Sunday morning, I got up, and almost didn't go to church, I was so tired. But with 15 minutes before I would've had to leave, I decided to go, and got up and went to Danube international (where most of the Calvin students go to). I'm glad I went, it was great.
That afternoon, I checked my emails and the news, and then went to the revolution day Prime Minister Speech. In 1956, Hungary launched a failed revolution against the Soviets, and Sunday was 60th anniversary.
It was in Hungarian, so I couldn't tell what was going on, but it looked like some sort of drama type thing. There were a lot of protesters. Hungary has quite a bit of unrest right now. I was tired, so after I left, I took a nap, not entirely planned. I then talked to my family (while watching the Lions). It was great to talk to my family; I miss them. Jessica and I might take the same class next semester. I need to take a Art History The Lions won another nailbiter.
I went to sleep, slept in got up, and tried to figure out my schedule some more. I had to register Wednesday morning, and I needed to figure things out in final. I went shopping, made dinner, did some modding, and went to sleep. No Art History for some reason. (It had been scheduled).
Tuesday, I slept in again. I talked to Jessica a little bit about some stuff, like whether she could take the class with me in the spring (we still don't know). I finished my homework for class, and then went to Central European History, where we talked about the time from the Hungarian elevation in the Austrian Empire, creating Austria-Hungary, to the dissolution of Austria-Hungary in WWI. After that, it was more homework.
Wednesday, I got up, and went to Service-Learning for the first time in a long while. I met with three classes, even helped them with the math homework. I found out on Thursday that I apparently really helped them! Which is great, because I usually feel like I'm not doing much. After that, I grabbed lunch quick, then went on a tour in the "House of Terror" for Karoli. It was used by the Nazi installed government during WWII, and Soviet terrorist organizations for a decade after. It was a prison; with lots of torture.
The tour was awful. It lasted about two and a half hours. We could only take pictures in one specific part (which I took pictures of) There were noises in every part, so I could barely hear the tour guide. It was hot. I barely even remember anything I learned.
Afterwards, some of us went to a nearby chimney cake shop. Chimney cakes are, soft, almost cinnamon roll like things. I can't describe it well, so here is a Wikipedia link. Here they made it like a cone, and filled it with stuff. I got: a cinnamon chimney cake with lemon ice cream, white kit cat and kiwi toppings, and "colorful candy" (those tiny candy balls you can get on an ice cream cone). I should have gotten a better picture of the cake itself. (but it looked like an ice cream cone)
I went back to Renaissance Art, but was distracted, still having homework to complete, and a midterm the next morning. After class, I got my homework done, and went to sleep.
Thursday morning, I got up, studied a bit for my midterm, and then went. The midterm was structured with 6 questions, and we got to chose 4 to answer, with some detail. We got the questions last week. I knew how to explain four of them. I feel like I did a lot better than I expected; most of the rest of the class having English as a second language probably helps.
I went back, took a 2-hour nap, got up and went to Late Antiquity, where we talked about various religious beliefs in Late Antiquity: The state Roman religion, the cults Mithras, Isis, and the Emperor, Manichaeism, and Judaism. (We've talked about Christianity in Late Antiquity, earlier)
Then I went shopping, made dinner, did laundry, checked email, basically got stuff done on my immediate to-do list. Obviously also did some blogging. I'm going to bed soon, because tomorrow, we actually go to Vienna with Professor Kim. I'm also currently planning to go to Prague, Saturday-Monday. Next week is fall-break, so I don't have anything going on until Thursday.
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