Orientation is going steady--tomorrow is the last day. I'm enjoying the time at the hostel, especially considering it's my first time staying at one and I am sharing a room with so many people. In general, everyone's very polite and respectful of everyone's space and sleep time, so it's really not too bad.
Today, a super helpful guy came to help with the arrangement of our Hungarian SIM cards/mobile phones, came to help. He brought a couple SIM cards and tried to get everyone to try one or the other to see if our phones were locked to our previous networks or if they were open and could readily accept a Hungarian card to make them operational. It turned into a sort of fiasco for a while because the SIM cards were not yet activated, so they didn't work in anyone's phone. However, he figured out the problem, took the cards back to T-Mobile, and got them activated. Then, it was "Wa La!" they were all working (for most people anyway). I really hope that he didn't spend his entire day working on it though.
Tonight after the orientation, the two CETP helper teachers organized a trivia game about the things we've been talking about all week. It had 8 rounds consisting of topics such as labeling Hungarian cities on a map, Hungarian language questions, listening to a Hungarian song and writing down the words we hear, labeling pictures of famous places in Hungary, and more. It was really fun even though my team came in second to last! Oh well.
Also of particular noteworthiness today was the fact that the hostel cooked us a traditional Hungarian dinner in these huge outdoor pots--their treat! It was called "Paprika Potatoes" and it was basically a hot stew-like thing made up of a ton of potatoes, some onions, water, butter, oil, sausages, and a lot of Paprika spice. It was SOOOO GOOD. It's also a very original and simple Hungarian dish that they make all the time. They gave me the recipe and I'm going to try to make it later. Here's a picture of it as it was still cooking!
That's all for now. After tomorrow, the last day of orientation, we will meet our school contact person and be taken to our apartments in our towns. This little get-together will be over. I don't know how many people will stay in contact with me, but I hope that I get to keep a couple friends from here.
Today, a super helpful guy came to help with the arrangement of our Hungarian SIM cards/mobile phones, came to help. He brought a couple SIM cards and tried to get everyone to try one or the other to see if our phones were locked to our previous networks or if they were open and could readily accept a Hungarian card to make them operational. It turned into a sort of fiasco for a while because the SIM cards were not yet activated, so they didn't work in anyone's phone. However, he figured out the problem, took the cards back to T-Mobile, and got them activated. Then, it was "Wa La!" they were all working (for most people anyway). I really hope that he didn't spend his entire day working on it though.
Tonight after the orientation, the two CETP helper teachers organized a trivia game about the things we've been talking about all week. It had 8 rounds consisting of topics such as labeling Hungarian cities on a map, Hungarian language questions, listening to a Hungarian song and writing down the words we hear, labeling pictures of famous places in Hungary, and more. It was really fun even though my team came in second to last! Oh well.
Also of particular noteworthiness today was the fact that the hostel cooked us a traditional Hungarian dinner in these huge outdoor pots--their treat! It was called "Paprika Potatoes" and it was basically a hot stew-like thing made up of a ton of potatoes, some onions, water, butter, oil, sausages, and a lot of Paprika spice. It was SOOOO GOOD. It's also a very original and simple Hungarian dish that they make all the time. They gave me the recipe and I'm going to try to make it later. Here's a picture of it as it was still cooking!
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| Me and the Paprika Potatoes! It smelled SO GOOD, I can't even tell you! |
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