapest good also, but they arent on the euro, but their forint really made me question my meager math skills. budapest probably had the best food id had in a while, while parts of vienna were spectacular. the first picture, was the least spectacular part of vienna. i caught this dude posing in front of the fountains at the castle. too funny to pass up. who lays like that? anyway the castle was amazing. absolutely huge. the other picture portrays that a little better. i took some panoramic videos of both cities and i will try to put them on myspace at some point. in austria, theres no shortage of words like "weiner" and "fahrt." i captured a couple of them, one at the train station within 5 minutes of arrival. i think i mentioned that german is a funny language, and that is why. its really also hard to speak german kindly. maybe i just missed czech. in vienna at that castle, there was a labrynth and a maze. the labrynth sucked, maybe just cause there was not david bowie to lead the way. the maze was cool, as we got completely lost. fun though. thought of the human giant sketch "corn maze." corn maaaaaaaze. i kept saying it but no one really knew what i was saying. so vienna was scenic, but it really felt like a dream cause we were there for really one full day. but hey, i can cross it off my list. so i literally had 12 hours in prague before heading back out to budapest at 630 monday morning. on a bus. a stinky, sweaty bus. its a long bus ride - like 7 or 8 hours - and enjoyed some classic american cinema on the way. an olsen twins movie (kelly you woulda enjoyed that). also a really corny czech movie that put me to sleep. actually i think i watched the beginnings of a lot of movies on the bus rides. we get to budapest and i am ripe. so i am on a mission to get a shower before anyone else and i have to say that it was one of the greatest showers ever. we get a little tour of the city and grab some food. i really wish that the pictures would upload faster. i will go across the street later and make a post with nothing but pictures. sound good? everyone passes out pretty early and so the first night is pretty low key. played cards til 1am. think i was the last one up. we do have some making up to do the next couple nights. went to this place called old man's and it was pretty cool. not really anything special but fun nonetheless. one of our professors was out with us and stayed til dawn. played some favorites: vanilla ice, snow, even a little justin timberlake. those austrian clubs need to get a few tips from the hungarians. i am actually tired physically from dancing so much. maybe thats how i will work off all the hearty food i am eating here. the next day i go to burger king to eat (thanks natalie). hadnt had fast food in years. pretty delicious, but not sure if i really regret it. theres pics of this occasion also. after that its naptime and i sleep sound as a pound. dancing again? why not. when in budapest. went to cha-cha-cha which is an outdoor club. danced forever, maybe even more vigorously. left earlier though. saw a lot of the city, had some deep conversations about the holocaust and religion. ive really been opened up to the realities of the holocaust since ive been here. ive decided i need to go to auschwitz (sp?). so strange being in these places where ordinary people were taken away to be murdered for being who they are. deep stuff. elise says ill cry all day, hopefully i can compose myself. so thats that i think. i havent had access to internet recently so its hard to remember everything. things happen, and then i think oooh ill blog about that. but then i forget when it comes time to blog. write more today with pictures. happy birthday mom!