Budapest, 5:25
Another hot day in Budapest. We started with a group meeting--a little tough getting everyone together at the same time. John L. was tough, reminding us how important it is to touch in at these meetings.
Yesterday was fun for everyone, I think. Morgan found some great new clothes at a thrift store. (Who needs a suitcase?! She gets the prize for good sport.) There were adventures at the baths, market, castle, and more. A lot of us found presents for some of you, too. I was with a group of fourteen for dinner. Quite a bit of confusion. (It looked like a local kind of place and indeed it was...) We finally discovered our server spoke German so John R. and Bruno helped us straighten things out. Two and a half hours later we were finished with our meal... Everyone (youth and adults) got back to the hostel in good time. The refrain I kept hearing this afternoon was "when we get back to Budapest...I'll buy that...we can get to the baths...we'll catch the..." We will have about twenty-four hours on our return. I heard one youth plotting on how to get her parents here...soon!
A great story at St. Matthias Church: During the Ottoman occupation a wall had been constructed in front of the beautiful statue of Mary and Jesus. During worship one day, the wall collapsed, spooking the Muslims who were worshipping there. This gave the Christian invaders an advantage as they came back in to take the city back. Also saw parts of the castle built first in the thirteenth century. The museum there featured the history of Budapest.
Our bus driver arrives this evening. We will leave at 7:00 am sharp for our ten or twelve hour ride to Szentgerice. We hope to arrive before sunset. We will find out after arriving where we will be staying. I am so excited to meet these new friends that I've heard so much about. It is really a privilege to get to be with them. I know that the coming days will make an impression on our youth. What an unbelievable opportunity for them. (Thank you to the parents who made this possible.)
It may be difficult to post tomorrow. I'll get back online as soon as I can.
2 comments:
MKM,
Glad to be able to "keep tabs" on the thirty of you through these fabulous interwebs. We miss you, of course, but are carrying on nonetheless!
Safe travels on your way to Szentgeritze (I know I spelled that wrong),
Lisa
Hello again,
Budapest sounds great. We plan a future trip to Prague,and, since it's "in the same general area of eastern Europe" we may venture forth. We know we'll get travel tips from all of you. :-)
The information flow on the blog can work both ways, so I thought I'd let you know, if you don't already, that the WaPost religion page had an article on the UU faith. The article was prompted by the sad events last week in Tenn. Our own Bill W. is quoted in the article.
Check out the article here.
(I'm used to commenting in another blog software, so I don't know if the "here" above is linked properly. So here's the original link:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/01/AR2008080103082.html
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