I have survived 2 weeks...

Funnily enough, I have more than survived, I still feel like I'm on holiday!

Reality has almost hit in that I'm actually getting prepared for studying hard now, but how can I not be happy when I'm studying at such an incredible institution? The past week has been intense but such a great learning curve for what to expect over the next 4 months (well, 3.5 months now). Choir was all in Hungarian, except when he gave bar numbers to start from if he was feeling kind! I don't profess to be a singer and sight-singing at full speed on it's own usually proves to be a challenge. Add to that a completely foreign language where 's' is 'sh', 'cs' is 'ch' and 'a' is 'o' and my mind is truly boggled. Luckily, I've made friends with some native speakers and some fellow Erasmus students, so I can ask for help simultaneously struggling in good company! Lots of practice to be done and I've not even started the trumpet lessons yet...
However, they will start on Friday and after hearing some of the students warming up yesterday, I'm definitely cramming in as much practice as I possibly can before then. I really can't wait to get stuck in and motivated, it's like starting university all over again! (I have already warned my parents there's a strong possibility I might stay here forever.) The only thing I'd need to get used to is the laid back atmosphere, which I have experienced even more of. I suppose it can only be good for you though right? A relaxed attitude leads to a relaxed mind or something like that.

Speaking of relaxation, if you're ever in Budpest you should go to the Citadel, simply for the view. We went just before sunset and saw this beautiful city in daylight and also after the sun had dropped behind the mountains and the main buildings and bridges were lit up. If you're able to hike up lots of stairs, 100% would recommend.
I continued my adventures at the weekend mainly on the Buda side of the river. Here I headed up to the Castle district to see St Matthias church, Buda Castle and Fisherman's Bastion with the last being my favourite because of it's beautiful views and charming appearance. On the way back home I stopped by St Stephen's Basilica and although I didn't go inside, the outside is pretty cool to look at. I also had a fantastic time with 2 new friends being big kids at the water park on St Margaret Island (different place to last time) where they had 4 big slides, a lazy river and a wave machine! I'm so glad I made the most of the weekend as the weather turned for worse on Monday, boooo. But I suppose my English mind had been deprived of rain and I'll appreciate the sun more when it (hopefully) returns tomorrow.
I haven't taken any pictures of food unfortunately, but trust me when I tell you it's great. Maybe I'll do a whole post on food at some point mmmm.

S x

Fisherman's Bastion

Statue at the Citadel

St Matthias church

St Stephen's Basilica

Buda Castle